Embassy of the United States Dhaka, Bangladesh

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The Embassy's Consular Section provides emergency and other assistance to U.S. citizens, including the issuance of passports. We also provide a wide variety of visa services to Bangladeshi and other foreign nationals here in Bangladesh. The section provides four major types of services:

Immigrant Visas: Processes cases for people wishing to immigrate to the United States.

Diversity Visas (DV): Administers the DV or visa lottery program in Bangladesh allowing Bangladeshis to immigrate to America to contribute to the ethnic diversity of American society.

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For reasons of security, visitors or visa applicants MAY NOT bring any Cell Phones, Cameras, CDs, VCDs, DVDs, Video Cassettes etc. into the Chancery.