Bangladesh consulate in Columbia, Maryland
Checked against the official pages on 22 October 2026. How we check.
Columbia is served from another city: Bangladesh has no office there. The Embassy’s consular wing in Washington is 25 miles away by road, about 46 min at posted speed limits.
This page is about Columbia, Maryland. Columbia, Missouri and Columbia, South Carolina have pages of their own.
Which Bangladesh consulate serves Columbia, Maryland?
The Embassy’s page leaves Maryland out of the three consular districts, which makes Washington the office for it (Embassy list of districts).
| Bangladeshi office | Straight-line distance |
|---|---|
| Embassy, Washington, D.C. (office for Columbia here) | 22 mi |
| Consulate General, New York | 188 mi |
| Consulate General, Miami | 951 mi |
| Consulate General, Los Angeles | 2,308 mi |
Visiting from Columbia, Maryland, or sending the papers by mail
From Columbia, 46 min on the road leaves time to reach the Embassy before its morning counter for papers closes and to be home the same day.
For a same-day NVR, the Embassy takes passports only early in the morning, which from Columbia means an early start.
The Embassy books the e-passport visit inside the national portal, epassport.gov.bd, and says it cannot book those slots itself, while an NVR is walk-in.
Birth and marriage papers from Columbia, Maryland for the NVR and the passport
The birth certificate behind the NVR of a child born in Columbia is issued by the Division of Vital Records of the Department of Health, in Baltimore, and the Maryland page covers its fee and the apostille (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records, Embassy NVR page).
For a marriage license issued in Howard County, the county that includes Columbia, the CDC’s directory for Maryland sends you to the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Howard County (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records).
Other cities near Columbia
- Baltimore, 14 miles away
- Bowie, 15 miles away
- Silver Spring, 18 miles away
- Rockville, 18 miles away
What people in Columbia can do without the trip
- You can mail an NVR application with a prepaid USPS return envelope: No Visa Required (NVR).
- You can mail a visa application with a prepaid return envelope: Visa for U.S. citizens.
- You can mail a travel permit application, USPS only: Travel permit.