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.

As of 2024, Belarusian citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 81 countries and territories, ranking the Belarusian passport 66th in the world according to the Henley Passport Index.

History
Visa requirements for Belarusian citizens were lifted (unilaterally or bilaterally, for the first time or repeatedly (in which case, the date of the last cancellation of visas is given) by Cuba 10 March 1999, Turkey (29 April 2013), Serbia 10 August 2013, Brazil (25 November 2016), Argentina (19 May 2017), China (10 August 2018), Saint Kitts and Nevis (23 June 2019), Montenegro (5 August 2019), Albania (15 July 2020), United Arab Emirates (16 January 2021).

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

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

In 2002, the Constitutional Court of Belarus stated in its decision that permission stamps were not constitutional. The Council of Ministers was ordered to propose a different kind of a citizen border control before 1 January 2006.

The decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus dated 17 December 2007 finally abolished permission stamps.

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