Welcome
Address and Office Hours
Name
Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany
Head
H.E. Achim Tröster, Ambassador
City/Town
Dhaka
Tel.
+880 2 5566 8650
Mobile phone number
Please see below
Fax
+880 2 5566 8690, +49 30 1817 672 02
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 | Friday | New Year's Day |
08. | March | Monday | International Women‘s Day |
26. | March | Friday | Independence & National Day |
4. | April | Sunday | Easter Sunday |
5. | April | Monday | Easter Monday |
13. | May | Thursday | Eid-ul-Fitr |
23. | May | Sunday | Whitsunday |
24. | May | Monday | Whitmonday |
22. | July | Thursday | Eid-ul-Azha |
03. | October | Sunday | Day of German Unity |
16. | December | Thursday | Victory Day |
24. | December | Friday | Christmas |
25. | December | Saturday | Christmas |
26. | December | Sunday | Christmas |
31. | December | Friday | New Year's Eve |
Website
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 the Head of Administration.