Bhutanese passport
File:The front cover of Bhutanese passport.jpg
The front cover of a Bhutanese passport
Issued by  Bhutan
Type of document Passport
Purpose Identification
Eligibility requirements Bhutanese Citizen

A Bhutanese passport is a document which authorises and facilitates travel and other activities in Bhutan or by Bhutanese citizens.

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.[1] Diplomacy and mediating were crucially important measures in pre-modern Bhutan chiefdoms.[2]

Foreign travel passports are issued to citizens of Bhutan for international travel. New Bhutanese passports are issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[3]

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

Types of passport[edit]

A Lhotshampa man holding his Bhutanese passport in a refugee camp for Bhutanese.

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