Bhutanese passport
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| Bhutanese passport | |
|---|---|
 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' 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]
Types of Passport
- Ordinary passport (red), Shinthron passport (Dzongkha: ་དགེ་འདུན་)
- Official passport (green), Pawchang passport (Dzongkha: ་དབྱངས།་)
- Diplomatic passport (blue), Denzhen passport (Dzongkha: ཞག་དང་རྣ)
See also
- Passport
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Bhutan)
- Kingdom of Bhutan
- Foreign relations of Bhutan
- Politics of Bhutan
- List of passports
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