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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 1 January 2017, Belarusian citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 67 countries and territories, ranking the Belarusian passport 70th in terms of travel freedom (tied with Lesotho and Malawian passports) according to the Henley visa restrictions index.

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Territories

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

Europe
Africa
Asia
Caribbean and North Atlantic
Oceania
South Atlantic and Antarctica
  •  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 (previous version signed on December 17, 1992)
  •  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 [73]
  •  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
  • References

    Visa requirements for Belarusian citizens Wikipedia