Since January 1, 2018, some areas of the Brest region are visa-free for foreign tourists.
If you are a foreign tourist, you can enter this territory from Poland and come back to Poland in 10 days without obtaining a visa.
Visa-free zone in the Brest region
Image taken from the website hotelbug.by
How to get here?
- Contact the selected tour operator (the list of tour operators known to us) no later than 48 hours before your arrival.
- Provide the tour operator with a copy of the passport, your photo and contact details. Indicate the dates of the planned visit and place of accommodation. Pay tourist services fee (12 euros as of 01.03.2018).
- Enter the territory of the Republic of Belarus in the zone of visa-free regime (it is possible only through certain checkpoints).
- When crossing the border, provide the documents which are necessary to enter Belarus.
- Register at the place of your actual stay during 5 days, except Sundays, state holidays and public holidays
- Stay in the zone of visa-free regime is allowed in a certain territory for a period of 1 to 10 days.
Entry to the Republic of Belarus
Foreign citizens are obliged to have with them:
- A valid passport or other document substituting it, intended for traveling abroad;
- A document granting foreign citizens the right to visit a certain territory.
- Money: for each day of stay have an amount in currency or Belarusian rubles equivalent to not less than 2 base units (49 rubles=20 eur as of 01.03.2018);
- Insurance.
How and where foreign tourists may travel without visas?
Passing of visa-free tourists is carried out at the following checkpoints:
- “Brest” (Terespol);
- “Domachevo” (“Slovatichi”);
- “Peschatka” (“Polovtsy”);
- The point of simplified entry “Pererov” (“Bialowieza”);
- Railway crossing point “Brest” (Terespol);
- The checkpoint “Airport Brest”.
Technical nuances when crossing a border on a bicycle: we recommend that you use the checkpoints Domachevo (Slovatici) and Peschatka (Polovtsi) if you are coming from Poland.
More information about registration here.
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