Bhutanese passport

A Bhutanese passport is a document which authorises and facilitates travel and other activities in Bhutan or by Bhutanese citizens. Foreign travel passports are issued to citizens of Bhutan for international travel by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It is valid for all countries unless otherwise endorsed.[2]

Bhutanese passport
The front cover of a Bhutanese passport
TypePassport
Issued by Bhutan
First issuedapp. 2006[1] (current version)
PurposeIdentification
EligibilityBhutanese citizenship
ExpirationFive years

History
A Lhotshampa man holding his Bhutanese passport

In the Kingdom of Bumthang, which constitutes a part of modern-day Bhutan, feudal passbooks or dzeng (Dzongkha: ཛེང) were issued to court messengers in order to travel from kingdom to kingdom.[2] Diplomacy and mediating were crucially important measures in pre-modern Bhutan chiefdoms.[3]

In 1988, Bhutanese passport holders abroad were ordered to surrender their passports upon their return to Bhutan.[4]

Types of passports
  • Ordinary passport (red), Shinthron passport (dzong ke ་དགེ་འདུན་ )[5]
  • Service passport (green), Pawchang passport (dzong ke ་དབྱངས།་ )
  • Diplomatic passport (blue), Denzhen passport (dzong-ke ཞག་དང་རྣ )

Identification page
  • Photo of the passport holder (Width: 35mm, Height: 45mm; Head height (up to the top of the hair): 34.5mm; Distance from top the of the photo to the top of the hair: 3mm)[6]
  • Type ("P" for passport)
  • Country code
  • Passport serial number
  • Last name and first name of the passport holder
  • Citizenship
  • Date of birth (DD. MM. YYYY)
  • Gender (M for men or F for women)
  • Birth place
  • Date of issue (DD. MM. YYYY)
  • Passport holder's signature
  • Expiration date (DD. MM. YYYY)

Languages

The passport contains text in English and Dzongkha (Tibetan script).[7]

See also

References
  1. "Council of the European Union - PRADO - BTN-AO-01001". www.consilium.europa.eu. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  2. http://www.nab.gov.bt/downloads/82NA%20resolution.doc%5B%5D
  3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Circular MFA/PD/14.19". 15 January 1988.
  5. "Passport services and related FAQs | Ministry of Foreign Affairs Royal Government of Bhutan".
  6. "Bhutan passport photo 35x45 mm size, requirements". visafoto.com. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
  7. James Minahan (1 December 2009). The complete guide to national symbols and emblems. Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-34498-5.
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