Bhutanese Residence Permit Photo

The Photograph on Bhutan’s Special Resident Card Application

A residence-related photo request in Bhutan needs the exact document name. The Department of Civil Registration and Census publishes a combined application guide for Citizenship Identity and Special Resident cards. Its Special Resident Card process concerns a person already registered as a special resident in the Bhutan Civil Registration System; it should not be treated as a general residence application for every visitor or foreign worker.

For the first-card procedure described for applicants reporting at eighteen or older, the department asks for one recent passport-size photograph in national dress against a white background. The portrait accompanies a form requiring the relevant local and civil-registration endorsements. Prepare that photo with the correct personal record and supporting identity documents.

The published sequence includes review of the application, payment and recording of biometrics before the card is approved and printed. The supplied photo and the service-centre appointment therefore belong to the same identification process. Review photo quality, framing and the current photo requirements before arranging your prints, and ask the centre how to handle any discrepancy in the registered details.

If your stay instead concerns employment, study or dependency, ask Immigration about the corresponding permit rather than using this Special Resident Card checklist. The visa finder can support travel research, but entry and resident identification are separate services. A recognizable likeness on the card connects the registered holder with the issued document; it does not create a special-resident status. Confirm the document category first, then prepare the photograph for the responsible authority’s actual request.