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FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 2023
BB eases foreign exchange endorsement for travel

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TBS Report
23 September, 2021, 10:35 pm
Last modified: 23 September, 2021, 10:39 pm

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BB eases foreign exchange endorsement for travel

Under the new rules, if a person's passport is valid for five years, he will be able to endorse $60,000 for that period

TBS Report
23 September, 2021, 10:35 pm
Last modified: 23 September, 2021, 10:39 pm
File Photo of Bangladesh Bank : Salahuddin Ahmed/TBS
File Photo of Bangladesh Bank : Salahuddin Ahmed/TBS

To simplify overseas travel, the Bangladesh Bank has now allowed the endorsement of foreign exchange at a time as per passport validity.

For example, a traveller will be allowed to get $60,000 endorsed for a passport with a five-year validity. However, they will not be allowed to spend more than $12,000 a year.

The central bank issued a circular in this regard on Thursday.

According to the circular, a traveler can spend an additional amount using international cards on logical grounds, which will be adjusted from the balance of the traveler's local foreign currency account. And if he or she does not have such an account, it will be adjusted from the next year's limit up to $500.

The circular said the authorised dealer (AD) bank will be able to release foreign currency under the passport. However, the bank has to abide by some conditions.

Moreover, endorsement cannot be made during the valid period of the passport if someone travels abroad for employment as an immigrant, or for education. However, the person holding the supplementary card will get this facility under his travel quota. 

In the case of travel abroad, the travel quota is applicable from 1 January to 31 December. However, if the specified travelling period falls into the next year, a quota has to be used till 31 December and another quota from 1 January.

The concerned people of the sector think that the facility of issuing foreign currency through international cards during the validity of the passport will make it easier for the passengers traveling abroad.

A Bangladesh Bank official said that the foreign transaction system is being eased day by day. The new guidelines will make foreign exchange clearance activities more flexible in the travel sector.

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