Bhutanese passport

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Bhutanese passport
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The front cover of an ordinary (blue) Bhutanese passport
TypePassport
Issued byFlag of Bhutan.svg  Bhutan
First issuedapp. 2006 [1] (current version)
PurposeIdentification
Eligibility Bhutanese citizenship
ExpirationTen years

A Bhutanese passport is a document that authorizes and facilitates travel and other activities in Bhutan or by Bhutanese citizens. Foreign travel passports are issued to citizens of Bhutan for international travel by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It is valid for all countries unless otherwise endorsed. [2]

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History

A Lhotshampa man holding his Bhutanese passport in a Beldangi camp. Lotshampa refugees in Beldangi Camp.jpg
A Lhotshampa man holding his Bhutanese passport in a Beldangi camp.

In the Kingdom of Bumthang, which constitutes a part of modern-day Bhutan, feudal passbooks or dzeng (Dzongkha : ཛེང) were issued to court messengers in order to travel from kingdom to kingdom. [2] Diplomacy and mediating were crucially important measures in pre-modern Bhutan chiefdoms. [3]

Foreign travel passports are issued to citizens of Bhutan for international travel. New Bhutanese passports are issued by the foreign affairs.

In 1988, Bhutanese passport holders abroad were ordered to surrender their passports upon their return to Bhutan. [4]

In approximately 2006, the current version of the Bhutanese passports were first issued.

Languages

The passport contains text in English and Dzongkha. [5]

Types of passport

Overview of Bhutanese passports
Type of passportColorImage
Ordinary passport (Dzongkha : ་དགེ་འདུན་, romanized: Shinthron) blue Bhutanese passport.jpg
Official passport (Dzongkha : དབྱངས།་, romanized: Pawchang) green
Diplomatic passport (Dzongkha : ཞག་དང་རྣ, romanized: Denzhen) Red 256169 thumb.jpg

In 2013, a spoken article on the English Wikipedia was created for the Bhutanese passport by user KuchenZimjah, [6] which was interpreted as humorous, spawning an internet meme. The audio file was deleted in 2015 following debate on the article's talk page. [7] [8] In 2023, YouTube creator Hbomberguy used this recording an example of audio versions of articles being an accessibility feature and of recreating someone else's creative work in an ethical, productive way. [9]

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