Belarusian passport
Belarusian passport | |
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Type | Passport |
Issued by | Belarus |
First issued | 1996 2006 (updated) 2021 (biometric) |
Purpose | Identification |
Eligibility | Belarusian citizenship |
Expiration | 10 years |
A Belarusian passport (
"AB" series passports are assigned to Brest Region, "BM" series passports - Vitebsk Region, "HB" series passports - Gomel Region, "KH" series passports - Grodno Region, "MP" series passports - Minsk city, "MC" series passports - Minsk Region, "KB" series passports - Mogilev Region, "PP" series passports are assigned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Passports can be issued to citizens at any age. Upon turning 14, every citizen is encouraged to obtain a passport. Belarusian passports have blue covers.
Article 14 of the "Treaty on the Union between Belarus and Russia" expects the future introduction of identity documents of the Union State.
History
Until
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1918
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1991-1995
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1991-1995
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Cover
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First pages of a passport containing coat of arms and the words "Passport of a citizen of the Republic of Belarus" in Belarusian, Russian and English.
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Pages 30-31 of a passport with records in Belarusian and Russian (surname, name, patronymic name, date of birth, personal number, place of birth, date of issue, date of expiry and issuing authority).
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Last pages of a passport.
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Page 29 of a passport with two foreign travel permission stamps.
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Cover
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First page
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Page with personal info
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Pages 6-7
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Pages 20-21
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Integrated biodata card under UV light
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Page 1 under UV light
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Page 17 under UV light
Information
A Belarusian passport contains the following information, printed in Belarusian, Russian and English:
- Given name, surname and patronymic name (the latter only in Belarusian and Russian)
- Date of birth
- Identification number
- Sex
- Place of birth
- Date of issue
- Date of expiry
- Authority
- Holder's signature
- Signature of the authority issuing the Passport
- Code of issuing state (BLR)
- Official seal
- Place of residence
- Visas(if any)
- Consular stamps (for those who live abroad)
- Information about children under 16 (if any)
- Information regarding marital status and the spouse's details (if any)
Moving abroad permission stamps
Before 1 January 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, the Constitutional Court of Belarus stated in its decision that permission stamps were not constitutional.[1] The Council of Ministers was ordered to propose a different kind of a citizen border control by 31 December 2005.
By a Presidential decree issued on 17 December 2007, permission stamps were finally abolished.[2]
Visa requirements
As of 19 January 2023, Belarusian citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 79 countries and territories, ranking the Belarusian passport 69th in terms of travel freedom according to the
See also
- Belarusian citizenship
- Visa policy of Belarus
- Visa requirements for Belarusian citizens
- New Belarus passport project
External links
References
- ^ "Constitutional Court decision on permission stamps". Archived from the original on 2006-01-05.
- ^ "Presidential Decree abolishing permission stamps". Archived from the original on 2008-01-18.
- ^ "Global Ranking - Passport Index 2023" (PDF). Henley & Partners. Retrieved 19 January 2023.