Belarusian passport

Belarusian passport
The front cover of a contemporary Belarusian biometric passport
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

• 
  1918
• 
  1991-1995
• 
  1991-1995

• 2006 passport
• 
  Cover
• 
  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.
• 
  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).
• 
  Last pages of a passport.
• 
  Page 29 of a passport with two foreign travel permission stamps.

• 2021 biometric passport
• 
  Cover
• 
  First page
• 
  Page with personal info
• 
  Pages 6-7
• 
  Pages 20-21
• 
  Integrated biodata card under UV light
• 
  Page 1 under UV light
• 
  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