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A Bhutanese passport is a document that authorises and facilitates travel and other activities in
In the Kingdom of Bhutan, 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. Diplomacy and mediating were crucially important measures in pre-modern Bhutan chiefdoms.
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.
In approximately 2006, the current version of the Bhutanese passports were first issued.
Bhutanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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Bhutan
Bhutan (; dz, འབྲུག་ཡུལ་, Druk Yul ), officially the Kingdom of Bhutan,), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is situated in the Eastern Himalayas, between China in the north and India in the south. A mountainou ...
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.http://www.nab.gov.bt/downloads/82NA%20resolution.doc
History
In the Kingdom of Bhutan, 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. Diplomacy and mediating were crucially important measures in pre-modern Bhutan chiefdoms.
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.
In approximately 2006, the current version of the Bhutanese passports were first issued.
Languages
The passport contains text in English and Dzongkha (Tibetan script).Types of passport
See also
*List of passports
A passport is a booklet issued by countries to their citizens, permitting the person to travel to other countries. In some cases countries issue travel documents similar to passports to their residents. International organizations also issue travel ...
* Visa policy of Bhutan
* Visa requirements for Bhutanese citizens
* Bhutanese Citizenship Act 1985
Bhutanese nationality law is the law governing the acquisition, transmission and loss of Bhutanese citizenship. The Bhutanese Citizenship Act of 1985 was introduced by the Druk Gyalpo Jigme Singye Wangchuck, on June 10, 1985, modifying the definit ...
References
External links
Bhutanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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Bhutan
Bhutan (; dz, འབྲུག་ཡུལ་, Druk Yul ), officially the Kingdom of Bhutan,), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is situated in the Eastern Himalayas, between China in the north and India in the south. A mountainou ...
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