Visa Agreement Russia Belarus

Belarus is not a visa for holders of diplomatic or other official passports from Algeria, Bangladesh[27], Bolivia[28], Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia[29], Chile[30], Egypt, El Salvador[31], Guatemala[32], Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Laos, Myanmar,[33] Nicaragua,[34] North Korea, Oman, [35] Peru, Romania, Singapore,[36] Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Thailand, Uruguay and Vietnam, as well as for holders of diplomatic passports from Poland. The visa-free zone includes the following areas: Under the agreement, citizens of third countries with a valid visa for Russia or Belarus are allowed to enter, leave and stay in the other country until the expiry of their visa to cross the land border of Russia and Belarus by train or plane and via the main highways. Each party reserves the right to refuse entry to such persons or to shorten their stay in its territory. Once Russia makes this decision, the parties will exchange the relevant letters and the agreement will enter into force within 30 days, the minister said. The agreement means that foreign citizens with a Belarusian visa can freely enter the Russian Federation, and foreigners with a Russian visa can visit Belarus. The Department of Foreign Admissions at Minsk International Airport of the Consular Directorate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs issues visas on arrival if the supporting documents have been submitted no later than 3 working days before the scheduled date of arrival. [59] If the reason for arrival is a serious illness or the death of a close relative or family member, supporting documents may be submitted at the time of application for an entry visa. Fees are significantly higher than in consulates. Moscow and Minsk had planned to sign an intergovernmental agreement on the mutual recognition of visas at a meeting of the Council of Ministers of the State of the Union of Russia and Belarus on 13 December 2018 in Brest. However, the signing was postponed because Minsk had not yet completed some internal procedures. This was later changed and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko announced that all the proposals had been taken into account in the final draft.

Bilateral talks have taken place so far. Belarus announced in November 2019 its intention to extend regional visa-free regulations to land border crossings and regional airports. [41] Will this be allowed with the new law on the recognition of visas between the 2 states? However, as stated by the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the agreement has not yet entered into force, since the parties should first receive the last notification of the conclusion of the national procedures, and then after 30 days will start working. It should be noted that work on an agreement on the mutual recognition of visas in Belarus and Russia took more than two years. In June this year, Vladimir Makey and Sergey Lavrov finally signed an agreement on the mutual recognition of visas between Belarus and Russia in Minsk. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has signed a law ratifying the intergovernmental agreement between Belarus and Russia on the mutual recognition of visas and other issues related to the entry of foreigners and stateless persons into the territory of the State of the Union. The agreement reached in Minsk on 19 June 2020 aims to regulate migration processes within the EU Treaty states. The document provides that foreigners and stateless persons have the right to enter, leave, stay and cross the territory of Belarus and Russia on the basis of a visa from one of the states and identity documents. As a result, Belarus receives the right to issue visas valid on the territory of Russia. Visitors are allowed to stay 15 days without a visa. Entry is possible through the following checkpoints with Poland and Lithuania – Brest (Terespol), Bruzgi (Kuźnica), Damačava (Sławatycze), Bieniakoni (Šalčininkai), Bierastavica (Bobrowniki), Piasčatka (Połowce), Pryvalka (Raigardas), Piareraŭ (Białowieża), Liasnaja (Rudawka), Pryvalka (Švendubrė), Brest-Uschodni station, Grodno station, Brest airport and Grodno airport. Before travelling, visitors must obtain an appropriate document[56] issued by a local travel agency registered in Belarus.

In November 2017, statistics were published showing that 54,000 foreigners visited Belarus under the Visa Waiver Program, mainly citizens of Germany, Poland, Italy, the United States and the United Kingdom. [53] This agreement on the mutual recognition of the visa requirement will create legal conditions for the entry of third-country nationals into the EU State with a visa obtained in Belarus or Russia. This depends on the implementation of the Mutual Recognition Agreement on visas. For the time being, this is not the case. Regarding your answer, I also asked SergCr because I saw that the 1-year visa allows EU citizens to stay in Belarus for up to 180 days a year from the first of July. MOSCOW, July 1 (BelTA) – The Russian-Belarusian agreement on the mutual recognition of visas will enter into force at the end of 2020 – early 2021, Belarusian Ambassador to Russia Vladimir Semashko said at an online press conference on July 1 before Belarus` Independence Day, BelTA reports. 1 — Including persons not residing in Estonia and Latvia. 2 — Only if you are in possession of a multiple-entry visa (i.e.

a `C` or `D` type visa) from a Member State of the European Union or the Schengen area, an entry stamp from one of these countries and a valid flight ticket departing from Minsk National Airport. EU residence cards will not be accepted for this purpose. [51] The document does not cover foreigners arriving in Belarus under the Visa Waiver Program. MINSK, Dec 10 (BelTA) – Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei spoke about the agreement on the mutual recognition of visas with Russia, when he addressed the media, BelTA has learned. So there is still no reason to celebrate and all visitors to Belarus and Russia should be aware that their visas do not offer the right to enter the neighboring state. Hopefully, the deal will work properly in 2021. “I am convinced that the agreement with Russia and our corresponding agreement with our European partners will lead to results after the end of this pandemic. We will see an increase in transit through Belarus and hopefully an increase in tourists, business contacts, etc.,” the minister said.

In September 2017, it was announced that Belarus planned to extend visa-free access to 10 days and other checkpoints. [52] In a video conference on the development of relations between Russia and Belarus, Andrei Rudenko said that the formation of a single migration zone of the State of the Union was an important area. The agreement on the mutual recognition of the visa requirement during the visit of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to Minsk on 19 June will be an important step. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Belarusian counterpart Oudzimir Makey signed an agreement in Minsk on the mutual recognition of visas and other issues related to the entry of foreign nationals into the territory of the two countries, the Belarusian Foreign Ministry announced on its website. .

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