Pertaining to documents required for entry permit & formalities involved for indian national & indian passport holder (soft copy to be send for permit & hardcopy to be carried while travelling, same id to be carried while travelling)
ENTRY FORMALITIES FOR INDIAN NATIONALS TRAVELLING TO BHUTAN
Documents Required For Issuing Permit (Original need to carry while travelling) :
For Adult
- Colour & scanned Passport copy with minimum 06 month Validity OR Election Identity card ONLY for all passengers traveling to Bhutan (Original need to be carried while travelling).
- The ID which is given at the time of booking for issuing the tickets & permit that same ID guest needs to carry. For EG If tickets & permit is issued on the basis of passport than its compulsory to carry passport & if its issued on the basis of Voter ID than guest has to carry Voter ID. If there is any mis-match in this than Bhutan immigration has all the authority to cancel the permit & charge the penalty fees to enter Bhutan. ( Penalty has to be paid directly by the guest at the immigration office )
- Recent colour & scanned passport size photograph (Copy need to be carried while travelling).
- Indian National if flying to/from Bhutan, to/from to any second country can travel only with passport with six month validity.
- Indian National if flying to Bhutan from Nepal require Passport with six month validity along with the NOC from embassy of Indian, Kathmandu if they have entered Nepal using Election ID card.
- OCI (Oversea Citizen of India) & PIO (Person of Indian Origin) passport are not considered as valid document in Bhutan, as Indian Citizen proof.
- All NRI, OCI & PIO passport holder will be considered FOREIGN NATIONALS & will have to pay USD RATE as fixed by the Bhutan Government.
- All FOREIGN NATIONALS tourist must obtain a visa clearance prior to travel to Bhutan. Foreign nationals are required to send the clear readable and viewable photo-page of their passport to us & we will apply for their visa. For your kind information, once the full payment for the holiday has been wire transferred and received by the TCB (Tourism Council of Bhutan), the visa will be processed by them. At the point of entry, foreign nationals will have to show their visa clearance letter, for the visa to be stamped on their passport.
- Oversea Travel Insurance with Covid Coverage is required for travel to Bhutan.
Notes : Advance Entry & route permit can only be process & procured for guest travelling with passport, rest all guest need to get the entry permit upon arrival after due documents & payment of SDF (Sustainable Development fee).
For Children (Whose Parents Are Indian Passport Holders)
- Color & scanned Passport copy with minimum 06 month Validity OR Birth Certificate in English ONLY for all passengers traveling to Bhutan (Original need to be carried while travelling).
- Recent colour & scanned passport size photograph (Copy need to be carried while travelling).
- In case the Birth Certificate is in Regional Language, then an affidavit from the Magistrate. Click on the word affidavit for sample copy. Along with …
- Along with School / College identity card. They must be accompanied by their parents with Election ID card / Valid Indian Passport. (Bona-fide letter from School or College are not valid documents for Bhutan Entry for minors).
- Indian national children if flying to/from Bhutan, to/from to any second country require six month valid passport only.
- Indian National if flying to Bhutan from Nepal require Passport with six month validity along with the NOC from embassy of Indian, Kathmandu if they have entered Nepal using Birth Certificate or any other documents.
- For Foreign National Children six month valid passport along with valid visa is the only valid document for entry into Bhutan.