There shall be the following classes of passports namely:-
a) international passport for travel to any foreign country;
b) special passport for travel to India only, and
c) Diplomatic passport.

(1) An application for the issue of a passport or travel document or for the renewal thereof or for an endorsement thereon shall be made in the appropriate form set out in Schedule II to these rules.
2) An application for the issue of a passport or travel document shall be required to be attested by a Member of Parliament or a gazetted officer of the Government.
3) A passport authority may return an application, stating the reasons therefore, if he finds that it is not in order or is not accompanied by requisite documents or is not otherwise complete in all respects.

(1) A passport shall initially be valid for such period not exceeding five years as may be specified therein.
(2) A passport may be renewed for further period or periods not exceeding a period of five years at a time, but in no case the validity of the passport shall extend beyond a period of ten years from the date of its issue.
3) A travel document shall be valid for such period not exceeding one year as may be specified therein.

(1) Except in the cases mentioned in sub-rule (3) an application for the issue of a passport, other than a diplomatic passport shall be accompanied by a surety bond or a bank guarantee executed in the appropriate from set out in Schedule III to these rules.
(2) In the case of a surety bond, the guarantor must be a citizen of Bangladesh whose monthly income is not less than Taka six hundred, the bond shall be executed on a nonjudicial stamp paper of the value of Taka two. Unless the guarantor is a Member of Parliament or a Class I Government officer, the bond shall be executed before a Magistrate of the first class.
(3) No surety bond or bank guarantee shall be necessary where the applicant is -
a) a Member of Parliament
b) a Class I officer of the Government or the wife or child of such officer.
c) a person settled abroad, his wife and children;
d) an officer or employee of the Government or of a statutory corporation or local authority going aboard on official duty;
e) a recipient of an employment voucher form the United kingdom or a work permit from any other country;
f) a recipient of scholarship or fellowship;
g) a member of any delegation sponsored or approved be the Government;
h) a child accompanying its parent who is not required to furnish any surety bond or bank guarantee ; and
i) a wife accompanying her husband who is not required to furnish any surety bond or bank guarantee.

An application for the issue of a passport or travel document, or for the duplicate or renewal thereof or for an endorsement thereon shall be accompanied by the fee specified in Schedule IV to these rules;
Provided that no such fee shall be payable where such passport, document, duplicate or renewal is necessary for a journey required by Government.

A passport or travel document shall be issued in such form as the Government may direct;

(1) Subject to sub rule (2), a person holding a passport or travel document shall not be entitled to another passport or travel document unless he surrenders the passport or travel document held by him.
(2) Separate passports or travel documents may be issued to a person if it is necessary to do so for facilitating his visits to different countries.

The Director General of immigration and Passports shall supervise and control the work of all passport authorities specified in Schedule I to these rules.

(1) A person aggrieved by an order of a passport authority may, within a period of two months from the date of the order, prefer an appeal –
a) where the order is that of any authority other than the Secretary, Home Affairs, to the Secretary, Home Affairs; and
b) where the order is that of the Secretary, Home Affairs, to the Minister for Home Affairs.
(2) Before making an order on an appeal under sub-rule (1), the appellant shall be given an opportunity of being heard.