The Ministry of Foreign Affairs would like to inform all that the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh has endorsed the Royal Government of Bhutan’s request for multiple-entry visas for Bhutanese students in Bangladesh provided their passports are valid. It may be noted that the Bhutanese students were provided ...
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Travel Advisory
With the development of new coronavirus variant “Omicron”, Bhutanese are encouraged to refrain from travelling abroad. In case of unavoidable travels, please ensure that travel restrictions of the port of disembarkation (including transit) are understood, all basic preventive measures are taken and extreme caution is exercised. Please also refer to ...
Read More »Status of travel bans in different countries in the light of COVID-19 Pandemic
Country Travel Restrictions India Still active and limited non-scheduled commercial flights may be allowed. The weblinks below provide necessary guidelines from Office of the Director General of Civil Aviation and Ministry of Health: https://www.dgca.gov.in/digigov-portal/?dynamicPage=dynamicPdf/150803522&mainpublicNotices/0/0/viewAllService https://www.mohfw.gov.in/pdf/GuidelinesforInternationalarrival28112021.pdf – Guidelines for international arrivals from Ministry of Health https://www.mohfw.gov.in/pdf/ListofCountriestobereferredtoincontextof Guidelinesforinternationalarrivalsdated11thNovember2021updatedon28112021ver4.pdf – list of countries ...
Read More »Vacancy announcement
The World Intellectual Property Organization announces the following vacancy: PERFORMANCE AND BUDGET ANALYST – P3 – 21250-FT Program Performance and Budget Division, Department of Program Planning and Finance, Administration, Finance and Management Sector Application Deadline – 27-December-2021 Please note that the deadline for applications is indicated in local time as per ...
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The Ministry invited Hon’ble Lyonpo Dago Tshering, as the distinguished speaker, at the 6th MFA Lecture Series held on 30 November 2021. Lyonpo spoke on “Diplomacy for serving the Tsa-Wa-Sum” which was followed by an interactive session. The session was insightful and informative and the Ministry would like to thank ...
Read More »Status of travel bans in different countries in the light of COVID-19 Pandemic
Country Travel Restrictions India Still active and limited non-scheduled commercial flights may be allowed. The weblinks below provide necessary guidelines from Office of the Director General of Civil Aviation and Ministry of Health: https://www.dgca.gov.in/digigov-portal/?dynamicPage=dynamicPdf/150803522&mainpublicNotices/0/0/viewAllService https://www.mohfw.gov.in/pdf/GuidelinesforInternationalarrival28112021.pdf – Guidelines for international arrivals from Ministry of Health https://www.mohfw.gov.in/pdf/ListofCountriestobereferredtoincontextof Guidelinesforinternationalarrivalsdated11thNovember2021updatedon28112021ver4.pdf – list of countries ...
Read More »Special Ceremony to Present the Letter of Credence
On 29 November 2021, over a special ceremony, Mr. Sonam Tobgay, the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Bhutan to the Commonwealth of Australia, presented his Letter of Credence in person to His Excellency General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd), the Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, at Government ...
Read More »Status of travel bans in different countries in the light of COVID-19 Pandemic
Country Travel Restrictions India Still active and limited non-scheduled commercial flights may be allowed as per the SOP provided in the web link below (i) https://www.civilaviation.gov.in/sites/default/files/Updation_of_ Guidelines.pdf – Ministry of Civil Aviation (ii) https://www.civilaviation.gov.in/sites/default/files/MHAOrder_Unlock4_ 29082020.pdf – Ministry of Home Affairs (iii) https://www.mohfw.gov.in/pdf/RevisedguidelinesforInternationalArrivals02082020.pdf – Ministry of Health Flight restrictions shall not apply to all international cargo flights and those ...
Read More »Ninth Meeting of the BIMSTEC Joint Working Group on Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (JWG-CTTC)
The Ninth Meeting of the BIMSTEC Joint Working Group on Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (JWG-CTTC) was hosted virtually by the Royal Government of Bhutan on 25 November 2021. Hon’ble Home Minister Lyonpo Ugyen Dorji, in his keynote address at the inaugural session, highlighted how His Majesty the King has ...
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Mr. Ken Shimizu, presented his credentials to Lyonpo (Dr.) Tandi Dorji, Minister of Foreign Affairs, accrediting him as FAO Representative to Bhutan today. Mr. Shimizu is based in Kathmandu. Mr. Shimizu will also call on the Hon’ble Minister of Agriculture and Forests and meet with GNHC Secretary and other relevant ...
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