Bhutan Visa Requirements

Bhutan Visa Procedure

We require the following for visa processing:

Colour scan of passport 30 days prior to travel date (sooner the better & minimum 5 working days needed to process and obtain a Bhutan visa). The passport must be valid for six months from the intended date of departure from the Kingdom.
A recent passport-size photograph (in digital form)
Department of Tourism requires full tour payment while processing visa, so please forward us a wire transfer copy or payment details to apply for the visa.
Multiple-visit Indian visa is required if you enter Bhutan from India and re-enter India after the Bhutan tour.
Dual passport holders are required to use the same passport for Bhutan travel, whose passport details are submitted while applying for the visa.
Travellers visiting India on e-tourist visa & entering Bhutan by Air (by remaining in transit at Delhi / Kolkata airport) and re-entering India after Bhutan tour by surface (from Phuentsholing, Samdrup Jonkhar & Gelephu border towns) are required to travel with original Indian visa stamped on passport by Indian embassy/consulate at their home country as there is no facilities at these border towns to check & verify Indian e-Visa.
Bhutan visa fee is US$ 40, which is included in the tour cost submitted by us.
Carrying any satellite phone (SATPHONE) or drone is not permitted in Bhutan.

Passport copies also required for ticket issuance for verifying correct names, same passport copy may not be valid for Bhutan visa if it does not above mentioned conditions.

** Visitors can also apply visa directly online through the Department of Immigration, Royal Government of Bhutan portal.