Bahamas → Bhutan: Short-stay tourist

A digital copy of your valid passport, uploaded as part of the online application.

Source: Department of Tourism, Bhutan

A recent digital passport-style photo. If applying in person on arrival (available to Indian, Bangladeshi and Maldivian nationals), bring a physical passport-size photo instead.

Source: Department of Tourism, Bhutan

Most nationalities need a visa approved before travelling. If you're from Bangladesh or the Maldives, you can instead apply and be approved either in advance or on arrival. If you're an Indian national (holding an Indian passport or voter ID; under-18s may use a passport or birth certificate accompanied by a legal guardian), you apply for a permit rather than a visa, also available in advance or on arrival. Applying online yourself, or through a tour operator or hotel on your behalf, takes up to 5 working days to process.

Source: Department of Tourism, Bhutan

A daily levy for every night of your stay: US$100 per adult per night for all nationalities except India; children aged 6-11 pay US$50 per night, and under-6s pay nothing. Indian nationals pay Nu. 1,200 (or the equivalent in Indian rupees) per person per night instead, with the same child concessions in rupees. A capped promotional rate of US$15 (or Nu. 1,200 for Indians) per night applies to the first 15,000 Bangladeshi guests, check current availability before assuming it applies to you.

Source: Department of Tourism, Bhutan

A non-refundable, one-off US$40 fee, paid online at the same time as your Sustainable Development Fee. Indian nationals applying for a permit don't pay this fee, only the SDF.

Source: Department of Tourism, Bhutan

Your planned arrival and departure dates, needed to calculate your Sustainable Development Fee.

Source: Department of Tourism, Bhutan

Bhutan's Department of Immigration has a Consent Form for Minors (form CON2025) for the parent or legal guardian of a child below 18 who is travelling to Bhutan with another adult. The form says a custodial parent or legal guardian must sign it and that a child must be accompanied by an adult, whose full name, identification details and relation to the child must be given (with a copy of their passport attached). It says the form is submitted with the visa application form and the other documents. The Department's list of requirements for tourist e-visas does not mention this form, so ask the Department or your tour operator how to submit it.

Source: Department of Immigration, Ministry of Home Affairs of Bhutan: Consent Form for Minors (form CON2025, uploaded July 2025)