The town hall in the old centre of Minsk, Belarus

Who needs a visa for Belarus?

Eastern Europe · Minsk

Photo: Zedlik / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

Of 198 nationalities, 94 enter Belarus with no paperwork at all. The rest: 104 must be approved before they travel.

We have not found a Belarus government portal we can link to with confidence, so we link to none — a lookalike is worse than nothing. Apply through Belarus's own immigration service or its embassy.

What do you need?

Who needs what

Visa free 94

Nothing to apply for and nothing to pay before you travel.

eVisa (electronic visa) 2

A real visa application, made online instead of at an embassy. It is assessed, it takes days rather than minutes, and it can be refused.

Visa required 102

You must apply and be approved before you travel. Airlines will refuse to board you without it.

About Belarus

Region
Eastern Europe
Capital
Minsk
Population
9,085,991 2025 · 99th of 197
Size
207,600 km² 84th largest of 199
Density
44 per km²
Languages
Belarusian, Russian
Currency
Belarusian ruble BYN

Capital, area, languages and currency from the open country dataset, pulled 21 September 2026. Population from the World Bank, series updated 13 July 2026. Density is calculated from the two figures above.