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Religious Ties Visa C or D

BelarusCulture, faith and volunteering

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What exact activity, role or purpose qualifies?

Belarus lists “maintaining of the religious ties” as an entry-visa purpose. The official MFA page establishes this purpose for both short-term C and long-term D visas, subject to the relevant visa documents.

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Limits of the record
  • The MFA does not define the full range of qualifying religious activities or roles on this page.

What organisation, institution, religious body, charity, teacher or host must support the activity?

The MFA requires a letter of visa support from a religious association approved by the Commissioner for Religious and Ethnic Affairs for both the C and D visa sections.

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Limits of the record
  • The page does not identify which religious associations are approved or the application procedure for obtaining approval.

What proves the placement, role, affiliation, experience or cultural/religious/voluntary activity?

The listed evidence is a visa-support letter from a religious association approved by the Commissioner for Religious and Ethnic Affairs. The MFA repeats the religious-association support letter in its long-term D section.

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Limits of the record
  • The MFA page does not specify other affiliation, ordination, experience or programme documents for this visa purpose.

Can the person receive salary, pocket money, accommodation, meals or reimbursement? Can they undertake other work?

The religious-ties visa section requires an approved religious-association support letter but does not state whether the holder may receive salary, pocket money, accommodation, meals or reimbursement, or undertake other work. The same MFA page treats employment separately and lists a special employment permit as employment-visa evidence.

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Limits of the record
  • Compensation and other activity rights for a religious-ties visa are not specified in the captured MFA source.
  • MFA visa types, religious support letter
    a letter of visa support of a religious association, approved by the Commissioner for Religious and Ethnic Affairs;
  • MFA visa types, employment visa category
    ♦ for employment:
  • MFA visa types, employment-permit evidence
    a notarised copy of a special employment permit, issued by the local unit of the Citizenship and Migration, or information available at the Belarusian diplomatic mission abroad or at the Division for the Admission of Foreigners of the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DAF) on the issuance to the foreigner of a special employment permit in the Republic of Belarus;

How long can they stay, can they change host/activity, can family accompany, and can the status be extended?

A category C visa can be valid for up to 90 days. A category D visa is multiple-entry and valid for more than 90 days but no more than five years; the general MFA procedure says it carries a right to stay for up to 90 days unless an international agreement provides otherwise. The MFA directs stay-extension requests to the local Citizenship and Migration Department unit at the place of registration. The official source does not state whether the religious host can be changed or family can accompany.

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Limits of the record
  • The source does not state a right to change the religious host or bring family, or a guaranteed extension.
  • MFA visa types, category C validity
    ♦ C – short-term visa. It can be single-entry, double-entry and multiple-entry. Visa validity cannot exceed 90 days.
  • MFA visa types, category D validity
    ♦ D – long-term multiple-entry visa. The visa is issued for the period exceeding 90 days but not more than 5 years.
  • MFA visa application process, D-visa right to stay
    ♦ D – long-term visa, valid for the period exceeding 90 days with the right to stay in the Republic of Belarus up to 90 days, unless otherwise stipulated by the international agreements of the Republic of Belarus..
  • MFA visa types, long-term visa: two-year rule
    A long-term entry visa (for a purpose of business, private affairs or for participation in sport, cultural, scientific, educational activities, implementation of humanitarian programs) for a period of two years is generally issued provided that at least one long-term entry visa has been used within the previous three years.
  • MFA visa types, long-term visa: three-to-five-year rule
    A long-term entry visa (for a purpose of business, private affairs or for participation in sport, cultural, scientific, educational activities, implementation of humanitarian programs) for a period from three to five years is generally issued provided that one long-term entry visa with a validity of at least two years has been used within the previous five years.
  • MFA visa application process, issuing authorities
    The authorities that issue entry visas to the Republic of Belarus are the diplomatic missions and consular institutions of the Republic of Belarus, as well as the Foreign Admissions Division of the Consular Directorate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus in the “National Airport Minsk”.
  • MFA visa application process, extension channel
    To extend the term of stay on the territory of the Republic of Belarus, foreigner should contact the local unit of the Citizenship and Migration Department of the Ministry of Interior at the place of ones registration to obtain:

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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