Non-Tourist Business Category
A business visa will enable one to do business in Bhutan and may be issued with documentary evidences of having received approval from the government for establishment of business within the kingdom.
Adult children, parents and parents-in-law of promoters, investors established FDI in Bhutan
Category: Business/Dependent
Direct dependents of promoters, investors of established FDI in Bhutan.
Category: Business/Dependent
Expatriate traders holding a valid business licence and trader card and their direct dependents
Category: Employment/Dependent/Business
Casual visitors are Indian nationals from bordering towns and districts who enter the bordering towns of Bhutan for leisure, shopping, dining, meeting friends or other non-employment purposes, using a voter ID card or Indian passport, and must exit within 24 hours.
Agency Accountable for vetting the application: DoI, RBP
Pilgrims to Gomkora (who must remain within Trashi Yangtse) and Hindu pilgrims to the Jayanti Mahakal Temple near Phuentsholing are Indian nationals traveling with a voter ID card or Indian passport.
Agency Accountable for vetting the application: DoI, RBP
- Recommending agency to submit application to the Cabinet Secretary for consideration of any category not listed in this list as non-tourists.