UK help and services in Bhutan

Services if you're visiting, studying, working or living in Bhutan. Includes information about trading with and doing business in the UK. and Bhutan. and Bhutan.

Emergency help for British nationals in Bhutan

Get help if you're the victim of crime, you've been arrested, or are affected by a crisis abroad.

Passports and emergency travel documents in Bhutan

Includes how to cancel a lost passport, renew a passport and apply for an emergency travel document.

Travelling to Bhutan

Includes travel advice and how to get married abroad.

Coming to the UK from Bhutan

Get a visa to study, work or visit the UK.

Living in Bhutan

Includes how to access healthcare, get a document legalised, lists of lawyers and how to vote abroad.

Tax, benefits, pensions and working abroad in Bhutan

Includes how to pay tax, claim State Pension and get tax credits abroad.
  • Benefits you can claim if you go abroad and countries with social security arrangements with the UK

  • What you need to know if you move or retire abroad - tax, pensions, voting and contacting your local council

  • Find out if you need to pay National Insurance in the UK or in the country you are visiting when you work abroad.

  • How to claim State Pension if you're overseas - payment, tax, change of circumstances - contact the International Pension Centre

  • Find out whether you need to pay UK tax on foreign income - residence and ‘non-dom’ status, tax returns, claiming relief if you’re taxed twice (including certificates of residence)

  • Find out whether you need to pay tax on your UK income while you're living abroad - non-resident landlord scheme, tax returns, claiming relief if you’re taxed twice, personal allowance of tax-free income, form R43

Birth, death and marriage abroad in Bhutan

Includes how to get married, list of funeral directors and how to register a birth abroad.

News and events in Bhutan

Find out about the UK government's diplomatic, security and development work in Bhutan.

Trade and invest: Bhutan

Includes investing and setting up a business in the UK and doing business in Bhutan.
  • Choosing a legal structure when you're starting a business: the differences between being a sole trader and a limited company, including legal risk, registration and taxes.

British embassy or high commission in Bhutan

Includes contact details for the British Deputy High Commission Kolkata in India. There is no British embassy or consulate in Bhutan.