A valid passport and visa are required to enter Belarus. New Zealand arriving without valid passports and the appropriate visa may not be permitted to enter and will be subject to a fine and immediate deportation at the traveller's expense. Please follow the instructions below.

After you read all the instructions, if you have any questions, call us at 0800 54 52 47before you start the process.

Send us your current valid and signed passport. It must not expire within 6 months and must have at least one blank visa page. If you do not have any blank visa pages in your passport, you must first amend your passport to have pages added. Kilbirnie Travel will secure your visa using the added pages. If your passport expires within six months, you must renew your passport and then we will secure your visa with the new passport.

Send 1 visa application form completed and signed with your signature in blue ink.
 

You must submit 1 passport photograph taken by a passport photographer. Digital and non-passport photographs are not acceptable.

Passport Photo Requirements

Submit a computer-generated flight itinerary from your travel agent, airline, or online booking agency or a copy of your ticket. The itinerary must show the applicant's name, date of arrival and departure from the country, and flight information.

The itinerary is required because the Embassy wants to know the dates you plan to arrive and depart from the country.

NOTE: Processing times are business days. The first day begins the day after your package is received by Kilbirnie Travel.

our fees are:

$275 for regular service for which we secure your visa from the Embassy in its normal time of issuance; or

$375for rush service for which we secure your visa as quickly as the Embassy will issue it.

$200 for the second person.

If Paying by Credit Card
You may pay your consular fees via credit card and tell us card details over phone or fax us.

Paying by Cheque
Send a Bank cheque for the consular fees payable to the Embassy of Belarus. The payment to the Embassy must be a Bank cheque. Personal cheques are not accepted.

Service Fees

Regular service $272.00 Rush Service $375.00 Regular service 2 persons $472.00 Rush service 2 persons $575.00

All applications must be accompanied by an original invitation.

A tourist visa requires a copy of the tourist voucher and a copy of the confirmation from Belarusian hosting tourist organization. Hosting organization should be registered as a tourist company by the Belarusian authorities. This registration number should be indicated in the confirmation.


A visa for a private visit requires an original invitation (not a copy). Your relatives or friends should obtain an invitation (“zaprashenne”) for you at the local passport and visa office of the Ministry of Interior and send it to you. In case of emergency (unexpected illness, death of the relative, etc.) visas can be issued upon submitting a certified cable from a doctor or a clinic in Belarus. To be issued a transit visa you must show a visa (or copy) from the country you are traveling from/to via Belarus. If you are traveling to countries with no entry visa requirements, you must submit a copy of the ticket or itinerary from your travel agency or any other document confirming your trip to the appropriate country. Transit visas are required for all travellers heading to Russia or other New Independent States via Belarus (even if the traveller has valid Russian visa or visa of other NIS state).

Processing times are business days and do not include shipping time. Keep this in mind when placing your order. We count “days” the same way the passport office and embassies count days: if we receive and submit the document on Monday, then Tuesday is the first day, Wednesday is two days, etc. (we do submit documents every business day).

If staying at a private residence in Belarus, your host must obtain a visa entitlement certificate (Zaprashenne) from the local visa office at the Ministry of the Interior in Belarus. The original copy of this form must be sent to you in order to obtain your visa.

After arriving to Belarus please report information about the address and duration of your stay to the local passport and visa office. Medical insurance is required for all foreign citizens traveling to the Republic of Belarus.