Foreign citizens and persons without citizenship MUST:
- Comply with the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus and other acts of legislation of the Republic of Belarus, respect its national traditions;
- Enter the Republic of Belarus on a visa of the Republic of Belarus and a valid passport (for citizens of countries with which a visa regime has been established and persons without citizenship permanently residing in the territory of such countries), and leave the Republic of Belarus on valid documents;
- Register within 10 (ten) days at the registration authority at the place of temporary stay (you must contact the International Affairs Office);
- Live in the Republic of Belarus only at the place of residence, where they are registered or at the place of temporary stay for which a temporary residence permit was issued;
- In case of changing the place of temporary stay or temporary residence within 3 (three) working days, calculated from the date of arrival at the new place of temporary stay or temporary residence, contact the international affairs office for registration at the new place of temporary stay or making changes to the stamp “Temporary residence permit”
- Contact the International Affairs Office to extend the validity of the temporary residence permit 20 (twenty) days before the expiration date;
- If a temporary residence permit is refused or a temporary residence permit is canceled and there are no other legal grounds for a foreign citizen to stay in the Republic of Belarus, leave the Republic of Belarus within 15 (fifteen) days from the date of his notification of the accepted decision to refuse to issue a temporary residence permit or to cancel a temporary residence permit;
- In case of annulment of a temporary residence permit, within 5 (five) days from the date of notification of the decision to annul the temporary residence permit, register at the registration authority at the place of actual temporary stay.
Violation of the above-mentioned legislative norms entails liability under Part 1 of Art. 24.35 of the Code of the Republic of Belarus on Administrative Offenses with the imposition of a penalty in the form of a warning or a fine in the amount of up to 50 (fifty) basic units, or deportation.
Foreigners who committed crimes, administrative and other offenses on the territory of the Republic of Belarus are liable in accordance with the legislative acts of the Republic of Belarus. With regard to lawbreaking citizens, such a measure of expulsion from the Republic of Belarus can be applied as expulsion in the interests of the national security of the Republic of Belarus, public order, protection of morality, public health, rights and freedoms of citizens. An expelled foreigner may be prohibited from entering the Republic of Belarus for a period from 6 (six) months to 10 (ten) years.
If a foreign citizen or person without citizenship was brought to administrative responsibility 5(five) or more times or committed a crime, his temporary residence permit may be annulled.
In case of entry of a foreign citizen and stay on the territory of the Republic of Belarus before the end of the ban on entry, the foreigner may be held criminally liable for staying in the Republic of Belarus before the expiration of the ban on entry into the Republic of Belarus, or for deliberately illegal crossing of the State Border of the Republic of Belarus in accordance with Art. 3712 and part 2 of Art. 371 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
Head of the International Affairs Office A.P.Grahotsky
