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A '''Bhutanese passport''' is a document that authorises 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 (Bhutan)|Ministry of Foreign Affairs]]. It is valid for all countries unless otherwise endorsed.<ref name="nab.gov.bt">http://www.nab.gov.bt/downloads/82NA%20resolution.doc{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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 (Bhutan)|Ministry of Foreign Affairs]]. It is valid for all countries unless otherwise endorsed.<ref name="nab.gov.bt">http://www.nab.gov.bt/downloads/82NA%20resolution.doc{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>


== History ==
== History ==
[[File:Lotshampa refugees in Beldangi Camp-crop.jpg|thumb|A [[Lhotshampa]] man holding his Bhutanese Citizenship Identity Card]]
[[File:Lotshampa refugees in Beldangi Camp.jpg|thumb|A [[Lhotshampa]] man holding his Bhutanese passport in a [[Beldangi refugee camps|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.<ref name="nab.gov.bt"/> Diplomacy and mediating were crucially important measures in pre-modern Bhutan chiefdoms.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dzongkha.gov.bt/publications/PDF-publications/Drangtsi_Bumpa.pdf# |title=Archived copy |access-date=31 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923221226/http://www.dzongkha.gov.bt/publications/PDF-publications/Drangtsi_Bumpa.pdf# |archive-date=23 September 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In the [[Kingdom of Bumthang]], which constitutes a part of modern-day Bhutan, feudal passbooks or ''dzeng'' ({{lang-dz|ཛེང}}) were issued to court messengers in order to travel from kingdom to kingdom.<ref name="nab.gov.bt"/> Diplomacy and mediating were crucially important measures in pre-modern Bhutan chiefdoms.<ref>{{Cite book |isbn=978-99936-15-07-1 |url=http://www.dzongkha.gov.bt/publications/PDF-publications/Drangtsi_Bumpa.pdf |title=༄༅།༅།ཆ༅ས༌ས༅ད་བར༅་གསར༌ར༅༅ང་ག༅༌ར༅མ༌གཞག༌ས༅༅ང༌ར༅༅འ༅་བ༅མ་པ། |lang=dz |access-date=31 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923221226/http://www.dzongkha.gov.bt/publications/PDF-publications/Drangtsi_Bumpa.pdf |archive-date=23 September 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


Foreign travel passports are issued to citizens of Bhutan for international travel. New Bhutanese passports are issued by the foreign affairs.
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.<ref>{{Cite news |date=15 January 1988 |title=Circular MFA/PD/14.19 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2dsvYTCDPv0C&q=Bhutanese+passport}}</ref>
In 1988, Bhutanese passport holders abroad were ordered to surrender their passports upon their return to Bhutan.<ref>{{Cite news |date=15 January 1988 |title=Circular MFA/PD/14.19 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2dsvYTCDPv0C&q=Bhutanese+passport |work=[[Kuensel]] |language=English}}</ref>


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


==Languages==
==Languages==
The passport contains text in English and [[Dzongkha]] (Tibetan script).<ref>{{cite book |author=James Minahan |title=The complete guide to national symbols and emblems |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y85XAAAAYAAJ |date=1 December 2009 |publisher=Greenwood Press |isbn=978-0-313-34498-5 }}</ref>
The passport contains text in English and [[Dzongkha]].<ref>{{cite book |author=James Minahan |title=The complete guide to national symbols and emblems |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y85XAAAAYAAJ |date=1 December 2009 |publisher=Greenwood Press |isbn=978-0-313-34498-5 }}</ref>


== Types of passport ==
== Types of passport ==
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|+Overview of Bhutanese passports
|+Overview of Bhutanese passports
!scope="col"| Type of passport
!scope="col"| Type of passport
!scope="col"| Colour
!scope="col"| Color
!scope="col"| Image
!scope="col"| Image
|-
|-
|scope="row"| Ordinary passport ({{Lang-dz|་དགེ་འདུན་|translit=Shinthron}})
|scope="row"| Ordinary passport ({{Lang-dz|་དགེ་འདུན་|translit=Shinthron}})
| [[Blue]]
| blue
| [[File:Bhutanese_passport.jpg|frameless|171x171px]]
| [[File:Bhutanese passport.jpg|thumb|200x200px|Blue ordinary passport (Shinthron) ]]
|-
|-
|scope="row"| Official passport ({{Lang-dz|དབྱངས།་|translit=Pawchang}})
|scope="row"| Official passport ({{Lang-dz|དབྱངས།་|translit=Pawchang}})
| [[Green]]
| green
|
|
|-
|-
|scope="row"| [[Passport#Diplomatic and official passports|Diplomatic passport]] ({{Lang-dz|ཞག་དང་རྣ|translit=Denzhen}})
|scope="row"| Diplomatic passport ({{Lang-dz|ཞག་དང་རྣ|translit=Denzhen}})
| red
| [[Red]]
| [[File:256169 thumb.jpg|thumb|171x171px|Red diplomatic passport (Denzhen)]]
| [[File:256169_thumb.jpg|frameless|170x170px]]
|}
|}

== In popular culture ==
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In 2013, a spoken article on the [[English Wikipedia]] was created for the Bhutanese passport by user KuchenZimjah,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Newman |first=Tim |date=March 20, 2015 |title=Wikipedia's "Bhutaenese {{sic|nolink=y}} Passport" Audio Article Is The Funniest Thing You'll Hear All Week |url=https://www.lazerhorse.org/2015/03/20/wikipedia-bhutanese-passport-audio/ |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240313150449/https://www.lazerhorse.org/2015/03/20/wikipedia-bhutanese-passport-audio/ |archive-date=March 13, 2024 |access-date=March 13, 2024 |website=Lazer Horse}}</ref> which was interpreted as humorous, spawning an [[internet meme]]. The audio file was deleted in 2015 following debate on the article's talk page.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 30, 2015 |title=When 'Bhutanese passport' was deleted from Wiki after being subjected to trolls |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/features/when-bhutanese-passport-was-deleted-wiki-after-being-subjected-trolls-20822 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240313151158/https://www.thenewsminute.com/features/when-bhutanese-passport-was-deleted-wiki-after-being-subjected-trolls-20822 |archive-date=March 13, 2024 |access-date=March 13, 2024 |website=The News Minute}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lileks |first=James |date=March 27, 2015 |title=The trouble with "Bhutanese Passport." |url=https://www.startribune.com/the-trouble-with-bhutanese-passport/297804961/?refresh=true |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240313145007/https://www.startribune.com/the-trouble-with-bhutanese-passport/297804961/?refresh=true |archive-date=March 13, 2024 |access-date=March 13, 2024 |website=[[Star Tribune]]}}</ref> In 2023, YouTube creator [[Hbomberguy]] used this recording as an example of audio versions of articles being an [[accessibility]] feature and of recreating someone else's creative work in an ethical, productive way.<ref>{{Cite AV media|title=Plagiarism and You(Tube) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDp3cB5fHXQ |access-date=2024-02-06 |date=2023-12-02 |type=video |via=YouTube |publisher=[[Hbomberguy]] |language=en |time=3:33:14}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
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==External links==
==External links==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20180227195508/http://www.mfa.gov.bt/ Bhutanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20180227195508/http://www.mfa.gov.bt/ Bhutanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs]


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Bhutanese passport
The front cover of an ordinary (blue) Bhutanese passport
TypePassport
Issued by Bhutan
First issuedapp. 2006[1] (current version)
PurposeIdentification
EligibilityBhutanese 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]

History[edit]

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]

The current version of the Bhutanese passports were first issued around 2006.

Languages[edit]

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

Types of passport[edit]

Overview of Bhutanese passports
Type of passport Color Image
Ordinary passport (Dzongkha: ་དགེ་འདུན་, romanized: Shinthron) Blue
Official passport (Dzongkha: དབྱངས།་, romanized: Pawchang) Green
Diplomatic passport (Dzongkha: ཞག་དང་རྣ, romanized: Denzhen) Red

In popular culture[edit]

Bhutanese passport
The original spoken article audio by KuchenZimjah, which has since become an internet meme.
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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 as 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]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Council of the European Union - PRADO - BTN-AO-01001". www.consilium.europa.eu. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  2. ^ a b http://www.nab.gov.bt/downloads/82NA%20resolution.doc[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ ༄༅།༅།ཆ༅ས༌ས༅ད་བར༅་གསར༌ར༅༅ང་ག༅༌ར༅མ༌གཞག༌ས༅༅ང༌ར༅༅འ༅་བ༅མ་པ། (PDF) (in Dzongkha). ISBN 978-99936-15-07-1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
  4. ^ "Circular MFA/PD/14.19". Kuensel. 15 January 1988.
  5. ^ James Minahan (1 December 2009). The complete guide to national symbols and emblems. Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-34498-5.
  6. ^ Newman, Tim (20 March 2015). "Wikipedia's "Bhutaenese [sic] Passport" Audio Article Is The Funniest Thing You'll Hear All Week". Lazer Horse. Archived from the original on 13 March 2024. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  7. ^ "When 'Bhutanese passport' was deleted from Wiki after being subjected to trolls". The News Minute. 30 March 2015. Archived from the original on 13 March 2024. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  8. ^ Lileks, James (27 March 2015). "The trouble with "Bhutanese Passport."". Star Tribune. Archived from the original on 13 March 2024. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  9. ^ Plagiarism and You(Tube) (video). Hbomberguy. 2 December 2023. Event occurs at 3:33:14. Retrieved 6 February 2024 – via YouTube.

External links[edit]

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