Visa regulations at the Minsk National Airport

Belarusian visas at the National Airport “Minsk” (MSQ) are issued to the nationals of the countries with no consular offices of the Republic of Belarus.

To the nationals of other countries (Austria, Argentina, Belgium, Bulgaria, Brasilia, Canada, Czech Republic, China, Estonia, Egypt, France, Hungary, Germany, India, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Libya, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Republic of South Africa, Slovak Republic, Serbia, Montenegro, Switzerland, Sweden, Syria, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, USA, Vietnam) visa may be issued upon arrival on an exceptional basis only.

To get a visa, the following documents should be submitted to the Consular office at the National Airport “Minsk”:

1. Duly completed visa application form (specifying the name and the address of the inviting person/institution (organization) in Belarus) with one recent passport sized photograph, fixed to the marked place at the upper right-hand corner of the application form. The form must be filled in completely, no blank spaces should be left. If a question does not apply, please type “N/A”. If the answer is none, write “none”. Incomplete forms will be returned to the applicants unprossesed. The form should bear the original signature of applicant and must be well readable. Please, fill in the form in block letters.

2. Passport in original with one blank page at least. Term of validity of the document has to exceed the term of the requested visa for at least 90 days;

3. Visa Support Documents(details are given below).

4. Additional documents, necessary to consider visa application (upon request of the Consul).

5. Receipt of payment: Visa fee depends on the type of visa requested, visa support documents (if required), period of visa validation requested and the nationality of applicant.

Transit visa(type B, period of validity 48 hours) is in question upon presentation of valid Russian or Ukrainian visa or other documents proved the necessity to cross the Belarusian borders on a way to the country of final destination (ticket, itinerary, etc.).

Visa support documents for short term visa (type C, period of visa validity 90 days maximum):

– for business purposes(without work permit) — formalized letter of support from the Belarusian institution/organization/firm in original.

– for private purposes:

- formalized letter of invitation, issued by local Citizenship and Migration Office of the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Belarus, in original;

- fax message, certified by a doctor, confirming sudden illness or death of a close relative – in case of emergency.

Visa for private purposes may be issued also to a person who would like to attend the burial place of a family member or a close relative in Belarus. A document issued by the Belarussian Red Cross office or by local authorities that confirm the location of the burial place and documents certifying the relationship should be provided.

– for tourism(up to 30 days of stay) – formalized letter of support, received from a Belarusian tourist company, confirming the booking of the tourist cervices in Belarus.

Short term visa for tourism could be issued also upon presentation of letter of support from the citizen of the Republic of Belarus and documents proved his/her right to render agro ecotourism cervices in Belarus.

According to the Belarusian visa regulation Consul of the Republic of Belarus may refuse the issue of Belarusian visa, shorten number of entries and the period of its validation. In that case no explanations are supposed to be given, the consular fee received does not return.

Consular fees are subject to change depending on changes in the currency exchange rate.

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