No visa needed

Do citizens of Papua New Guinea need a visa for Bangladesh?

Citizens of Papua New Guinea don’t need a visa for Bangladesh and can stay up to 90 days. You need a valid passport; border officers may ask for a return ticket and accommodation. For a longer stay you need a visa or an extension.

For citizens of Papua New Guinea: the passport opens 37 countries visa-free; Port Moresby — Dhaka: ≈ 7,180 km, about 9.5 hours of flying.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 90 days

Can I travel to Bangladesh without a visa on a Papua New Guinea passport?

Yes, citizens of Papua New Guinea don’t need a visa for Bangladesh for up to 90 days. A valid passport is enough.

Bangladesh visa rules at a glance

With a Papua New Guinea passport you can visit 37 countries visa-free, 29 with a visa on arrival and 49 with an e-visa; 83 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Papua New Guinea passport ranks 129th of 199.
Papua New Guinea passport: visa-free access to 37 countries; Bangladesh passport: 16.
Citizens of Papua New Guinea and Bangladesh can travel together visa-free to 13 countries, for example: Micronesia, Vanuatu, Kiribati, Fiji, Seychelles, Rwanda, Bahamas, Jamaica, Haiti, Grenada, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Gambia.
Citizens of Bangladesh, in turn, need an e-visa to travel to Papua New Guinea. Papua New Guinea visa for citizens of Bangladesh

Travelling to Bangladesh: good to know

Port Moresby — Dhaka: about 7,180 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 9.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −5 hours.
Local time: Port Moresby 12:00 — Dhaka 07:00.
Local currency: Bangladeshi Taka.
Languages: Bangla.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ BDT 123.
Bangladesh is the 31st closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Papua New Guinea.