Bangladesh NID card from the USA: voter registration, the biometric visit and who can apply

Only new applicants can get a Bangladeshi NID card from the U.S.: people over 16 who have never had one and never applied in Bangladesh. You fill out Form 2 (KA) online and then go in person to the Embassy or a consulate general for fingerprints, an iris scan, a photo and your signature. Corrections to an existing NID are not done here.

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

The National Identity Card is issued by the Election Commission, and the Embassy and the consulates general take the enrollment for people living in the U.S. (Embassy NID page).

You apply online at services.nidw.gov.bd and give a valid Bangladeshi phone number, because the election officer of your upazila may call to check who you are.

The four steps

The Embassy lists them: apply online, book the biometric appointment while you apply, enroll in person on the day, and collect the card.

After enrollment you get a slip; when the NID is ready you can download a system copy, and the smart card is handed over once it arrives from the Election Commission (Embassy NID page).

Miami’s NID page says you book an appointment on the Election Commission’s site before you come. Its notice of 3 September 2026, after a pause for technical problems, says that no appointment of any kind is needed for NID enrollment at the consulate. (sources: 1, 2 in Bengali)

Miami had paused NID enrollment for technical problems on 31 August 2026 and announced the service back to normal on 3 September 2026 (pause notice, in Bengali, notice, in Bengali).

Bring	Notes
Form 2 (KA), printed	From the online application
Birth registration certificate	17 digits, original and a copy
Bangladeshi passport, or a declaration	Valid or expired; or attested by three NID holders in the U.S.
A parent’s NID or other papers	Or birth or death certificate, passport, dual nationality certificate
One recent photo

The list is the Embassy’s (Embassy NID page). Applicants from the districts of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Rangamati, Khagrachari and Bandarban also fill out a special information form.

Checks in Bangladesh

The upazila election office in Bangladesh may ask for more: an SSC or equivalent certificate, a dual nationality certificate, a Bangladeshi driving license, a nikahnama and the spouse’s NID, a nationality certificate from the local council, or a utility bill showing the address.

Los Angeles says these go through a representative in Bangladesh, and that the smart card usually arrives in two to three months (Los Angeles page, in Bengali).

You already have an NID

Existing holders cannot correct or replace it through the Embassy or the consulates, according to the Embassy (Embassy NID page).

You have no birth registration

The NID needs a 17-digit birth registration certificate. See birth registration.

Collecting the card

Los Angeles asks for a prepaid return envelope if you want the smart card mailed (Los Angeles page).

Before the biometric visit

The online application and its appointment slip
Your 17-digit birth registration certificate
Your Bangladeshi passport, or the declaration of three NID holders
Your parents’ NID or other papers
A Bangladeshi phone number on the form

Put a Bangladeshi phone number on the form: the upazila election officer may call it before approving your card.

All the procedures

How the offices take requests