Belarus visa

1. Passport (must be valid for 3 months after the visa expires).
2. Colour photo (3.5 x 4.5).
3. Medical insurance policy. It can be arranged with us from 14 euros. Insurance from a bank is also fine.
4. Application form (required: place of birth; home address; place of work with your position and company name; marital status).
5. Birth certificate for children under 18.
6. Original birth certificate for people born after 1991.

The visa must be obtained before the trip.

Types of visas

1. Short-term tourist visas (up to 30 days), business and private visas (up to 90 days).
2. Single-, double- and multiple-entry transit visas (up to 365 days); you may stay in the Republic of Belarus for no more than 2 days on each entry.
3. Long-term business and private visas (for 1-2 years).

Documents needed for a visa

1. Passport with at least two blank pages for the visa. The passport must be valid for 90 days after the visa expires.
2. Completed and printed application form (the form is printed on both sides of one sheet, not on two separate pages). The form is filled in in Russian or English. Application form in Russian / Estonian: Open document Application form in English / Belarusian: Open document
3. Medical insurance policy valid in the Republic of Belarus and fully covering the visa period. You can buy the insurance policy either on our website or at the office when applying for the visa.
4. 1 colour photo on a light background, 3.5 x 4.5 cm. Photo quality requirements: Open document
5. Completed and signed power of attorney in the name of the travel company (power of attorney in Russian).
6. For a transit visa, you need to state where and to whom you are travelling (first name, surname, exact address, phone number and how he/she is related to you).

Additional documents for a tourist visa

A copy of a letter of support from a travel company or sanatorium, stamped and on the company's official letterhead showing the full company name, address and contact phone number, or a copy of the booking confirmation on the hotel's official letterhead (signed and stamped). Sample letter of support for a tourist visa: Open document

Additional documents for a business visa

1. Original letter of support from a legal entity of the Republic of Belarus, stamped and on the company's official letterhead showing the full company name, address and contact phone number. Sample letter of support for a short-term visa (up to 90 days): Open document Sample letter of support for a long-term visa (up to 365 days), original required: Open document The letter of support is required only for business visas valid for more than 30 days.
2. Original extract about the Belarusian legal entity from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities and Individual Entrepreneurs of the Republic of Belarus (USR extract), or a copy of the certificate of state registration of the legal entity in the Republic of Belarus certified by a notary of the Republic of Belarus, valid for 90 days from the date of notarisation (the extract is needed only for long-term business visas of 90 to 365 days).
3. If the foreigner works for an organisation that has a contract with a Belarusian legal entity, a document confirming that they work for that organisation, on the foreign organisation's letterhead and signed by its head (needed only for long-term business visas of 90 to 365 days).

Additional documents for a transit visa

Additional documents are needed only for a multiple-entry visa.

Visa processing time

Tourist visas take 4-5 working days (urgent ones – 2 working days).
Private, business and transit visas take 8 calendar days (urgent ones – 2 working days).

Rules for crossing the border between Russia and Belarus

Under the laws of the Russian Federation and Belarus, only citizens of Russia and Belarus may cross the Russian-Belarusian border!

Citizens of third countries (including EU citizens and stateless persons) may enter and leave Russia and Belarus only through international border crossing points. There are no such crossing points between Belarus and Russia.

If your passport has an entry stamp for a country but no exit stamp, the border officer has the right to ban you from entering that country for several years on your next trip.

No visa is needed.

To enter the country you need

1. Passport valid for at least 3 months after the end of the trip.
2. Insurance for the whole trip.

Notes

When entering Belarus, you need to fill in a migration card. You must show it to the border officer when entering and leaving the country. If you stay in Belarus for more than 4 working days, registration is mandatory.

The visa must be obtained before the trip.

The conditions and prices are the same as for citizens of Estonia (see above).

The visa must be obtained before the trip.

The conditions are the same as for citizens of Estonia (see above).

Prices for citizens of Latvia, Lithuania and Poland are the same as for citizens of Estonia (see above).

Since 24 July 2018, EU citizens can travel to the Republic of Belarus without a visa for no more than 30 days, provided they enter and leave through the border crossing point at Minsk National Airport (except for flights from and to the Russian Federation). Visa-free entry is available to foreigners who have a valid passport or an equivalent document, at least two base amounts of money for each day of stay (1 base amount equals 24.5 Belarusian roubles, about 10.5 euros) and a medical insurance policy valid in the country.

From 1 January 2018, the Republic of Belarus extended visa-free stays in certain areas for EU citizens to 10 days if they have a tour package. Visa-free entry applies at the following border crossing points.

Road border crossing points

Brest (Terespol), Domachevo (Sławatycze), Peschatka (Połowce), simplified crossing point Pererov (Białowieża), Bruzgi (Kuźnica Białostocka), Privalka (Raigardas), simplified crossing points Lesnaya (Rudawka), Privalka (Švendubrė).

Railway border crossing points

Brest (Terespol) at Brest-Vostochny station in central Brest, Grodno (Kuźnica Białostocka).