Bhutan Visa Application Procedures

Steps to apply for Bhutan Tourist Visa

• Book a Bhutan tour package with a licensed travel agency
• Confirm you air-tickets on Drukair
• Ensure that you have a passport with at least six months validity at the point of arrival in Bhutan
• Provide the information required as listed below
  • - Fullname as per passport
  • - Occupation
  • - Mailing address
  • - Contact No. (mobile preferred)
  • - Submit a scanned copy of your passport as per sample
    
    
     
  • - Submit a scanned copy of student ID for student discounts as per sample
    
    
  
  
• Visa will only be processed upon payment of tour package cost to Tourism Council of Bhutan.

* Department of Immigration would like to inform all travellers that w.e.f. 26th September 2011, the department will accept only valid passport copies (clear scan of passport page with datasheet and picture) of travellers and no passport size photographs will be entertained.

Question: I’ve paid for my tour package. How long does it take to process my visa to Bhutan?

Answer: You should expect to get your visa only between 14 to 5 days prior to your departure. Remember to print out a copy of your visa so that you can present it at the Drukair Check-in counter and also at immigration point.

Question: Do I need to send you my passport for Bhutan visa application?

Answer: No, we only require a clear color scan of the detail page of your passport as per above. Bhutan visa application is a digital submission, thus we do not need to retain your passport.

Bhutan Visa

Question: How would my Bhutan visa look like?

Answer: Your visa application will be a digital submission and it will come as an electronic document. You will need to print out the document and carry it with you. Visa verification is required when you check in for your Drukair flight and when you reach the immigration check point at Paro International Airport.

Bhutan Immigration

Question: Am I allowed to bring cigeretts & alcohol into Bhutan?

Answer: Yes, all foreigners are allowed to bring with them one litre of alcoholic spirit and up to 200 sticks of cigerettes OR 30 pieces of cigars.
Do note that all cigerettes all be subjected to 100 percent customs duty and 100 percent sales tax. Travellers should declare their dutiable items at custom and pay the admissible taxes.

Free Baggage Allowance (15 years and above):

Bhutanese passport holder, other national working as a regular employee in Bhutan resident in the country arriving with baggage shall be permitted to bring in personal items up to the assessed value of $ 1000 without payment of duties and taxes, subject to the ceiling prescribed below.

a. Spirits: Two bottles, each bottle not larger than one litre

b. Perfume: 1 bottle, not larger than two ounces

c. Gold: 50 grams

d. Silver: 1 kilogram

e. Clothing: Maximum of ten pieces of each type of clothing whether stitched or unstitched

f. Other household or personal goods including electronics and bedding shall be limited to one piece each

g. Items of gifts and presents shall be included in the above free allowance

h. Cigarettes: 1 cartoon (containing 200 pieces), 02 30 pieces of cigar; 0r 150 grams of other tobacco and tobacco products subject to 100 percent customs duty and 100 percent sales tax.

Goods found to be in commercial quantities shall attract customs duty, even if the value of the goods is less than US $ 1,000.

TOURIST ALLOWANCE

a. Spirits: 1 bottle not larger than one litre

b. Cigarettes: 1 carton (containing 200 pieces) subject to 100 percent customs duty and 100 percent sales tax