How to Order Bhutan ID Card Online: A Step-By-Step Guide

Okay, so I gotta share this experience I had getting my Bhutan ID card online. It sounded like a huge hassle at first, but I managed to get through it, and I documented everything. Wanna hear about it?

First off, I went to the G2C website. I saw a new thing there that lets you get your family tree information using the NDI App. I thought, “Cool, this might be the way to do it.”

So, I dug around the site a bit more and found this GovToCitizen portal. It’s like this central place where Bhutanese folks can get government services, which I thought was pretty neat. They have all sorts of things there, like getting your CID/SRP cards, doing the annual census, and even forwarding naturalization stuff to the Immigration Department.

I needed a new CID card, so I was mostly interested in that. I found a form called BCRS-CID/SRC-01 that I had to download and fill out. It was a PDF, about 725.2 KB. Not too bad. I printed it out and started filling it in.

Next, I had to gather some documents. They needed a digital copy of my passport or voter ID. I had my passport, so I scanned that. The site also mentioned that if you’re under 18, you can use a birth certificate, but you gotta have a legal guardian with you. Also, I had to snap a recent passport-style photo of myself and get that ready.

• Filled out the BCRS-CID/SRC-01 form.
• Scanned my passport.
• Took a recent passport photo.

I also read that if you’re a Bhutanese living abroad and need to renew your CID, you gotta write to the Director-General of the Department of Civil Registration and Census. Luckily, I’m in Bhutan right now, so I didn’t have to worry about that.

The whole process seemed pretty straightforward. I just followed the steps on the website, filled out the form, gathered my documents, and submitted everything online. It took a bit of time, but it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. They are pretty clear about what you need to do.

Submitting Everything

After I had everything ready, I went back to the website and followed the instructions to submit my application. There was a section to upload the form and the documents I had prepared. I double-checked everything to make sure it was correct and then hit the submit button.

Once I submitted everything, I got a confirmation message saying that my application was received and being processed. It felt good to have that done. Now, it was just a matter of waiting.

Overall, it wasn’t too painful. I mean, getting official documents can always be a bit of a drag, but doing it online definitely made things a bit easier. Plus, the G2C website and the GovToCitizen portal were pretty user-friendly, which helped a lot.