IP - Internal passport accepted if arriving directly from Russia or Kazakhstan. 1 - No more than 90 days within any 1 calendar year. 2 - For holders of MSAR passportsorMSAR Travel Permits. 3 - Must present a tourist voucher or an invitation letter in order to enter Belarus without a visa.
Date of visa changes
Citizens of Armenia (2003), Azerbaijan (2007), Georgia (1992), Kazakhstan (2002), Kyrgyzstan (2002), Moldova, Russia (2002), Tajikistan (2002), Ukraine (2010), Uzbekistan (2006) have never required a visa to enter Belarus. However, visa-free agreements have been signed with these states.[4][5]
26 April 1990 (signed as USSR): North Macedonia (signed as Yugoslavia)[6]
Holders of diplomatic or official/service passports of the following countries and territories may enter Belarus without a visa for the following period:[2]
Citizens of the following countries may enter Belarus without a visa only if they use land border crossings, with a maximum stay of 90 days within any 1 calendar year (until 31 December 2024):[27]
Citizens of the following countries may enter Belarus without a visa only if they use land border crossings, with a maximum stay of 30 days within any 1 calendar year (until 31 December 2024):[28]
Foreign visitors who are citizens of designated countries are allowed to enter Belarus without a visa through the Minsk National Airport, except for flights departing to and from Russian airports.
The allowed length of stay is up to 30 days, with mandatory registration for stays exceeding 5 days in length.
Visitors must also depart from Minsk National Airport, departure by other methods (for example by train) is not permitted.
The number of visa-free entries is unlimited.[29]
The decree "On establishing a visa-free order of entrance and departure of foreign citizens" was signed by the President of Belarus on 9 January 2017 and it entered into force on 12 February 2017.[30][31][32][33]
It was amended by another presidential decree on 24 July 2018, which entered into force on 27 July 2018.[34][35]
1 - Including non-citizen residents of Estonia and Latvia. 2 - Only if they have a multiple entry visa (i.e., a 'C' or 'D' type visa) from a European Union or Schengen area member country, an entry stamp from one of these countries and a valid air ticket with departure from the airports located in Minsk, Brest, Vitebsk, Gomel, Grodno and Mogilev. The EU residence cards are not accepted for this purpose.[36]
In September 2017 it was announced that Belarus is planning to extend the visa-free access to 10 days and to other checkpoints.[37]
In November 2017 statistics were published showing that 54,000 foreigners visited Belarus through the visa-free program, mostly citizens of Germany, Poland, Italy, United States and the United Kingdom.[38]
Effective since 17 October 2021, visa is required for US citizens to travel to Belarus.[39]
Brest-Grodno
[edit]Parts of Belarus covered by Brest and Grodno regional visa-free provisions
The single visa-free territory『Brest – Grodno』was established by a presidential decree signed in August 2019 and has been in effect since November 10, 2019.[40][41]
The list of eligible citizens is the same as that for the visa-free program through the Minsk National Airport, only without restrictions for certain citizens.
The visa-free zone consists of the following territories:
Parts of Grodno and Brest regions not listed above – when traveling on a tourist route as a member of an organised travel group.
The legislation superseded the previous decrees that established two separate visa-free zones: Brest area including Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park (since June 2015)[43] and Augustów Canal area including Grodno (since October 2016).[44]
^"Об установлении безвизового порядка въезда и выезда отдельных граждан" [On the establishment of a visa-free entry and exit procedure for individual citizens]. National Legal Internet Portal of the Republic of Belarus (in Russian). National Center of Legal Information of the Republic of Belarus. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
^Previously part of the visa exemption when arriving at and departing from Minsk National Airport from 12 February 2017
^"Об установлении безвизового порядка въезда и выезда иностранных граждан" [On the establishment of a visa-free entry and exit order for foreign citizens]. National Legal Internet Portal of the Republic of Belarus (in Russian). National Center of Legal Information of the Republic of Belarus. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
^"Об установлении безвизового порядка въезда и выезда иностранных граждан" [The decree "On establishing a visa-free order of entrance and departure of foreign citizens"]. National Legal Internet Portal of the Republic of Belarus (in Russian). National Center of Legal Information of the Republic of Belarus. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
^"Комментарий к Указу № 462 от 26 декабря 2017 г." [Commentary to Decree No. 462 of December 26, 2017] (in Russian). Press Service of the President of the Republic of Belarus. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
1British Overseas Territories.
2 These countries span the conventional boundary between Europe and Asia.
3 Partially recognized.
4Unincorporated territory of the United States.
5 Part of the Kingdom of Denmark.
6Egypt spans the boundary between Africa and Asia.
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