Why must passport details exactly match your national ID?

Yes, it will — and this is the commonest reason a passport application stalls. The guidance says plainly that details must be entered exactly as they appear on your national ID or birth certificate. Not the “correct” spelling: the one that is written.

The logic is worth understanding. The passport office verifies what you submit against other government records. A mismatch leaves the system unable to establish that the two documents describe one person, so the application halts. It is not strictness but the limit of verification.

So what if the spelling genuinely is wrong? The right order is: correct the ID or birth registration first, then apply for the passport with the corrected document. Doing it the other way round leaves you carrying a mismatch between two documents indefinitely.

It matters even more for the date of birth, because the one on a passport is later matched against visas, employment and educational records. An error in one place propagates to all of them — so check every field before submitting.

Sources:

• Bangladesh High Commission — e-passport application