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Palau visa for citizens of Bhutan

Citizens of Bhutan get a Palau visa on arrival at passport control. You don’t apply in advance, but border officers check your passport, return ticket and accommodation. Visago checks your documents before you travel. It costs $19.

For citizens of Bhutan: the passport opens 17 countries visa-free; Thimphu — Ngerulmud: ≈ 5,220 km, about 7 hours of flying.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

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Can I travel to Palau without a visa on a Bhutan passport?

You don’t need to apply in advance: citizens of Bhutan get the visa on arrival. To avoid problems at the border, we check your documents for $19.

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Palau visa rules at a glance

With a Bhutan passport you can visit 17 countries visa-free, 29 with a visa on arrival and 55 with an e-visa; 97 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Bhutan passport ranks 177th of 199.
Bhutan passport: visa-free access to 17 countries; Palau passport: 68.
Citizens of Bhutan and Palau can travel together visa-free to 14 countries, for example: Singapore, Philippines, Seychelles, Palestine, Micronesia, Zambia, Dominica, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Haiti, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, and Hong Kong.
Citizens of Palau, in turn, need an e-visa to travel to Bhutan. Bhutan visa for citizens of Palau

Travelling to Palau: good to know

Thimphu — Ngerulmud: about 5,220 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 7 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +3 hours.
Local time: Thimphu 12:00 — Ngerulmud 15:00.
Local currency: US Dollar.
Languages: English and Palauan.
Palau is the 48th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Bhutan.