Belarus · Entry rules
Who needs a visa for Belarus?
Entry rules for Belarus by nationality, for short tourist or business visits, from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, checked .
In brief
Citizens of 95 countries and territories can visit Belarus without a visa, most for up to 30 days. 4 can apply for an eVisa or ETA online. Everyone else, 99 nationalities, needs a visa.
- Visa-free
- 95
- On arrival
- 0
- eVisa or ETA
- 4
- Visa required
- 99
About 4.4 bn people (54% of the world's other nationalities by population) need a visa arranged before they travel to Belarus: a visa, an eVisa or a visa only with another permit.
Checked 3 Nov 2026Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of BelarusReport a change
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Belarus entry rules at a glance
Visa-free for 90 days: Brazil, Colombia, Argentina and 4 more
No visa is needed for stays of up to 90 days.
Argentina
Brazil
Mongolia
United Arab Emirates
VenezuelaSource: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, checked Foreign nationals with ordinary passports to the Republic of Belarus
Visa-free for 90 days in each 180: Israel
No visa is needed for stays of up to 90 days in each 180.
IsraelSource: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, checked Israel (up to 90 days in each period of 180 days)
Visa-free for 90 days per entry, 90 days a calendar year: Poland, Lithuania and Latvia
At road and rail border crossings; until 31 Dec 2026.
Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, checked For citizens of Poland, Lithuania and Latvia (including holders of Latvia’s non-citizen status), the permitted stay is extended to 90 days from the date of entry.
Visa-free for 30 days: Vietnam, Türkiye, Myanmar and 7 more
No visa is needed for stays of up to 30 days.
Cuba
Laos
Montenegro
Myanmar
Qatar
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Serbia
TürkiyeSource: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, checked Foreign nationals with ordinary passports to the Republic of Belarus
Visa-free for 30 days per entry, 90 days a year: Albania
No visa is needed for stays of up to 30 days per entry, 90 days a year.
AlbaniaSource: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, checked Albania (up to 30 days from the date of entry, up to 90 days within a current year)
Visa-free for 30 days, 90 days a calendar year: China and Macao
No visa is needed for stays of up to 30 days, 90 days a calendar year.
China
MacaoSource: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, checked People's Republic of China (30 days but no longer than 90 days within one calendar year)
Visa-free for 30 days per stay: Hong Kong
No visa is needed for stays of up to 30 days per stay.
Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, checked Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China – up to 30 days in each period of stay
Visa-free for 30 days per entry, 90 days a calendar year: Germany, the UK, France and 32 more
At road and rail border crossings; until 31 Dec 2026.
Andorra
Austria
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czechia
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
Malta
Monaco
Netherlands
North Macedonia
Norway
Portugal
Romania
San Marino
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom
Vatican City
Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, checked Citizens of 38 European states are eligible to enter Belarus without a visa via all international road and rail border crossing points on the State Border of the Republic of Belarus.
Visa-free for 30 days, not extendable: Indonesia, Mexico, Japan and 61 more
Entry and exit only via Minsk National Airport or Brest, Vitebsk, Gomel, Grodno or Mogilev airports; not on flights to or from Russia.
- Andorra
Antigua and Barbuda
Australia- Austria
Bahrain
Barbados- Belgium
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
Canada
Chile- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
Dominica
El Salvador- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Iceland
Indonesia- Ireland
- Italy
Japan
Kuwait
Latvia- Liechtenstein
Lithuania- Luxembourg
Malaysia- Malta
Mexico
Micronesia- Monaco
- Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua- North Macedonia
- Norway
Oman
Panama
Peru
Poland- Portugal
- Romania
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines- San Marino
- Saudi Arabia
Seychelles
Singapore- Slovakia
- Slovenia
South Korea- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- United Kingdom
Uruguay
Vanuatu- Vatican City
Source: President of the Republic of Belarus (Decree No. 8 of 9 January 2017, annex as worded by Decree No. 345 of 14 September 2021), National Legal Internet Portal, checked в пунктах пропуска через Государственную границу Республики Беларусь Национальный аэропорт Минск, аэропорт Брест, аэропорт Витебск, аэропорт Гомель, аэропорт Гродно, аэропорт Могилев и временного пребывания на территории Республики Беларусь на срок не более тридцати суток со дня въезда
In English: at the checkpoints across the State Border of the Republic of Belarus Minsk National Airport, Brest, Vitebsk, Gomel, Grodno and Mogilev airports, and temporary stay in the Republic of Belarus for no more than thirty days from the date of entry
Visa-free: Russia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and 8 more
No visa is needed; the official source does not state how long you may stay.
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Ecuador
Georgia
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Moldova
Russia
Tajikistan
Ukraine
UzbekistanSource: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, checked Foreign nationals with ordinary passports to the Republic of Belarus
eVisa for 30 days: India, the US, Indonesia and 65 more
Apply on the E-Pasluga portal at least 7 days before entry; not valid for entry from Russia.
- Andorra
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Australia
- Austria
- Bahrain
- Barbados
- Belgium
Bolivia- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- Chile
Colombia- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Dominica
- El Salvador
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Ireland
- Italy
- Japan
- Kuwait
- Latvia
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malaysia
- Malta
- Mexico
- Micronesia
- Monaco
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Oman
- Panama
Paraguay- Peru
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- San Marino
- Saudi Arabia
- Seychelles
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Uruguay
- Vanuatu
- Vatican City
Source: Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus (Visa Regulations, Resolution No. 464 of 14 September 2026, Annex 10), National Legal Internet Portal, checked Электронные визы выдаются владельцам обычных паспортов государств, указанных в приложении 10 … Электронные визы являются однократными и индивидуальными и выдаются на срок не более 30 суток
In English: E-visas are issued to holders of ordinary passports of the states listed in Annex 10 … E-visas are single-entry and individual and are issued for no more than 30 days
With another visa or a residence permit: North Macedonia
Visa-free with a private invitation, a travel agency invitation letter or a healthcare institution referral, or to visit burial places.
Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, checked North Macedonia (an invitation/telegram, referral/invitation of the healthcare institution or invitation letter of travel agency is required, as well as for visiting the burial places)
With another visa or a residence permit, 30 days: India, Pakistan, Egypt and 9 more
Visa-free via Minsk National Airport or Brest, Vitebsk, Gomel, Grodno or Mogilev airports only with a valid multiple-entry EU or Schengen visa already used to enter the EU/Schengen area, and a ticket out of the same airports within 30 days; not on flights to or from Russia.
Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, checked For citizens of Egypt, Gambia, Haiti, India, Iran, Jordan, Lebanon, Namibia, Pakistan, Samoa, South Africa, Vietnam a valid multiple visa of the EU member states or Schengen zone with a mark in passport on crossing the border of these states
With another visa or a residence permit, for the validity of the Russian visa: India, the US, Indonesia and 162 more
Visa-free with a valid Russian visa or Russian residence permit and a passport recognised by both states (Belarus-Russia agreement on mutual recognition of visas, in force since 11 January 2025).
Afghanistan
Algeria- Andorra
Angola- Antigua and Barbuda
- Australia
- Austria
Bahamas- Bahrain
Bangladesh- Barbados
- Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bhutan- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brunei- Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cabo Verde
Cambodia
Cameroon- Canada
Central African Republic
Chad- Chile
Comoros
Congo
Costa Rica
Côte d'Ivoire- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
Djibouti- Dominica
Dominican Republic
DR Congo
Egypt- El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea- Estonia
Eswatini
Ethiopia
Fiji- Finland
- France
Gabon
Gambia- Germany
Ghana- Greece
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
Iran
Iraq- Ireland
- Italy
Jamaica- Japan
Jordan
Kenya
Kiribati
Kosovo- Kuwait
- Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
Madagascar
Malawi- Malaysia
Maldives
Mali- Malta
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius- Mexico
- Micronesia
- Monaco
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal- Netherlands
- New Zealand
Niger
Nigeria
North Korea- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Pakistan
Palau
Palestine- Panama
Papua New Guinea- Paraguay
- Peru
Philippines- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
Rwanda
Saint Lucia- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa- San Marino
São Tomé and Príncipe- Saudi Arabia
Senegal- Seychelles
Sierra Leone- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa- South Korea
South Sudan- Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname- Sweden
- Switzerland
Syria
Taiwan
Tanzania
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Uganda- United Kingdom
- United States
- Uruguay
- Vanuatu
- Vatican City
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, checked have a visa of the state of one of the two countries, as well as an identity document recognized by both states, shall be entitled to enter, leave, stay or transit through the territories of both states during the period of validity of such a visa
With another visa or a residence permit: India, the US, Indonesia and 162 more
Visa on arrival at Minsk National Airport only if the inviting organisation or person files the invitation with the MFA office at the airport at least 2 business days before arrival; not for arrivals from Russia.
- Afghanistan
- Algeria
- Andorra
- Angola
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Australia
- Austria
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belgium
- Belize
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brunei
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Chile
- Comoros
- Congo
- Costa Rica
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- DR Congo
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Greece
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Kosovo
- Kuwait
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mali
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Micronesia
- Monaco
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Korea
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Palestine
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Rwanda
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- San Marino
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- South Sudan
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkmenistan
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Uruguay
- Vanuatu
- Vatican City
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, checked Visa support documents (an original invitation and its copy) should be submitted to the DAF by an inviting organization/person at least 2 business days before the expected arrival date.
Visa required: Pakistan, Nigeria, Bangladesh and 96 more
Apply before you travel at an embassy or consulate of Belarus, or the visa centre it names.
Nationalities not listed above: the official source says so in as many words.
- Afghanistan
- Algeria
- Angola
- Bahamas
- Bangladesh
- Belize
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Botswana
- Brunei
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Congo
- Costa Rica
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Djibouti
- Dominican Republic
- DR Congo
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Iran
- Iraq
- Jamaica
- Jordan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Kosovo
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Maldives
- Mali
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Korea
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Palestine
- Papua New Guinea
- Philippines
- Rwanda
- Saint Lucia
- Samoa
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkmenistan
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, checked a foreign citizen may enter the Republic of Belarus … if there is a visa of the Republic of Belarus [?], unless otherwise stipulated by the international agreements of the Republic of Belarus or by the decisions of the President of the Republic of Belarus
If you live in the UAE
Emirati citizens: visa-free, 90 days.
UAE residents, any passport: No residence rule. India and Pakistan: 30 days visa-free through Belarusian airports only with a used multiple-entry EU/Schengen visa. Philippines: visa required. Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus, checked 30 Oct 2026. See Belarus in the visa-free table for UAE residents, by passport.
Where to apply
Apply for the eVisa only on the official site, e-pasluga.by. Look-alike sites charge extra for the same form. A visa is applied for at an embassy or consulate of Belarus, or the visa centre it names, in the country where you live.
- Visa-free travel, general information (MFA of Belarus)
- Visa-free travel via Belarusian airports (MFA)
- E-visa on the E-Pasluga portal (official)
These rules cover ordinary passports and short visits; work, study and transit have their own rules.
Most searched passports
FAQ
Do I need a visa to visit Belarus?
It depends on your passport: 95 nationalities are visa-free, 4 can use an eVisa or ETA and 99 need a visa. Choose your passport above.
Do Indian citizens need a visa for Belarus?
Yes, but online: Indian citizens apply for an eVisa before they travel (30 days, single entry); apply on the E-Pasluga portal at least 7 days before entry; not valid for entry from Russia (Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus (Visa Regulations, Resolution No. 464 of 14 September 2026, Annex 10), National Legal Internet Portal, checked 31 Oct 2026).
Do US citizens need a visa for Belarus?
Yes, but online: US citizens apply for an eVisa before they travel (30 days, single entry); apply on the E-Pasluga portal at least 7 days before entry; not valid for entry from Russia (Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus (Visa Regulations, Resolution No. 464 of 14 September 2026, Annex 10), National Legal Internet Portal, checked 31 Oct 2026).
Can I apply for a Belarus visa online?
Yes, if you are eligible: 4 nationalities can apply online for an eVisa or ETA. Apply only at e-pasluga.by.
Sources and changes
- Visa-free travel, general information (MFA of Belarus)
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus
- Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus (Visa Regulations, Resolution No. 464 of 14 September 2026, Annex 10), National Legal Internet Portal
- President of the Republic of Belarus (Decree No. 8 of 9 January 2017, annex as worded by Decree No. 345 of 14 September 2021), National Legal Internet Portal
- Visa-free travel via Belarusian airports (MFA)
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus
- E-visa on the E-Pasluga portal (official)
- All groups checked against Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus. No change since.
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