Do Bangladeshi passport holders need a visa for Mauritius?

By Saurabh Pathare · Travel Writer, Tripmojo · Updated September 3, 2026 · Reviewed by Simran Raheja

Yes, and in advance. Bangladesh is one of only fifteen nationalities Mauritius requires to obtain a visa before travelling, rather than on arrival. Most visitors get no visa at all or one at the airport, so the reassuring advice written for other passports does not apply to a Bangladeshi one.

Quick facts

Visa required

Visa required: Yes, before travel
Obtained on arrival: No, unlike most nationalities
Where Bangladesh sits: The advance-visa tier, one of fifteen countries
Most nationalities get: No visa, or a visa on arrival
What the table settles: The visa question only, not the process or fee
Plan around: Time to apply before booking non-refundable travel

Entry requirements

A visa obtained before you travel. The Mauritian requirement table places Bangladesh among the nationalities that must arrange a visa in advance rather than at the border.
A valid Bangladeshi passport, and the time to complete an application before committing to dates, since the visa is not issued on arrival.
The application route and its documents, which the requirement table does not itself set out. Confirm these with the Mauritian authorities or the nearest mission handling Mauritian visas.

One of fifteen nationalities that cannot simply turn up

Mauritius sorts the world into tiers on its Passport and Immigration Office requirement table, and Bangladesh is in the strictest one. Its entry reads "Visa required prior to travel", which means the visa has to be arranged before departure. There is no on-arrival option for a Bangladeshi passport the way there is for most visitors.

That places Bangladesh in a group of fifteen. Of the table’s 197 entries, 113 need no visa at all, 63 receive a sixty-day visa on arrival and six a two-week visa on arrival, leaving 15 that must obtain a visa before travelling. Bangladesh is in that last group, with Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen among the others. It is the smallest and most restrictive of the four tiers.

The table settles which tier you are in and nothing else. It does not name the mission that issues the visa, the documents required, the fee, or how long the process takes, and those are set elsewhere. So the one firm instruction this source supports is to treat Mauritius as an advance-application destination for a Bangladeshi traveller and to start the visa before booking anything that cannot be changed, then confirm the route and requirements with the Mauritian authorities directly.

Good to know

The easy-entry reputation Mauritius has is real, but it is not for a Bangladeshi passport. Most of the world, 113 nationalities, needs no visa, and another 69 get one on arrival, which is why almost everything written about visiting Mauritius describes turning up and being waved through. A Bangladeshi traveller reading that advice would arrive without a visa and be turned away, because Bangladesh is in the fifteen-country group that must apply first. Read your own row, not the general reputation.
Start the visa before you book, not after. Because the visa must be granted before travel and the table does not say how long that takes, the safe sequence is application first, non-refundable bookings second. A flight or a resort booked in the hope that the visa arrives in time is the avoidable version of this trip. Give the application room, and treat the dates as provisional until the visa is in hand.
The requirement table is the tier, not the procedure, so get the process from the authority that runs it. Mauritius publishes which nationalities need what, but not the how. For the application route, the accepted documents and the fee, the Mauritian Passport and Immigration Office or the mission handling Mauritian visas for Bangladesh is the source, and this page does not substitute a guessed process for their published one.
A travelling companion on another passport is on a different rule from you. The same table that sends a Bangladeshi to apply in advance lets a European or an Indian arrive with no visa and an African neighbour get sixty days at the airport. Group trips fail on exactly this: the plan is built around the easiest passport in the group. Check the Bangladeshi entry on its own and plan the earliest, not the latest, visa timeline in the party.

Frequently asked questions

Do Bangladeshi citizens need a visa for Mauritius?

Yes, and it must be arranged before travel. Bangladesh is one of fifteen nationalities the Mauritian requirement table lists as needing a visa prior to travel, not on arrival.

Can a Bangladeshi get a Mauritius visa on arrival?

No. On-arrival entry is for other tiers. Bangladesh is in the advance-application group, so the visa has to be obtained before departure.

How many nationalities have to apply in advance for Mauritius?

Fifteen, out of 197 on the requirement table. The rest either need no visa (113) or receive a visa on arrival (69 across the sixty-day and two-week tiers).

What documents and fee does the Mauritius visa need?

The public requirement table does not state them. Confirm the application route, documents and fee with the Mauritian Passport and Immigration Office or the mission handling Mauritian visas for Bangladesh.

When should I start the application?

Before booking non-refundable travel. The visa must be granted before you fly and the table does not state a processing time, so apply first and keep dates provisional until it is issued.

Why does Mauritius seem visa-free in most guides?

Because it is, for most passports. 113 nationalities need no visa and 69 get one on arrival. Bangladesh is in the small advance-application tier, so that general advice does not apply to it.

Other passports for Mauritius

Other destinations for Bangladesh passport holders

Sources

Every fact on this page was checked against the official sources below on 3 September 2026.

Republic of Mauritius, Passport and Immigration Office, "Visa Requirement Country" table, 197 entries. Bangladesh (entry 14): "Visa required prior to travel." Counted across the table: 113 entries read "No visa required", 63 read "Visa for sixty days on arrival", six read "Visa for two weeks on arrival", and 15 read "Visa required prior to travel" (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Iraq, Korea (North), Laos, Libya, Mali, Pakistan, Palestinian State, Saharawi Republic, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Yemen), which sum to 197. The table does not state the application route, documents, fee, or processing time. It is linked only from the raw markup of passport.govmu.org page_id=605. Read 2026-09-03. https://passport.govmu.org/passport/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Visa-Requirement-Country-2025.pdf

Entry rules change without notice and the official source is always the authority. Confirm with the embassy or immigration portal before you book.

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