Non-Tourist Diplomatic Category
Only individuals holding diplomatic passports may apply for a diplomatic visa while visiting Bhutan for official purposes and postings/assignments.
Parents, parents-in-laws and adult children of professional staff of resident MIOs
Category: Diplomatic/Dependent
Personal Guests of Ambassadors/Diplomats /Consul General/Heads of international agencies in Bhutan
Category: Diplomatic/Dependent
Diplomatic/Official passport holders of Bangladesh, India and Maldives
Category: Diplomatic
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.