Bangladesh birth registration from the USA: the online form, the $1 fee and children born in America
Checked against the official pages on 22 October 2026. How we check.
Bangladesh registers births in an online system, BDRIS, and the Bangladeshi offices in the U.S. take applications from people who live here.
The Embassy asks you to complete the form on the birth registration website, print it and sign it; if the server will not print, a screenshot of the confirmation page will do (Embassy page).
What the Embassy asks for
With the form, the Embassy wants a letter to the Minister (Consular) saying why you are registering through the Embassy and that you have never had a digital birth certificate, plus Form J with a photo.
As proof of the date and place of birth, one of these: a hospital discharge or birth certificate, a birth attendant’s certificate, a Bangladeshi passport, a vaccination card or an SSC certificate (Embassy page).
For the permanent address, upload a parent’s Bangladeshi passport, digital birth certificate or NID; for the present address, a copy of a U.S. driver’s license; and for legal residence, a U.S. passport, green card, visa or work permit. Copies of everything uploaded go in the envelope too.
| What | Fee at the Embassy |
|---|---|
| Within 45 days of the birth | No fee |
| New certificate, reissue or correction | $1 |
| Correction of the date of birth | $2 |
The fees are the Embassy’s own table (Embassy page). New York charges the same dollar for a new application and two for a correction, by card at its counter (New York page); Miami takes a credit card with a 3% fee or a money order (Miami instructions).
A child born in the United States
A child born after the parents became U.S. citizens can be registered only with a parent’s dual nationality certificate or unexpired Bangladeshi passport. The Embassy accepts only birth registrations that can be checked online: an old paper registration of a parent does not count (Embassy page).
Miami’s instructions for U.S.-born applicants ask for the child’s U.S. birth certificate and a parent’s Bangladeshi passport or dual nationality certificate, uploaded at the last step of the online form (Miami instructions). The U.S. birth certificate comes from the state’s vital records office:
| State | U.S. birth certificates (CDC) | Certified copy |
|---|---|---|
| New York | The state Vital Records Section’s Certification Unit | $30.00 |
| New Jersey | The Office of Vital Statistics & Registry of the NJ Department of Health | $25.00 |
| California | The California Department of Public Health’s Vital Records office | $29.00 |
| Texas | The Texas Department of State Health Services, through Texas.gov or by mail | See the CDC page |
| Florida | The Bureau of Vital Statistics of the Department of Health | $9.00 |
Each state’s office and fee are on the CDC’s directory (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records); the hub page for your state on this site gives its own.
- The printed BDRIS form, signed
- The letter to the consular officer and Form J with a photo
- Proof of the date and place of birth
- A parent’s Bangladeshi passport, NID or birth certificate
- A U.S. driver’s license copy and proof of legal residence
- The fee and a letter-size USPS return envelope