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

A Bhutanese passport is a document that authorizes 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]

History

A Lhotshampa man holding his Bhutanese passport in a Beldangi Camp.

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]

Foreign travel passports are issued to citizens of Bhutan for international travel. New Bhutanese passports are issued by the foreign affairs.

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

In approximately 2006, the current version of the Bhutanese passports were first issued.

Languages

The passport contains text in English and Dzongkha (Tibetan script).[5]

Types of passport

Overview of Bhutanese passports
Type of passport Color Image
Ordinary passport (Dzongkha: ་དགེ་འདུན་, romanized: Shinthron) blue
Official passport (Dzongkha: དབྱངས།་, romanized: Pawchang) green
Diplomatic passport (Dzongkha: ཞག་དང་རྣ, romanized: Denzhen) Red

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Council of the European Union - PRADO - BTN-AO-01001". www.consilium.europa.eu. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  2. 1 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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ↑ "Circular MFA/PD/14.19". 15 January 1988.
  5. ↑ 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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