{"id":1413,"date":"2025-06-20T12:05:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T12:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/cgbny\/?p=1413"},"modified":"2025-06-20T12:08:04","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T12:08:04","slug":"important-public-notification-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/cgbny\/important-public-notification-2\/","title":{"rendered":"IMPORTANT PUBLIC NOTIFICATION"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">In view of the recent notifications issued by the United States Government on strengthened measures concerning border security and immigration enforcement, the following advisory is being issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External <\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Trade for Bhutanese nationals living in the United States:<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">1. All Bhutanese nationals are urged to strictly comply with US immigration laws and regulations at all times.<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">2. Bhutanese nationals without lawful immigration status are strongly urged to self-deport at the earliest opportunity.<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">3. Voluntary departure (self-deportation) may include financial assistance for travel to Bhutan from the relevant US government agency.<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">4. Registration for voluntary departure can be completed through the US CBP Home Mobile Application at: <\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><span class=\"html-span xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs\"><a class=\"x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n x18oe1m7 x1sy0etr xstzfhl x972fbf x10w94by x1qhh985 x14e42zd x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xkrqix3 x1sur9pj x1fey0fg x1s688f\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/about\/mobile-apps-directory\/cbphome?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExOG5teVd1NlNhMjc3b0dPbgEeNSCoKl2rp0fc4d0YaSwzTta4lRY9LKPJiYLMkIOzKUQm35I4PBGDWNHjv3o_aem_CgVnjGaVwjZUL1sNPNi2nA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/about\/mobile-apps-directory\/cbphome<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">5. Enforcement of US immigration laws and regulations is the sovereign prerogative of the United States government. All Bhutanese must fully comply with directives issued by US immigration authorities at all times.<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">6. Relevant Notifications issued by the US government in the past have been disseminated via mainstream national media and social media to enable all Bhutanese who do not have a lawful immigration status to take an informed <\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">decision.<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">7. The Royal Government of Bhutan will not be in a position to intervene or provide consular support in cases of non-compliance with US immigration laws <\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">and regulations.<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">8. The Ministry appeals to all Bhutanese nationals in the United States to act responsibly and in accordance with applicable laws.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/cgbny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Important-Public-Notofication.pdf\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">View files here.<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In view of the recent notifications issued by the United States Government on strengthened measures concerning border security and immigration enforcement, the following advisory is being issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade for Bhutanese nationals living in the United States: 1. All Bhutanese nationals are urged to strictly comply with US &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,14,4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/cgbny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1413"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/cgbny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/cgbny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/cgbny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/cgbny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1413"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/cgbny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1413\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1418,"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/cgbny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1413\/revisions\/1418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/cgbny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/cgbny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/cgbny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}