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Bhutan — Citizenship Guide

Citizenship by descent is available; naturalisation is restricted; dual citizenship is generally not permitted.

Why Bhutan?

The Bhutan passport offers visa-free, visa-on-arrival, ETA, or e-visa access to 103 destinations, ranking it #151 globally.

Long residence (15+ yrs) and conditions.

Citizenship by descent

Bhutan applies jus sanguinis — citizenship can be acquired by descent from a citizen parent, and in some cases from grandparents or more distant ancestors.

Naturalisation

Naturalisation in Bhutan is restricted or not standardised — there is no straightforward residency-based route for most people.

Dual citizenship

Bhutan generally does not permit dual citizenship — naturalising usually requires renouncing your existing nationality.

Fees & timeline

There is no standard published application fee — costs vary, so check with official sources.

Compiled from the Citizenship Hub law dataset (approximate). Verify with official government sources before relying on this information.

Where the Bhutan passport can travel

Visa-free, visa on arrival, ETA, and e-visa access by destination. Hover for details.

Fiji — Visa required Tanzania — Visa on arrival W. Sahara — Unknown Canada — Visa required United States of America — Visa required Kazakhstan — e-Visa Uzbekistan — Visa required Papua New Guinea — e-Visa Indonesia — e-Visa Argentina — Visa required Chile — Visa required Dem. Rep. Congo — e-Visa Somalia — e-Visa Kenya — ETA Sudan — Visa required Chad — e-Visa Haiti — Visa-free Dominican Rep. — Visa required Russia — e-Visa Bahamas — e-Visa Falkland Is. — Unknown Greenland — Unknown Fr. S. Antarctic Lands — Unknown Timor-Leste — Visa on arrival South Africa — Visa required Lesotho — Visa required Mexico — Visa required Uruguay — Visa required Brazil — Visa required Bolivia — e-Visa Peru — Visa required Colombia — Visa-free Panama — Visa-free Costa Rica — Visa required Nicaragua — Visa on arrival Honduras — Visa required El Salvador — e-Visa Guatemala — Visa required Belize — Visa required Venezuela — Visa required Guyana — e-Visa Suriname — ETA Ecuador — Visa-free Puerto Rico — Unknown Jamaica — Visa required Cuba — e-Visa Zimbabwe — Visa on arrival Botswana — e-Visa Namibia — e-Visa Senegal — Visa required Mali — Visa required Mauritania — e-Visa Benin — e-Visa Niger — Visa required Nigeria — e-Visa Cameroon — e-Visa Togo — e-Visa Ghana — Visa required Côte d'Ivoire — ETA Guinea — e-Visa Guinea-Bissau — Visa on arrival Liberia — e-Visa Sierra Leone — e-Visa Burkina Faso — e-Visa Central African Rep. — Visa required Congo — Visa required Gabon — e-Visa Eq. Guinea — e-Visa Zambia — Visa-free Malawi — Visa on arrival Mozambique — Visa on arrival eSwatini — Visa required Angola — Visa required Burundi — Visa on arrival Israel — e-Visa Lebanon — Visa on arrival Madagascar — Visa on arrival Palestine — Visa-free Gambia — Visa required Tunisia — Visa required Algeria — Visa required Jordan — Visa on arrival United Arab Emirates — e-Visa Qatar — e-Visa Kuwait — Visa on arrival Iraq — e-Visa Oman — e-Visa Vanuatu — e-Visa Cambodia — Visa on arrival Thailand — Visa-free Laos — Visa on arrival Myanmar — e-Visa Vietnam — e-Visa North Korea — Visa required South Korea — e-Visa Mongolia — e-Visa India — Visa-free Bangladesh — Visa-free Bhutan — Home country Nepal — Visa on arrival Pakistan — e-Visa Afghanistan — Visa required Tajikistan — e-Visa Kyrgyzstan — e-Visa Turkmenistan — Visa required Iran — Visa on arrival Syria — e-Visa Armenia — e-Visa Sweden — Visa required Belarus — Visa required Ukraine — e-Visa Poland — Visa required Austria — Visa required Hungary — Visa required Moldova — e-Visa Romania — Visa required Lithuania — Visa required Latvia — Visa required Estonia — Visa required Germany — Visa required Bulgaria — Visa required Greece — Visa required Turkey — Visa required Albania — e-Visa Croatia — Visa required Switzerland — Visa required Luxembourg — Visa required Belgium — Visa required Netherlands — Visa required Portugal — Visa required Spain — Visa required Ireland — Visa required New Caledonia — Unknown Solomon Is. — Visa required New Zealand — Visa required Australia — e-Visa Sri Lanka — Visa on arrival China — Visa required Taiwan — Unknown Italy — Visa required Denmark — Visa required United Kingdom — Visa required Iceland — Visa required Azerbaijan — Visa required Georgia — e-Visa Philippines — Visa-free Malaysia — Visa required Brunei — Visa required Slovenia — Visa required Finland — Visa required Slovakia — Visa required Czechia — Visa required Eritrea — Visa required Japan — Visa required Paraguay — Visa required Yemen — Visa required Saudi Arabia — e-Visa Antarctica — Unknown Cyprus — Visa required Morocco — Visa required Egypt — Visa on arrival Libya — e-Visa Ethiopia — e-Visa Djibouti — Visa on arrival Uganda — e-Visa Rwanda — Visa on arrival Bosnia and Herz. — Visa required North Macedonia — Visa required Serbia — Visa required Montenegro — Visa required Trinidad and Tobago — Visa required S. Sudan — e-Visa
  • Visa-free
  • Visa on arrival
  • ETA
  • e-Visa
  • Visa required
  • No admission

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