Visas and valid passports (or any replacing them documents) are required to enter Belarus. Exceptions are made for the citizens of the CIS, Cuba, Korea (the Democratic People's Republic), Macedonia, Mongolia, Vietnam, Serbia and Montenegro and holders of diplomatic passports from several states.

Normally, visas are issued within 5 business days. Please note that business days are Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays. An express visa can be issued within 48 hours on the payment of a surcharge fee. For details about fees please ask an appropriate Belarusian embassy or consulate abroad.

Visa conditions are subject to regular change. Ask the nearest Embassy or Consulate of Belarus for an update.

Guest Visa

Guest visa is issued for 90 days. For a guest visa, a foreigner should submit the original letter of invitation obtained by the invitee’s relatives or friends residing in Belarus from a local Citizenship & Migration Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus. At the National Airport Minsk the original letter of invitation should be given to the Consular office. Multiple-entry guest (private visits) visas are issued to foreign visitors who visit their close relatives residing in Belarus upon production of the original letter of invitation

Tourist visa

For a tourist visa, a confirmation letter from a Belarusian travel agency or sanatorium should be submitted. Visa can be issued for a period not exceeding 30 days. Please note that a hotel reservation does not substitute the confirmation letter mentioned above.

Business Visa.

Business visa is issued for a period up to 90 days. You can get one entry or multiple entry Business visa. To get the visa you need to have an invitation from Belarusian company or organization.

Transit Visa.

Transit visa is issued on the basis of the documents confirming that you do not stay in Byelorussia longer than 48 hours. A visa (or its copy) of a country of your final destination is required in thus case.. If you travel to countries with no visa requirements – copy of a ticket, itinerary information or any other document confirming your trip to the country of final destination.
Visa at the Minsk National Airport.

Belarusian visas at the Minsk International Airport are issued to the nationals of the countries with no consular offices of Belarus. To obtain visa the following documents should be submitted to the Consular office at the Minsk International Airport: a valid passport, a completed application form .The form should bear the original signature of applicant and must filled out in block letters and be well readable, one passport size photo of the applicant and an original letter of invitation (not a copy).

Additional information:

- Visas are issued to authorize single, double or multiple entry. Visas are valid for the period indicated therein. When entering Belarus any foreign visitor should fill out and submit a migration card to the immigration officer. A uniform migration card covers both Belarus and Russia.
 — All foreign visitors are required to have medical insurance issued by a Belarusian insurance agency or foreign agency that is contractually bound with a Belarusian agency to offer those services.
 — Within 3 business days of the arrival in Belarus a foreign visitor should become registered with a local Citizenship & Migration Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus. Foreign visitors staying in a hotel are normally registered during check-in.
 — Under certain circumstances a guest or business visa can be extended up to 90 days. Where the visa has expired, exit visas are required for all foreign visitors intending to leave the territory of Belarus.

However the things are not so difficult as they might seem to you after you have read all this information. The easiest way to get a tourist visa is to provide our company with the following information:
 — first name, father’s name and last name;
 — sex
 — citizenship;
 — passport number; date of issue, date of expiry
 — date of arrival
 — date of departure
 — hotels you are going to stay at
 — required services
 — scheme of your trip in Belarus

Upon the receipt of this information we send a Letter of Invitation and a Tourist Voucher to a corresponding Embassy of Belarus in your country.

In case you decide to obtain a visa at the National Airport in Minsk the originals of the above-mentioned documents will deliver by our company to the consular department before the date of your arrival. You will get your visa on the basis of these document and pay for it on your arrival.

 If you have decided to obtain your visa through our company send a message to our e-mail address info@ludmila-travel.com