Visa requirements for Belarusian citizens

Visa requirements for Belarusian citizens are administrative entry restrictions imposed on citizens of Belarus by the authorities of other states. In February 2016, Belarusian citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 67 countries and territories, ranking the Belarusian passport 71st in the world (tied with Gambia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Malawi and Swaziland).^[1]

Visa requirements map

Visa requirements for Belarusian citizens

  Belarus

  Visa free

  Visa issued upon arrival

  Electronic authorization or eVisa

  Visa-free for groups or voucher holders

  Visa required prior to arrival

Visa requirements

Country	Visa requirement	Notes (excluding departure fees)
Afghanistan	Visa required[2]
Albania	Visa required[3]
Algeria	Visa required[4]
Andorra	Visa required[5]
Angola	Visa required[6]
Antigua and Barbuda	Visa not required[7]	1 month
Argentina	Visa required[8]	Visa waiver agreement signed but not ratified yet.[9]
Armenia	Visa not required[10]
Australia	Online Visitor e600 visa[11]	May apply online.[12]
Austria	Visa required[13]
Azerbaijan	Visa not required[14]
Bahamas	Visa required[15]
Bahrain	Visa required[16]
Bangladesh	Visa on arrival[17]	30 days
Barbados	Visa not required[18]	28 days
Belgium	Visa required[19]
Belize	Visa required[20]
Benin	Visa required[21]
Bhutan	Visa required[22]
Bolivia	Visa on arrival[23]	90 days
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Visa required[24]
Botswana	Visa required[25]
Brazil	Visa not required[26]	90 days within any 180 day period
Brunei	Visa required[27]
Bulgaria	Visa required[28]
Burkina Faso	Visa required[29]
Burundi	Visa on arrival[30]	3 months
Cambodia	Visa on arrival[31]	30 days
Cameroon	Visa required[32]
Canada	Visa required[33]
Cape Verde	Visa on arrival[34]
Central African Republic	Visa required[35]
Chad	Visa required[36]
Chile	Visa required[37]
China	Visa required[38]	Visa not required for 30 days for travelling as part of an accredited tour group.[39][40] 72-hours visa free visit when in transit at Beijing, Changsha, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian, Guangzhou, Guilin, Harbin, Kunming, Qingdao, Shenyang, Tianjin, Wuhan, Xi'an and Xiamen. 144-hours visa free visit when in transit at Hangzhou, Nanjing and Shanghai's Hongqiao and Pudong international airports, Railway Station and port.[41]
Colombia	Visa required[42]
Comoros	Visa on arrival[43]
Republic of the Congo	Visa required[44]
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Visa required[45]
Costa Rica	Visa required[46]
Côte d'Ivoire	eVisa[47]	3 months; eVisa holders must arrive via Port Bouet Airport.
Croatia	Visa required[48]
Cuba	Visa not required[49]	30 days
Cyprus	Visa required[50]
Czech Republic	Visa required[51]
Denmark	Visa required[52]
Djibouti	Visa on arrival[53]
Dominica	Visa not required[54]	21 days
Dominican Republic	Visa required[55]
Ecuador	Visa not required[56]	90 days
Egypt	Visa required[57]
El Salvador	Visa required[58]
Equatorial Guinea	Visa required[59]
Eritrea	Visa required[60]
Estonia	Visa required[61]
Ethiopia	Visa required[62]
Fiji	Visa required[63]
Finland	Visa required[64]
France	Visa required[65]
Gabon	e-Visa[66]	Electronic visa holders must arrive via Libreville International Airport.
Gambia	Visa required[67]
Georgia	Visa not required[68]	360 days[69]
Germany	Visa required[70]
Ghana	Visa required[71]
Greece	Visa required[72]
Grenada	Visa on arrival[73]	3 months
Guatemala	Visa required[74]
Guinea	Visa required[75]
Guinea-Bissau	Visa on arrival[76]	90 days
Guyana	Visa required[77]	Visa on arrival for holders of a letter of invitation from sponsor or host.
Haiti	Visa not required[78]	3 months
Honduras	Visa not required[79]
Hungary	Visa required[80]
Iceland	Visa required[81]
India	Visa required[82]
Indonesia	Visa not required[83]	30 days
Iran	Visa on arrival[84]	30 days[85]
Iraq	Visa required[86]
Ireland	Visa required[87]	Visa waiver for UK 'C' visa holders until October 2016. Entry permitted only if first point of entry to the Common Travel Area is in the UK.[88]
Israel	Visa not required[89]	90 days within any 180 day period
Italy	Visa required[90]
Jamaica	Visa on arrival[91]
Japan	Visa required[92]
Jordan	Visa on arrival[93]
Kazakhstan	Visa not required[94]	90 days
Kenya	eVisa[95]	3 months
Kiribati	Visa required[96]
North Korea	Visa required[97]
South Korea	Visa required[98]
Kuwait	Visa required[99]
Kyrgyzstan	Visa not required[100]
Laos	Visa on arrival[101]	30 days
Latvia	Visa required[102]
Lebanon	Visa on arrival[103]	1 month extendable for 2 additional months; granted free of charge at Beirut International Airport or any other port of entry if there is no Israeli visa or seal, holding a telephone number, an address in Lebanon, and a non refundable return or circle trip ticket.
Lesotho	Visa required[104]
Liberia	Visa required[105]
Libya	Visa required[106]
Liechtenstein	Visa required[107]
Lithuania	Visa required[108]
Luxembourg	Visa required[109]
Macedonia	Visa not required[110]	Must hold a voucher or travel through an agency.
Madagascar	Visa on arrival[111]	30 days free of charge
Malawi	Visa on arrival[112]
Malaysia	Visa not required[113]	30 days
Maldives	Visa on arrival[114]	30 days
Mali	Visa required[115]
Malta	Visa required[116]
Marshall Islands	Visa required[117]
Mauritania	Visa on arrival[118]	Available at Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport.
Mauritius	Visa on arrival[119]	60 days
Mexico	Visa required[120]
Micronesia	Visa not required[121]	30 days
Moldova	Visa not required[122]
Monaco	Visa required[123]
Mongolia	Visa not required[124]	90 days
Montenegro	Visa not required[125]	30 days, must hold a voucher, confirmation of hotel or private accommodation or notarized invitation letter.
Morocco	Visa required[126]
Mozambique	Visa on arrival[127]	30 days
Myanmar	eVisa[128]	28 days
Namibia	Visa not required[129]	3 months
Nauru	Visa required[130]
Nepal	Visa on arrival[131]	90 days
Netherlands	Visa required[132]
New Zealand	Visa required[133]
Nicaragua	Visa not required[134]	90 days
Niger	Visa required[135]
Nigeria	Visa required[136]
Norway	Visa required[137]
Oman	Visa required[138]
Pakistan	Visa required[139]
Palau	Visa on arrival[140]	30 days
Panama	Visa not required[141]	180 days
Papua New Guinea	Visa required[142]
Paraguay	Visa required[143]
Peru	Visa not required[144]	183 days
Philippines	Visa required[145]
Poland	Visa required[146]
Portugal	Visa required[147]
Qatar	Visa on arrival[148]	Must hold a credit card or at least USD 1,000, a return ticket and a hotel reservation or staying with someone residing in Qatar.
Romania	Visa required[149]
Russia	Visa not required[150]	Freedom of movement[151][152]
Rwanda	eVisa[153]
Saint Kitts and Nevis	eVisa[154]	Cruise ship passengers can enter and stay for up to 24 hours without a visa.[155]
Saint Lucia	Visa required[156]	Cruise ship passengers visiting for one day are exempted from obtaining visas.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Visa not required[157]	1 month
Samoa	Visa on arrival !Entry Permit on arrival[158]	60 days
San Marino	Visa required[159]
São Tomé and Príncipe	eVisa[160]
Saudi Arabia	Visa required[161]
Senegal	Visa required[162]
Serbia	Visa not required[163]	30 days
Seychelles	Visa on arrival !Visitor's Permit on arrival[164]	3 months
Sierra Leone	Visa required[165]
Singapore	Visa required[166]	May obtain online.
Slovakia	Visa required[167]
Slovenia	Visa required[168]
Solomon Islands	Visa required[169]
Somalia	Visa required[170]	Visa may be obtained on arrival, provided an invitation letter by the sponsor had been submitted to the authorities before arrival.
South Africa	Visa required[171]
South Sudan	Visa required[172]
Spain	Visa required[173]
Sri Lanka	Electronic Travel Authorization[174]	30 days
Sudan	Visa required[175]
Suriname	Visa required[176]
Swaziland	Visa required[177]
Sweden	Visa required[178]
Switzerland	Visa required[179]
Syria	Disputed	According to the IATA database, visa may be obtained on arrival and is valid for 15 days.[180] According to the media, Syria passed a new law that requires all foreign citizens to obtain a visa in advance.[181]
Tajikistan	Visa not required[182]
Tanzania	Visa on arrival[183]
Thailand	Visa required[184]
Timor-Leste	Visa on arrival[185]	30 days
Togo	Visa on arrival[186]	7 days
Tonga	Visa required[187]
Trinidad and Tobago	Visa required[188]
Tunisia	Visa not required[189]	90 days
Turkey	Visa not required[190]	30 days, for a maximum total stay of 90 days within any 180 day period
Turkmenistan	Visa required[191]
Tuvalu	Visa on arrival[192]	1 month
Uganda	Visa on arrival[193]	May apply online.[194]
Ukraine	Visa not required[195]	90 days within any 180 day period
United Arab Emirates	Visa required[196]
United Kingdom	Visa required[197]
United States	Visa required[198]
Uruguay	Visa required[199]
Uzbekistan	Visa not required[200]
Vanuatu	Visa not required[201]	30 days
Vatican City	Visa required[202]
Venezuela	Visa not required[203]	90 days
Vietnam	Visa not required[204]	15 days
Yemen	Visa required[205]
Zambia	Visa on arrival[206]	90 days
Zimbabwe	Visa on arrival[207]	3 months

Territories

Visa requirements for Belarusian citizens for visits to various territories, disputed areas and restricted zones:

Europe

Visitor to	Visa requirement	Notes (excluding departure fees)
Abkhazia	Visa not required[208]	14 days
Mount Athos	Visa required	Special permit required (4 days: 25 euro for Orthodox visitors, 35 euro for non-Orthodox visitors, 18 euro for students). There is a visitors' quota: maximum 100 Orthodox and 10 non-Orthodox per day and women are not allowed.[209][210]
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus	Visa not required[211][212]
UN Buffer Zone in Cyprus	Visa required[213]	Access Permit is required for travelling inside the zone, except Civil Use Areas.
Gibraltar	Visa required[214]
Jan Mayen	Visa required[215]	Permit issued by the local police required for staying for less than 24 hours[216] and permit issued by the Norwegian police for staying for more than 24 hours.[217]
Kosovo	Visa required[218]
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic	Visa not required[219][220]	Travellers with Nagorno-Karabakh visa (expired or valid) or evidence of travel to Nagorno-Karabakh (stamps) will be permanently denied entry to Azerbaijan.[221]
South Ossetia	Visa not required[222][223]	Three day prior notification required.
Transnistria	Visa not required[224][225]	Registration required after 24h.

Africa

Visitor to	Visa requirement	Notes (excluding departure fees)
British Indian Ocean Territory	Visa required[226]	Special permit required.
Eritrea (outside Asmara)	Visa required[227]	To travel in the rest of the country, a Travel Permit for Foreigners is required (20 Eritrean nakfa)
Ascension Island	Visa required[228]	Entry Permit must be obtained minimum 28 days in advance (3 months for 20/30 pounds sterling, single/double entry).
Saint Helena	Visa required[229]	Visitor's Pass granted on arrival valid for 4/10/21/60/90 days for 12/14/16/20/25 pound sterling.
Tristan da Cunha	Visa required[230]	Permission to land required for 15/30 pounds sterling (yacht/ship passenger) for Tristan da Cunha Island or 20 pounds sterling for Gough Island, Inaccessible Island or Nightingale Islands.
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (Western Sahara controlled territory)	Undefined visa regime
Somaliland	Visa required[231][232]	30 days for 30 US dollars, payable on arrival

Asia

Visitor to	Visa requirement	Notes (excluding departure fees)
Hong Kong	Visa required[233]
India PAP/RAP	Visa required	Protected Area Permit (PAP) required for all of Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram and parts of Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttarakhand. Restricted Area Permit (RAP) required for all of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep and parts of Sikkim. Some of these requirements are occasionally lifted for a year.[234][235][236][237][238]
Macao	Visa not required[239]	30 days from 27 November 2016[240]
Palestine	Visa not required[241]	Arrival by sea to Gaza Strip not allowed.
Taiwan	Visa required[242]
Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province	Visa required	OIVR permit required (15+5 Tajikistani Somoni) and another special permit (free of charge) is required for Lake Sarez.[243][244][245]
Tibet Autonomous Region	Visa required	Tibet Travel Permit required (10 US Dollars).[246][247][248]
Korean Demilitarized Zone	Restricted zone.
UNDOF Zone and Ghajar	Restricted zone.

Caribbean and North Atlantic

Visitor to	Visa requirement	Notes (excluding departure fees)
Anguilla	Visa required[249]
Aruba	Visa required[250]
Bermuda	Visa required[251]
Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba	Visa required[252]
British Virgin Islands	Visa required[253]
Cayman Islands	Visa required[254]
Curacao	Visa required[255]
French Guiana	Visa required[256]
French West Indies	Visa required[257]
Montserrat	Visa required[258]
Puerto Rico	Visa required[259]
Sint Maarten	Visa required[260]
Turks and Caicos Islands	Visa required[261]
U.S. Virgin Islands	Visa required[262]

Oceania

Visitor to	Visa requirement	Notes (excluding departure fees)
American Samoa	Visa required[263]
Ashmore and Cartier Islands	Visa required	Special authorisation required.[264]
Clipperton Island	Visa required	Special permit required.[265]
Cook Islands	Visa not required[266]	31 days
French Polynesia	Visa required[267]
Guam	Visa required[268]
Niue	Visa on arrival[269]	30 days
Pitcairn Islands	Visa not required[270][271][272]	14 days visa free and landing fee 35 USD or tax of 5 USD if not going ashore.
Tokelau	Entry permit required[273]
United States Minor Outlying Islands	Visa required	Special permits required for Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, Palmyra Atoll and Wake Island.[274][275][276][277][278][279][280]

South Atlantic and Antarctica

Visitor to	Visa requirement	Notes (excluding departure fees)
Falkland Islands	Visa required[281]
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	Visa required	Pre-arrival permit from the Commissioner required (72 hours/1 month for 110/160 pounds sterling).[282][283]
Antarctica		Special permits required for  British Antarctic Territory,  French Southern and Antarctic Lands,  Argentine Antarctica, Australian Antarctic Territory, Chilean Antarctic Territory, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Peter I Island, Queen Maud Land, Ross Dependency.[284][285][286][287][288][289][290][291][292][293][294][295]

•  Arab League — Certain countries will deny access to holders of Israeli visas or passport stamps of Israel.

Permission stamps

Until January 1, 2008, Belarusian citizens had to apply for permission stamps in their passports in order to cross Belarusian borders. Permission stamps were given if there were no specific legal restrictions for their moving abroad.

In 2002, Constitutional Court of Belarus stated in his decision that permission stamps were not constitutional. Council of Ministers was ordered to propose a different kind of a citizen border control until December 31, 2005.

With the Decree of the President of Republic of Belarus of December 17, 2007, permission stamps were finally abolished.

Treaties

List of international treaties which grant Belarusian citizens visa-free entry to the corresponding countries:

•  Mongolia signed on December 20, 1979 by USSR
•  Macedonia signed on October 30, 1989 by USSR
• CIS treaty signed on October 9, 1992:
  •  Azerbaijan
    •  Nagorno-Karabakh
  •  Armenia
  •  Georgia
    •  Abkhazia
    •  South Ossetia
  •  Kyrgyzstan
  •  Moldova
    •  Transnistria
  •  Tajikistan
•  Ukraine signed on June 12, 2009^[296] (previous version signed on December 17, 1992^[297])
•  People's Republic of China signed on January 11, 1993 (for tourist groups)
•  Cuba signed on July 1, 1997
•  Barbados
•  Ecuador
•  Haiti
•  Peru
•  Venezuela
•  Serbia signed on March 4, 1999, extended on March 31, 2009
•  Montenegro
•  Turkmenistan signed on December 22, 1999
• Treaty signed on November 30, 2000:
  •  Russia
  •  Kazakhstan
  •  Kyrgyzstan
  •  Tajikistan
•  Armenia signed on June 6, 2002
•  Moldova signed on December 24, 2004

List of international treaties which grant visa-free entry to the corresponding countries to diplomatic passport holders:

•  Laos signed on December 20, 1984 by USSR
•  People's Republic of China signed on January 11, 1993
•  Romania signed on March 1, 1993
•  India signed on May 14, 1993
•  Vietnam signed on October 25, 1993
•  Turkey signed on December 14, 1993
•  Iran signed on March 14, 1995
•  Slovakia signed April 22, 2002
•  Hungary signed on May 23, 2001
•  Poland signed August 2003
•  Brazil signed on October 26, 2004
•  Argentina signed on October 28, 2004
•  Egypt signed on June 27, 2005
•  Republic of Korea signed on November 5, 2007

See also

• Visa policy of Belarus
• Belarusian passport

References