Apply In-Person:

1. To Apply for US Dollar Investment Bond Purchase, the applicant has to approach the Central Bank OF Bangladesh link
2. An application form will be provided to the applicant by the concerned officer. Or the applicant has to download the application form from the following link
3. The applicant has to fill in all the necessary details in the application form.
4. The applicant has to attach the necessary documents that are mentioned in “Required Documents” section of this page.
5. The applicant has to attach the photocopies of the required documents along with the application while submitting.
6. Submit all the documents with the completed application to the concerned officer.
7. After receiving the application, the concerned authority will check the submitted application and document set. If all are in place, the application will be accepted.
8. An acknowledgment receipt will be provided. Please save it for future reference.
9. The applicant has to pay the prescribed fee as requested.
10. Then the application will be processed further. All the updates on the application status will be sent via SMS to the applicant’s mobile number.
11. This entire process can be completed within 10-15 days or as per the timeline advised by the respective department authority.

• Completed Application form link
• Photocopy of passport
• 7 copies of passport sized photographs of the applicant
• 3 copies of passport sized photographs of nominee (with applicant’s signature)
• Any statement from the employer or a business document if the applicant are involved in business
• Copy of resident/work permit or valid visa

CENTRAL BANK OF BANGLADESH
NRB Bond Communication Unit
Debt Management Department
27th Floor, 2nd Annex Building
Bangladesh Bank, Head Office
Motijheel C/A, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh
Phone: +880-2-9530190
PABX: +880-2-9530010-75, Ext.: 3296, 3285 & 3272
Fax: +880-2-9530205,
E-mail: nrb.info@bb.org.bd
Website link
Contact details link

• The Bond may be issued in the name of a holder of a non-resident account against remittances from abroad to the account.

• The fee for this procedure has to be paid as per the authority request.

Explain the time until which the certificate/document is valid.
e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever

• Application form link

Please attach sample completed documents that would help other people.

• This entire process can be completed within 10 -15 or as per the timeline advised by the respective department authority.

Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications.
Attach videos using the following tag <&video type='website'>video ID|width|height<&/video&> from external websites.
Please remove the '&' inside the tags during implementation.
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver,
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
e.g In the following url 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M' Video ID is 'Y0US7oR_t3M'.

• Applicants must complete the application form before submitting it. Incomplete applications will not be accepted.
• Applicants must provide genuine information while applying for this procedure.

• Name of the holder and nominee
• Age
• Address
• City
• State
• Postal code
• Date of birth
• Marital status
• Citizenship
• Occupation
• Relation with the nominee

• A product that exclusively provides Non-Resident Bangladeshis (NRBs) the opportunity to invest in the Bangladeshi Capital Market through a Beneficiary Owner's (BO) account which will be funded by a Non Resident Investor's Taka Account (NITA).

• For more information link

Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.
e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

Place some external links which might help.

• NRBs can invest into the Bangladeshi Capital Market from anywhere in the world
• Custodian Service will be provided by Trust Bank
• 100% repatriation of capital, dividend and investment profits
• NRBs can apply for IPOs as well as buy and sell shares in the Secondary Market through Trust Bank Limited. They can use e-mail, fax or phone to issue trade orders to Trust Bank Limited