Bangladesh consulate in Frederick

Checked against the official pages on 22 October 2026. How we check.

Frederick has no Bangladeshi consular office of its own. Plan on 40 miles by road, about 1 h 3 min, to reach the Embassy’s consular wing in Washington.

Which Bangladesh consulate serves Frederick?

Maryland is not among the twenty-four states of the three consulates general, and the Embassy’s page sends “the remaining US States” to its consular wing in Washington (Embassy list of districts).

Bangladeshi office	Straight-line distance
Embassy, Washington, D.C. (office for Frederick here)	38 mi
Consulate General, New York	206 mi
Consulate General, Miami	958 mi
Consulate General, Los Angeles	2,278 mi

Consular Wing of the Embassy of Bangladesh in Washington, D.C.

Getting from Frederick to the office, or using the mail

The 1 h 3 min drive from Frederick makes the Embassy an easy morning errand, with the counter for papers still open when you arrive.

For a same-day NVR, the Embassy takes passports only early in the morning, which from Frederick means an early start.

For an e-passport, the Embassy sends you to the slots inside epassport.gov.bd, and for an NVR you can walk in.

Birth and marriage papers from Frederick: which U.S. office issues them

The Division of Vital Records of the Department of Health, in Baltimore issues the U.S. birth certificate that the NVR of a child born in Frederick asks for, and the Maryland page gives its fee (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records, Embassy NVR page).

Frederick is in Frederick County: for a marriage license issued there, the certified copy comes from the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Frederick County, according to the CDC’s directory for Maryland (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records).

Cities around Frederick

Germantown, 18 miles away
Gaithersburg, 22 miles away
Rockville, 27 miles away
Columbia, Maryland, 33 miles away

Steps that need no visit from Frederick

You can mail an NVR application with a prepaid USPS return envelope: No Visa Required (NVR).
You can fill out the birth registration form on bdris.gov.bd and mail it with the papers: Birth registration.
You can mail a visa application with a prepaid return envelope: Visa for U.S. citizens.

This is an independent guide, not the Bangladeshi government. It does not process applications or book appointments. Fees and procedures change: check anything that decides a trip with the Embassy or your consulate general.