Renouncing Bangladeshi citizenship from the USA: the form, the fee and the letter you receive
Checked against the official pages on 22 October 2026. How we check.
Los Angeles lists the requirements: the application form, a copy of the passport of your current nationality, one color photo with a white background, and the original Bangladeshi passport, dual nationality certificate or NID, which you surrender (Los Angeles page).
What you receive
Once the application is complete, the consulate gives you a “To Whom It May Concern” letter on its official pad.
It says that you have renounced Bangladeshi citizenship and surrendered your passport, certificate or ID, and that the matter will be sent to the Security Services Division of the Ministry of Home Affairs in Dhaka (Los Angeles page).
| What | Los Angeles |
|---|---|
| Fee | $184.80 |
| Payment | Money order, cashier’s check or official check |
| In person | Hand in 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., collect 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. |
| By mail | Three business days, USPS only |
The fee and timings are Los Angeles’s (Los Angeles page). The Embassy publishes the application form for renunciation among its downloads (Embassy menu).
| Step | What happens |
|---|---|
| 1 | You hand in or mail the form, the copies, the photo and the fee |
| 2 | You surrender the Bangladeshi passport, certificate or ID |
| 3 | The consulate gives you its “To Whom It May Concern” letter |
| 4 | The consulate informs the Ministry of Home Affairs in Dhaka |
Los Angeles is the office that describes the procedure in full; the Embassy publishes the application form, and the other consulates general do not publish a renunciation page we could find.
The steps are Los Angeles’s description of how the application is processed (Los Angeles page). Each application needs its own money order or check, no older than 30 days, and fees are not refunded if you withdraw. Cash, personal checks and credit cards are refused.
By mail, Los Angeles takes renunciations through USPS only and processes them in three business days.
The file goes to the Consulate General of Bangladesh, 501 S Fairfax Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90036, with a prepaid return envelope and a Priority or Express tracking number; people at the same address can share one envelope (Los Angeles page).
Before you decide
Renouncing ends the right to a Bangladeshi passport. If you want to keep a link with Bangladesh without the passport, the NVR lets a foreign citizen of Bangladeshi origin travel there without a visa. If you want to keep both citizenships instead, see the dual nationality certificate.
- The application form
- A copy of your current passport
- One color photo
- Your Bangladeshi passport, dual nationality certificate or NID
- The fee, by money order or cashier’s check