Registering Marriage

• We don't register marriages at the British High Commission, Bangladesh.

Registering a birth

British Consular Officer can register the birth of a child born in Bangladesh to British Nationals who themselves were born, registered or naturalised in the UK on payment of the necessary registration fee (see separate page for current fees). We can also register the death of a British National in Bangladesh. For details of the documentation required and application forms for:

Birth Registration - Documentation required

IMPORTANT NOTE:
All documents must be submitted in original with photocopies, including those of stamps/visas/observation on passports. Translated versions of Bangla documents should also be provided.

• Applicant's parents’ nationality Certificate or full UK Birth Certificate (if born in the UK)
• Applicant’s parents Marriage Certificate. Divorce & death Certificate (if applicable)
• Applicant’s Birth Certificate: Issued by local authority showing both parents names.
• Issued by the hospital (if born in the hospital)
• Applicants’ Marriage Certificate if married.
• All passports current and old in the possession of applicant’s parents, Bangladeshi ID card if never held a passport. Passport used to travel during the period of marriage and applicant’s birth must be provided.
• Photocopies of data page of any British passport(s) issued to member of immediate family by British High Commission Dhaka.
• Maternity documents
• Three identical passport size photographs should be submitted in accordance with the enclosed guidance notes

Fee

• Birth registration: £ 98
• Certified copy: £ 63

Payable in local currency see separate page for current fees.