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German Embassy Dhaka

Bangladesh is a young country of great potential, especially for the German economy. Together we want to make the peaceful and democratic development of the country possible.

Address and Office Hours

Name

Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany

Head

H.E. Peter Fahrenholtz, Ambassador

Town

Dhaka

Tel.

+880 2 5566 8650

Mobile phone number

Please see below

Fax

+880 2 5566 8690, +49 30 1817 672 02

Further information in our data protection declaration

Postal address

Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, Gulshan Post Office, POB 6126, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh

Street

11 Madani Avenue, Baridhara Diplomatic Enclave, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh

Opening hours

Sunday to Thursday
08:00 a.m. to 03:30 p.m.
Closed on: Friday and Saturday (Weekend)

The Consular and Visa Section of the German Embassy Dhaka can only be visited by appointment from Sunday to Thursday. (Exception: German nationals in their own case)

How to reach us in case of an emergency: Please note that the emergency telephone number + 0880 1711 564 588 is available only outside of regular office hours for emergencies.

Visa queries do not qualify as an emergency and will not be entertained.

Kindly also keep in mind the time difference between Germany and Bangladesh.

The German Embassy will be closed on following days this year:

Date	Month	Day	Name of Holiday
01.	January	Wednesday	New Year's Day
08.	March	Sunday	International Women‘s Day
26.	March	Thursday	Independence & National Day
12.	April	Sunday	Easter Sunday
13.	April	Monday	Easter Monday
08.	May	Friday	75th Day of Victory in Europe
24.	May	Sunday	Eid-ul-Fitr
31.	May	Sunday	Whitsunday
01.	June	Monday	Whitmonday
02.	August	Sunday	Eid-ul-Azha
03.	October	Saturday	Day of German Unity
16.	December	Wednesday	Victory Day
24.	December	Thursday	Christmas
25.	December	Friday	Christmas
26.	December	Saturday	Christmas
31.	December	Thursday	New Year's Eve

Website

http://www.dhaka.diplo.de

Contact the Embassy

For Schengen Visa related queries you may contact VFS Global:
(+88) 096 065 558 88 | info.germanybd@vfshelpline.com
For National Visa related queries and all remonstrations you may send an email to:
visa@dhak.auswaertiges-amt.de

Official language of the host country: Bangla (Bengali) and English.

Please note that there are no parking facilities for visitors at the Embassy premises. Secondly, visitors are not allowed to enter the Embassy with cell phone or any electronic device e.g. camera/laptop, or any bag, knife, lighter, matches, firearms etc.

Entrance to the Embassy is handicapped accessible. The Emergency phone can be contacted via text message, too. Local contact for accessibility is Head of Administration, Lilli Blumhardt.

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