FEPD Circular No. 07: Release of Foreign Exchange for travel abroad

Foreign Exchange Policy Department
Bangladesh Bank
Head Office
Dhaka www.bb.org.bd
FE Circular No. 07 Date: July 12, 2015
All Authorized Dealers (ADs)/Money Changers of Foreign Exchange in Bangladesh Dear Sirs, Release of foreign Exchange for travel abroad Please refer to paragraph 6, chapter 02 and paragraph 1(VII), chapter 12 of Guidelines for Foreign Exchange Transactions (GFET’2009), Vol-1 in terms of which ADs and Money Changers are required to submit photocopies of first 06(six) pages of traveler’s passport along with the other documents to Bangladesh Bank in the usual periodic returns in case of releasing foreign Exchange for travel abroad.
02. It has now been decided that in case of Machine Readable Passport(MRP), photocopies of first
02(two) pages instead of first 06(six) pages of traveler’s passport along with the other documents should be submitted to Bangladesh Bank in the usual periodic returns.
03. Other instructions regarding release of foreign exchange for travel abroad will remain
unchanged.
Please bring the contents of this circular to the notice of all concerned. Yours faithfully, ( Md. Abdul Mannan) Deputy General Manager Phone: 9530319