No visa needed

Do citizens of Sierra Leone need a visa for Bangladesh?

Citizens of Sierra Leone 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 Sierra Leone: the passport opens 39 countries visa-free; Freetown — Dhaka: ≈ 10,990 km, about 14 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 Sierra Leone passport?

Yes, citizens of Sierra Leone 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 Sierra Leone passport you can visit 39 countries visa-free, 18 with a visa on arrival and 42 with an e-visa; 99 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Sierra Leone passport ranks 125th of 199.
Sierra Leone passport: visa-free access to 39 countries; Bangladesh passport: 16.
Citizens of Sierra Leone and Bangladesh can travel together visa-free to 15 countries, for example: Gambia, Rwanda, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Bahamas, Seychelles, Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, and Vanuatu.
Citizens of Bangladesh, in turn, get a visa on arrival in Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone visa for citizens of Bangladesh

Travelling to Bangladesh: good to know

Freetown — Dhaka: about 10,990 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 14 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +6 hours.
Local time: Freetown 12:00 — Dhaka 18:00.
Local currency: Bangladeshi Taka.
Languages: Bangla.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ BDT 123.
Bangladesh is the 165th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Sierra Leone.