All non machine readable passports (hand written passport) would be expired by 01 April, 2015 as per the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) mandate dated 02 November 2009. Accordingly, Bangladesh Embassy, Washington, DC is working with the guideline of ‘no handwritten passport be allowed after January 31, 2015’. All Bangladeshi Nationals are requested to apply and make Machine Readable Passport ( MRP) as early as possible. Kindly contact this embassy office at +12022440183 ext 0/100 to set the time frame for appointment of MRP.
You may like to visit the following weblink for details about the MRP application:
http://www.bdembassyusa.org/index.php?page=machine-readable-passport