Bangladesh consulate in Port Arthur
Checked against the official pages on 22 October 2026. How we check.
Port Arthur is served from another city: Bangladesh has no office there. The Embassy’s consular wing in Washington sits 1,323 miles from Port Arthur by road, about 24 h 31 min if the traffic is light.
Which Bangladesh consulate serves Port Arthur?
On the Embassy’s list of consular districts, New York, Los Angeles and Miami take eight states each, and Texas falls under the Embassy itself (Embassy list of districts).
| Bangladeshi office | Straight-line distance |
|---|---|
| Consulate General, Miami | 875 mi |
| Embassy, Washington, D.C. (office for Port Arthur here) | 1,145 mi |
| Consulate General, New York | 1,351 mi |
| Consulate General, Los Angeles | 1,458 mi |
In a straight line, the Bangladesh Consulate General in Miami is closer to Port Arthur (about 875 miles against 1,145), but Texas is not in its district: the Embassy’s list sends Port Arthur to the Embassy’s consular wing in Washington.
The Embassy’s consular wing in Washington has announced a mobile consular camp in Sugar Land and Houston, Texas for 31 October and 1 November 2026, about 104 miles from Port Arthur in a straight line, nearer than the office itself (notice).
In person or by mail from Port Arthur
24 h 31 min on the road from Port Arthur rules out a same-day visit: the Embassy takes papers only in the morning, so plan to sleep near Washington, D.C.
A same-day NVR at the Embassy has a short drop-off window early in the morning, which from Port Arthur means arriving the day before.
The Embassy books the e-passport visit inside the national portal, epassport.gov.bd, and says it cannot book those slots itself, while an NVR is walk-in.
Port Arthur is on Central time, and the Embassy works on Eastern time.
U.S. birth and marriage papers from Port Arthur for a Bangladeshi office
In Texas, a child born in Port Arthur needs a birth certificate from the Texas Department of State Health Services, through Texas.gov or by mail for the NVR, with the fee on the Texas page (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records, Embassy NVR page).
For a marriage license issued in Jefferson County, the county that includes Port Arthur, the CDC’s directory for Texas sends you to the Jefferson County Clerk (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records).
Other cities in Texas
- Plano, 271 miles away
- San Antonio, 276 miles away
- Sugar Land, 104 miles away
What you can settle from Port Arthur without traveling
- You can mail an NVR application with a prepaid USPS return envelope: No Visa Required (NVR).
- You can send the papers for the repatriation certificate by email, as PDF scans: Repatriation of remains.
- You can mail the J-1 waiver application with two USPS return envelopes: J-1 waiver NOC.