Bangladesh consulate in Rochester, Minnesota
Checked against the official pages on 22 October 2026. How we check.
Bangladesh keeps no consular office in Rochester. The road trip to the Embassy’s consular wing in Washington is 1,039 miles, about 19 h 29 min at the speed limit.
This page is about Rochester, Minnesota. Rochester, New York has a page of its own.
Which Bangladesh consulate serves Rochester, Minnesota?
Minnesota 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 Rochester here) | 869 mi |
| Consulate General, New York | 970 mi |
| Consulate General, Miami | 1,432 mi |
| Consulate General, Los Angeles | 1,542 mi |
From Rochester, Minnesota: the trip or the mail
The Embassy is 19 h 29 min from Rochester by road, too far to reach its morning counter on the day you leave: book a night near Washington, D.C.
A same-day NVR at the Embassy has a short drop-off window early in the morning, which from Rochester means arriving the day before.
For an e-passport, the Embassy sends you to the slots inside epassport.gov.bd, and for an NVR you can walk in.
Rochester is on Central time, and the Embassy works on Eastern time.
Where the U.S. birth and marriage papers from Rochester, Minnesota come from
The Minnesota Department of Health, in St. Paul issues the U.S. birth certificate that the NVR of a child born in Rochester asks for, and the Minnesota page gives its fee (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records, Embassy NVR page).
Rochester is in Olmsted County: for a marriage license issued there, the certified copy comes from the local registrar of Olmsted County, according to the CDC’s directory for Minnesota (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records).
Cities around Rochester
- Lakeville, 58 miles away
- Saint Paul, 71 miles away
Paperwork you can start from Rochester by mail or online
- You can mail an NVR application with a prepaid USPS return envelope: No Visa Required (NVR).
- You can apply for the dual nationality certificate online, straight to the Security Services Division, and pay by card: Dual nationality certificate.
- You can fill out the e-passport application at epassport.gov.bd before your enrollment visit: Bangladeshi passport.