Passports can be issued to citizens at any age. Upon turning 14, every citizen is encouraged[vague] 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.
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)
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]
As of 7 September 2024, Belarusian citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 81 countries and territories, ranking the Belarusian passport 61st in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley Passport Index.[3]
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