Check your Barbadosvisa application status.

The Barbados Ministry of Foreign Affairs visa list of August 2022 shows "No visa required" for Bangladesh, with the remark "Bangladeshi can stay for a maximum of six (6) months without a visa" ¹. That list is from 2022, so check that it still applies before you rely on it. For study, you apply to the Immigration Department for a non-immigrant student visa before entering Barbados ⁴.

The student visa

The forms are H-1 to H-4 ⁴. The documents named include:

• Form H-1, Certificate of Eligibility for Non-Immigrant Student Status, and Form H-2, Certificate by Non-Immigrant Student
• an original or notarised birth certificate
• two passport photos and a copy of the passport biodata page
• proof of financial support
• police certificates from each country you lived in for six months or more in the past three years
• an acceptance letter from a school registered with the Ministry of Education
• a timetable and course outline
• proof of accommodation ⁴

The fee is BDS $300, paid when you submit ⁴. Incomplete forms are not accepted, and neither are laminated or scanned police certificates ⁴.

How long it takes

For the initial student application (minors) you get written notification within 10 working days, and the final visa within 60 working days. A provisional visa may be approved for up to four months ⁴.

Entry visas

Where a visa is required, applications go to the Barbados Immigration Department, addressed to the Chief Immigration Officer, and an entry visa does not guarantee entry ². The processing period is three weeks and updates are not given on applications ². Fees listed are US$107.00 for a single entry and US$211.00 for multiple entry, but that page may predate the move to the online process ². The Immigration home page says the entry visa process is now fully online ³, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs sends applicants to the portal at apps.immigration.gov.bb ⁵.

Checking status

The Immigration portal is a login page ⁶. The pages we read do not describe a status-tracking function on it, and the Immigration Department says it gives no updates during the three-week entry visa period ². For a student visa, use the 10 and 60 working day marks above to know when to expect your written notice ⁴.

Have the login for your apps.immigration.gov.bb account ready for the check above this article.