Bangladeshi Passport Correction Consultation

Step 1: Visit the passport application website

First, visit this government’s official Bangladesh e‑Passport Online Portal. After visiting, you’ll see: apply online for an e-passport, 5 steps to e-passport, urgent application, passport fees, instructions, and application at RPO Bangladesh Secretariat.

• Since you want to correct your passport, click the apply online for e-passport.
• After clicking this, you get a page to create your passport application account.
• You have to create an account here by specifying your location (inside or outside of Bangladesh).

If you are from Bangladesh, provide your district and the nearest police station. Because you need to collect the passport from the passport office of that location.

Step 2: Enter your email address

• Input your email address because the authority will connect you with the email.
• After that, fill in the captcha to verify you are human.

Note: You must use the email address that you check regularly.

Step 3: Enter your account information

This time, you should enter the email address as like the previous step.

• Now, make a 6-character strong password and put it in the place of “repeat password”.
• After that, you will be asked to provide some personal information. Such as your first name, surname, and mobile number.
• After entering that info, click the button “I’m human” to ensure you are not a robot.
• Then click the “create an account” button.

Tips

• Combining upper-case, lower-case, symbols and numbers is wise to keep the password strong. But don’t make it over-complicated as you can’t remember it. We suggest you use your name and mobile number combination. So you can easily remember it.

Keep in Mind:

• If you want to correct your name, then you should enter the correct spelling of your (first name, or surname) name for partial or full name change. Because the spelling you put here will be the spelling of your corrected passport, write it according to your NID.

Step 4: Activate your e-passport account

Your passport application account is almost ready.

• This step shows you an email was sent to your email.
• Now, it’s time to verify the email address that you are the owner of.
• Go to your Gmail inbox.
• If you don’t find any email from the e-passport passport portal.
• You should check your email’s spam; sometimes, you can find it there.

Once you get the link, click it to activate your passport account and sign in to your account.

Step 5: Enter the passport Online registration portal

• After signing in to your account, you have to verify the account by entering your email and password.
• Again, click the sign-in button.
• And on the left side of the page, you can see a button with “apply for a new passport” click here.

Step 6: Provide all info to apply for a new passport

This step is crucial for your passport correction application. Because you have to provide the right info that you want to update or correct, be careful when filling out this part of your application.

• First, you’ll have to select the passport type.
• If you want to change the passport type, choose from here.

Then, following the same process, you have to fill up the form providing your

• Personal information
• Address
• Permanent information
• Parental information
• Spouse information

At the time of ID documents, you should select the second one where it says, “Yes, I have an Electronic Passport (ePP).

• Since you have selected that you have an e-passport, it’ll again ask the reasons for your passport application.
• There, 5 reasons are listed: expired, lost/stolen, data change, unusable, and others.
• You should select the actual reason for your passport reissue application. If it’s for data change, then select the data change option.
• Then, put your passport number in the place of the previous passport number, its issue, and expiration date.
• Next, you’ll be asked, “Do you have passports from other countries?”
• If you don’t have one, select “No, I don’t have,” or if you have one, select “Yes, I have another passport”.
• Before proceeding to the next step, put your NID number.

Note: You should only change the info that you want to update. So, don’t change all the information in your previous passport.

Step 7: Complete the form

In the above steps, you provide the required information. But to complete the application form, you must put in more info. Those are

• Emergency contact
• Types of passport
• Delivery options and appointments

Emergency contact, with whom the passport office contacts in case of emergency. It can be any of your dearest ones whom you can trust. Fill up the form with their info. Be extra careful while entering the mobile number, as it’s the fastest contact method in this modern age.

Next, select passport options from

• 48 pages for 5 years
• 48 pages for 10 years
• 64 pages for 5 years
• 64 pages for 10 years

After that, you should select delivery options and appointments.

• If you don’t have any emergency, choose the regular delivery option.
• Or for an emergency, select express delivery.

Finally, book an appointment date for biometric verification.

Step 8: Preview the form

Oh, finally you have filled out the passport correction application form. But

• Is it okay?
• Does it have any errors like the previous one?

Don’t worry. Closely observe the passport application overview.

• If you find any mistake, edit it by pressing the “edit” button.
• When you are satisfied with the info, press the “confirm and proceed to payment” button.

Step 9:  Pay your passport fees

Online eChallan or bank aChalan both payment systems are available. As making online payment is easy, fast, and convenient, it’s better to choose it. Even, Online payment “ekpay” supports different payment gateway from official banking to online banking. So, here’s the list that ekpay” supports

• It supports Bank Asia, Brack Bank, EBL, City Bank, UCB, AB Bank, DBBL, Midland Bank, MBL Rainbow for official baking.
• It supports bKash, Nagad, Rocket, Upay, Dmoney, and OK Wallet for mobile banking.
• It also supports VISA, Master Card, American Express for Internet banking.

As it supports multiple payment channels, you can choose what is convenient for you. Fast payment, but less hassle.

Step 10: Download and print the evidence

Almost you are done. But what’s the evidence of your application? To reserve your application evidence, you should download the passport application print summary, registration form, and payment receipt.

After downloading, print them and sign the document with the date because you should take all the papers with you during biometric verification.

Step 11: Collect the passport correction ongikernama

We have talked about the passport correction ongikernama in short steps.

But thinking, “how do I fill it up?”

Here are the simple way:

• Visit this site, download, and print your passport correction ongikernama.
• It’s a form with some blank space that is easy to fill.
• Fill up the blank space writing your name, father’s name, mother’s name, religion, and NID number.
• Also, write your previous passport number and issue date.
• Then, you see a table like this.

Carefully fill up the table and sign it at the left bottom corner where is written “signature/guardian signature (if the applicant is a child)

Step 12: Attend the Biometric & Photo Session

Visit your regional passport office on your scheduled date. Take these necessary documents with you

• Print summary
• Application form
• Payment receipt
• Main NID copy and 2 of its photocopy
• Or Birth Registration Certificate
• Printed and filled passport correction ongikernama.

Note: You should ensure all documents’ details are accurate and matched with your application form. Because authorities will check your information and ask you some questions. If all is okay, you are sent to the biometric verification room. There, they will take your

• Fingerprint
• Eye lens
• Photo
• Signature

Step 13: Get your passport in hand

You have nothing to do here because now it’s time for the authorities to verify all the info. A police verification will be done during the process to check your history.

If police verify all your provided info, you have no criminal record. They’ll pass the verification. So the passport office will approve your passport.

• When the authorities approve your passport, you’ll get the passport approval status on your provided mobile number through SMS.
• You should collect the corrected passport at the date of their mentioned date visiting your regional passport office.