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🇧🇾 Belarus

Belarus is outside the EU and the Schengen area and sets its own visa rules. The UK FCDO advises against all travel to Belarus. Below: visa rules for every passport, cash limits at customs and the tourist traps official travel advice warns about.

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Explore Belarus: things to do, shopping, food and getting around

A short guide based on UNESCO's World Heritage listings. The UK FCDO advises against all travel here (see the warning above), so this is for reference only.

Places to visit

Summarised in our own words from the linked pages, official tourism boards and transport authorities first; items marked "Not official" come from other guides. Prices and opening times change, so check the source before you go. Last checked 24 Oct 2026.

Common tourist traps and how to avoid them

Scams and risky spots named in official travel advice for Belarus, in our own words.

  1. Street crime and theft from cars or hotel rooms

    How it works: Crime is low, but street crime and theft from vehicles or hotel rooms happen.

    How to avoid it: Stay alert and keep valuables secure.

Areas flagged in official advice

  • Whole country: FCDO advises against all travel (significant risk of arrest; risk that the war in Ukraine spreads to Belarus)

Official advice: FCDO advises against all travel to Belarus.

Emergency numbers in Belarus

Paraphrased from official travel advice: FCDO travel advice – Safety and security · FCDO travel advice – Warnings and insurance · FCDO travel advice – Getting help (emergency numbers) · FCDO page updated 10 Sept 2026 · Last checked 2 Nov 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Cash you can bring in and take out

Customs rules for banknotes and other cash when you enter or leave Belarus.

EAEU Customs Code (Belarus State Customs Committee)

Bringing cash in
Declare in writing (passenger customs declaration) cash and/or traveller's cheques over USD 10,000 equivalent, and any other monetary instruments (e.g. bearer securities), when entering the EAEU customs territory.
Taking cash out
Same when leaving: written declaration for cash and/or traveller's cheques over USD 10,000 equivalent.
Local currency (BYN) in
No limit (declaration only).
Local currency (BYN) out
No limit (declaration only).
Foreign currency
No limit (declaration only).
  • Amounts up to USD 10,000 can be declared voluntarily.
  • Fill in two copies of the passenger customs declaration (main and additional form).

Official source: customs.gov.by · customs.gov.by · Last checked 2 Nov 2026

Belarus visa rules by passport

The general rule for each passport, from official sources. Open a passport to see conditions and options that depend on where you live.

Visa-free106 passports
Embassy visa92 passports

Verified rules for Belarus: 198 of 198 passports; awaiting verification: 0; not yet covered: 0. A rule that is awaiting verification or not yet covered is not a negative visa decision: it only means we haven't confirmed it on an official source yet.

⚠ Unofficial sources: 1 rule for Belarus is not from an official Belarus government source (based on other governments' travel advice or secondary research). They are labelled on each page, are not counted as verified above, and should be confirmed with the embassy before travel.

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Verify with the embassy before you book. Visa rules change without notice. We link every rule to its official source and last checked it on 2 Nov 2026, but the embassy, official e-visa portal and your airline have the final say. MyVisaPort is not a visa agent and is not affiliated with any government.