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Visa Requirements for Bhutan Passport Holders (2026)

A Bhutan passport gives visa-free access to 52 of 198 destinations (visa-free, visa on arrival, or eTA). Full breakdown by entry type below.

Visa-free17
Visa on arrival33
eTA2
e-Visa45
Visa required101

Visa-free destinations (17)

Bangladesh (90d), Barbados (90d), Colombia (90d), Dominica (21d), Ecuador (90d), Gambia (90d), Haiti (90d), Hong Kong (14d), India, Micronesia (30d), Palestine, Panama (90d), Philippines (30d), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (90d), Seychelles (90d), Singapore (30d), Thailand (60d)

Visa on arrival (33)

Bolivia, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Macao, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nepal, Nicaragua, Palau, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Samoa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Tuvalu, Zambia, Zimbabwe

eTA required (2)

Ivory Coast, Kenya

e-Visa required (45)

Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Australia, Bahamas, Bahrain, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cuba, DR Congo, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Georgia, Guinea, Indonesia, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lesotho, Libya, Moldova, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Qatar, Russia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Sao Tome and Principe, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Korea, South Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Togo, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Vietnam

Visa required in advance (101)

Afghanistan, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Argentina, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Congo, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Eritrea, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kiribati, Kosovo, Latvia, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Namibia, Nauru, Netherlands, New Zealand, Niger, North Korea, North Macedonia, Norway, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican, Venezuela, Yemen

Passports with similar entry access

Egypt · Comoros · Vietnam · Ivory Coast · Cambodia · Mauritania

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Data source: Passport Index dataset (CC-BY). Retrieved & last verified June 26, 2026. Visa rules change frequently — always confirm with the destination’s embassy or official immigration website before you book. See our methodology.