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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE OF THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS

of January 9, 2017 No. 8

About establishment of visa-free procedure for entrance and departure of foreign citizens

(as amended on 08-11-2021)

According to part four of article 27 of the Law of the Republic of Belarus of January 4, 2010 "About legal status of foreign citizens and stateless persons in the Republic of Belarus":

1. Establish visa-free procedure for entry into the Republic of Belarus, departure from the Republic of Belarus at check points through Frontier of the Republic of Belarus the National airport Minsk, the Brest airport, the Vitebsk airport, the Gomel airport, the Grodno airport, the Mogilev airport and temporary stay in the territory of the Republic of Belarus for the term of no more than thirty days from the date of entrance for the citizens of the states having the valid documents for trip abroad (appendix).

2. Provisions of this Decree do not extend to owners of the diplomatic, office, special and equated to them passports.

3. Declare invalid the Presidential decree of the Republic of Belarus of July 21, 2015 No. 338 "About establishment of visa-free procedure for entrance and departure of certain citizens" (The national legal Internet portal of the Republic of Belarus, 24.07. 2015, 1/15951).

4. This Decree becomes effective in month after its official publication.

President of the Republic of Belarus

A. Lukashenko

Appendix

to the Presidential decree of the Republic of Belarus of January 9, 2017 No. 8

The list of the states concerning which citizens the visa-free procedure for entrance and departure is established

1. Australian Union.

2. Republic of Austria.

3. Principality of Andorra.

4. Antigua and Barbuda.

5. Barbados.

6. Kingdom of Bahrain.

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