Passport/Visa
All travelers need a valid passport and a visa to enter Belarus.
Visas to Belarus are not required from the citizens of the following countries:
Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Cuba, Korea (Democratic People's Republic), Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro.
PASSPORTS: Passport valid for more than 90 days after the period of stay in Belarus and containing at least one free page for a visa.
TYPES OF VISA:
Business visa
is issued on the basis of a letter of invitation from a company or organization in the Republic of Belarus registered with the Belarusian authorities. A letter of invitation should be made on an official letterhead and should have a signature of the head of a company as well as a corporate seal. It should also contain an indication about the period of your expected stay in Belarus. A company agrees to provide the invited person with full support during his stay in Belarus including all possible medical expenses.
Private visa
is issued on the basis of a private original letter of invitation (not a copy). Your relatives or friends from Belarus will have to obtain an invitation ("zaprashenne") for you at the local Passport and Visa office of the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Belarus and send it to you.
Tourist visa
Visa support letter from a Belarusian hosting tourist organization and Tourist Voucher are required. Hosting organization should be registered as a tourist company with the Belarusian authorities.
Transit visa
It's impossible to cross the country without a Belarusian transit visa (even in a train i.e. from Russia to Lithuania when the visitor is not leaving the train).
To obtain a transit visa, a visitor needs to have a visa of the country of his destination.
If entry visa for the destination country is not needed - a copy of the ticket, itinerary from your travel agency or any other document confirming your trip to the appropriate country via Belarus is required.
Note: All children under 16 need entry visas to Belarus.
Visas for children are issued free of charge.
APPLICATION
to the nearest Belarusian consulate (see address section)
at the international airport "Minsk-2" (for the citizens of those countries where there is no Belarusian Consulate)
Application requirements:
To obtain a visa the following documents are to be submitted:
- A valid original passport (not a copy)
- A completed Visa Application Form
- One professional recently taken passport size photo (color or black-and-white).
- Invitation. All applications for a Belarusian entry visa must be accompanied by an invitation (type and form of invitation depends on the type of visa requested, see above).Visas can be valid for one, two or multiple entries. Therefore the duration of stay and the number of entries have to be mentioned in the invitation.
- Visa fee (costs differ depending on the country of application)
Processing Time
Visas, normally, shall be issued within 5 working days (one week).
However, some visas can take up to 15 days to process.
"Express" ("urgent") visas can be issued within 48 hours at a double visa fee rate.
REGISTRATION
Foreigners visiting Belarus must register within a period of 3 working days with local Passport and Visa office and have registration put in their passport. If staying in a hotel, this will be arranged by the hotel.
Note: The above regulations are subject to change without prior notice.
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