Passport of a citizen of Belarus: obtaining and replacing a document

Passports of citizens of Belarus are issued for internal use and for foreign travel. The republic does not have an internal passport, which, for example, is available in Russia and Ukraine. Every resident who has a standard identification card can travel abroad and does not need to obtain additional documents.

The passport in Belarus changed its appearance many times, until in 1996 a referendum approved new state symbols and added inscriptions in Russian. We tried to make the document as secure as possible from forgery.

When and by whom is a passport issued?

In 2021, Decree No. 197 was signed, which established that a citizen of Belarus receives his first passport at the age of 14. Previously, passports were issued from the age of 16. The document is issued by the Ministry of Internal Affairs if the citizen lives in the country and by consular offices if he lives abroad.

A passport is obtained by registration at the local citizenship and migration department of the Internal Affairs Directorate. If a person is registered in Gomel, but lives in Minsk, then he will have to come to Gomel to apply for a passport as a citizen of Belarus.

Obtaining a RR series passport in Belarus

Exemption from military duty for men (in my case for sons)
Exemption from taxes in Belarus and no need to report to the tax authorities
The ability to legally open an account in a foreign bank without notifying Belarusian authorities
The opportunity to register with the consulate and resolve all issues through the embassy or consulate without coming to Belarus (change of passport, change of surname, entering information about marriage and children into the passport, voting in elections, registration of renunciation of citizenship, registration of a pension and much more).

Form number 1 (filled out and certified at the place of residence). Rules for filling out here (https://www.uvd.grodno.by/index.php?option=com_content&view=article& >). A sample form is here (https://uvd.grodno.by/images/stories/documents/zajavlenie_o_vydache_pasporta_f1.doc).
Questionnaire (example of filling here)
4 photos 4x5
Receipt of payment. In the summer of 2021 it cost 105 rubles (about 50 bucks)
Birth certificate + copy (copy is taken away)
Labor record, diploma (check the data in the application form)
Passport (to verify data).

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Biometric passport of the Republic of Belarus

Initially, the deadline for obtaining biometric passports was set at January 1, 2021. It was later postponed to 2021 due to technical difficulties.

A biometric passport is a document with a chip embedded in it, which contains the following information:

Photo.
Electronic signature.
Fingerprints.

This is provided for additional protection against document forgery, as well as for faster passage through border control points.

The creators of the biometric document convince that such a card can replace several functions of a standard passport. It is planned that the new passport sample will be valid only for foreign trips, and on the territory of the Republic of Belarus it will not have legal force.

What are the photo requirements for a Belarusian passport?

You can take photographs for a passport photo yourself at home using a small semi-professional and not very professional camera. Hang some plain, light-colored sheet (blue, white, or another) on the wall and sit your friend, spouse, or child in front of it. Organize the lighting of his face in such a way that no shadows are visible on his face, under his chin and on the sheet-screen itself in the field of view of the camera viewfinder. It is advisable not to use a flash; it creates unnecessary shadows and depressions, and also makes the image flat (the face of a dead man). If there is insufficient light, it is better not to hold the camera in your hands, but to place it on some stable object (chair, table, or press it against a door frame) for photographing at long exposures.

Head position when shooting: full face, vertical (no tilting). Ears open and no hats. And don’t sit like a statue or a frightened marmot, a slight smile won’t hurt you.

When a certain number of takes have been shot, you can proceed to computer processing of the selected portrait. Here, in Photoshop or another image editor program, you can lighten or darken the photo, retouch some defect (such as herpes), but do not overdo it with retouching, because if you greatly distort the original image, you risk being denied a Schengen visa due to the altered photo.

Framing and trimming. Your client's face should be large and occupy approximately 80% of the entire area of the photograph, the distance from the chin to the hair of the head should be within 32 - 35 mm. The photo size for a Belarusian passport must be 40 mm wide and 50 mm high. It turns out that from the head to the top edge of the photo there will be about 5 mm, and from the chin to the bottom edge of the photo about 10 mm. And accordingly, the vertical midline of the face passes through the center of the photograph.

That's all, place four of these images in JPG format with a resolution of 600dpi on a sheet measuring 10cmX15cm, save it to a flash drive and run to the darkroom to print your masterpiece, unless of course you have a color printer and a piece of photo paper at home.

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Mariya August 15, 2015, 6:22 pm (The comment has been modified) 0
Take black and white photography And if she was born a brunette, and now she is dyed blonde, then what, will they force her to change her color before taking photographs? Or won't they accept it? Take a black and white photograph, then for sure...
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Evening Minsk January 25, 2015, 18:22 (The comment has been modified) 0
Look at the root and you will find the sizes of the photos. Yes, they are different, and, moreover, for Schengen, they are smaller. The photo of the Belarusian passport and its dimensions are described in the post itself, and the Schengen photos below this explanation were described in detail by the “guest”. All you have to do is read it carefully
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Required package of documents

When a citizen of Belarus turns 14 years old, he has the right to receive a passport. To do this, you must submit the following set of documents:

Completed application.
Birth certificate.
Passports presented by parents.
Four color photographs measuring 4x5 centimeters.
Local registration documents.
Receipt for payment of state duty.

If the document is required for holidays abroad, then the list changes slightly:

Application from one of the parents.
Four color photographs of the child 4x5 centimeters.
Birth certificate.
Identification document of the applicant.

Under other circumstances of obtaining a passport, the list of documents is as follows:

A special sample of a completed application.
A statement indicating the reason for issuing or replacing the passport.
Four color photographs 4x5 centimeters.
Birth certificates for children under 14 years of age.
In case of loss or theft of a document outside of Belarus, a document confirming this fact will be required.

Obtaining Russian citizenship by citizens of Belarus

To apply in a simplified manner, you must submit supporting documents. For example, in order to obtain a Russian passport for Belarusians who are former Soviet citizens, in addition to the above documents, you must have a USSR passport or a certificate issued by the State Registration Chamber. To confirm kinship with Russians, a birth certificate from close relatives or a certificate from the registry office is required. In this case, a duty of 3500 rubles. Not all applicants pay. For example, among the defaulters are those who, after the collapse of the USSR, never received new citizenship.

the child’s birth certificate, including a copy certified by a notary;
the consent of the second parent drawn up by a notary, plus a copy of his passport;
notarized consent of a child over 14 years of age.

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What information is included in the passport?

The following must be indicated in the passport:

individual identification number,
Full Name,
Date and place of birth,
owner's personal signature,
floor,
registration address of the owner of the document,
presence or absence of minor children,
a record of the existence of a marriage or its dissolution indicating the surname, name, patronymic of the spouse, her date of birth and place of registration,
signature of the person and name of the authority that issued the document.

Personal identification number in the passport

On January 1, 2012, changes were made to the procedure for generating a personal identification number. The series and number encode specific information. For example, the passport series encodes the region:

Region code	Region
AB	Brest region
VM	Vitebsk region
NV	Gomel region
KN	The Grodno region
MR	Minsk city
MS	Minsk Region
HF	Mogilev region
RR	passports issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (for the purpose of living abroad).
SP	Service passport of a citizen of the Republic of Belarus
D.P.	Diplomatic passport of a citizen of the Republic of Belarus

The Belarusian passport number is seven digits that do not contain additional information. Now let’s formulate in more detail how the series and document number are written.

Each group has its own meaning:

The first two digits indicate the OKATO code of the region in which the document was issued.
The second two digits are the year the passport was issued to the citizen of Belarus.

Passports of a citizen of the Republic of Belarus, pp series

4. Please help me figure out how to apply for Russian citizenship. I am a citizen of the Republic of Belarus (passport series RR), I have a residence permit, I graduated from a Russian university and have more than 3 years of work experience in my specialty, is it correct that I have grounds for acquiring Russian citizenship in a simplified manner? And what is the exact list of documents that I need to provide to obtain citizenship. What is the review period? (married to a Russian citizen for 1 year)

2.1. Hello Yuri! If you want to become a citizen of the Russian Federation, then submit the appropriate documents to the consular section of the embassy. Based on the Law of the Republic of Belarus dated September 20, 2021 “On the procedure for exit from the Republic of Belarus and entry into the Republic of Belarus for citizens of the Republic of Belarus,” citizens who have received a passport of a citizen of the Republic of Belarus for permanent residence outside the Republic of Belarus are required to register with the consulate of citizens permanently residing outside the Republic of Belarus, at a diplomatic mission or consular office of the Republic of Belarus in the state of permanent residence, which means that you are neither the Russian Federation nor the Republic of Belarus (citizenship). Good luck and success to you.

State duty and processing time

The amount of the state fee for the procedure of registration and issuance of the finished document is 1 basic unit. If you receive your first passport at age 14, the procedure is not subject to state duty and is completely free. The document processing period is 30 calendar days.

At the request of a person willing to pay a large fee, the procedure for issuing a passport can be greatly reduced.

Thus, issuing a document within 15 days is possible upon payment of a fee of 1.5 basic units. Issuance of a document within 7 days is possible upon payment of a fee of 2 basic units.

In addition, the legislation provides for a fine of 4 basic units for late execution of a document. An application for a passport within a period exceeding 30 days from the date the citizen turns 14 is considered untimely.

Receiving and exchanging a passport

Since 2012, every citizen of Belarus who is 14 years old (previously 16 years old) must have a passport.
To travel abroad, a passport is also issued for children under 14 years of age. The procedure for obtaining or exchanging a passport and the necessary documents are indicated in the list, which, within the framework of administrative procedures, was approved by Decree of the President of Belarus of April 26, 2010 No. 200. For a passport you need to pay a state fee in the amount of 1 basic amount. Free passports are issued only for children under 14 years of age and citizens who are fully supported by the state.

Registration of a passport takes 1 month , but you can issue the document in an expedited manner (maximum 15 days) for an additional fee (1 basic amount).

Those registered in Minsk and regional centers can receive or exchange a passport within 7 days (for an additional fee of 2 basic units). You can read more about this on the website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus.

How long does it last and when to change?

A passport issued upon reaching 14 years of age is valid for 10 years.

In case of loss of a passport and a new one is issued, the validity of the newly issued document is also considered to be valid for 10 years. The term will be calculated starting from the date of issue.

If the passport is issued for a child under 14 years of age, it will be valid for 5 years.

It is also important to promptly apply for a replacement document within one month after its expiration date.

A Belarusian passport must be reissued every 10 years until the citizen reaches the age of 64. Then the last issued passport is valid until 100 years. If a person lives to be 100 years old, the document is changed again until he reaches the age of 125 years.

There is a list of standard situations in which a document must be replaced:

When changing your last name, first name, patronymic,
In case of gender reassignment,
If errors or inaccuracies are found,
In the event that the use of a document as a result of damage or deterioration is not possible.

Passport replacement

The completed application and all the necessary documents must be submitted to the citizenship and migration department at the place of registration of the citizen. A service is available for SMS notification of document readiness. After receiving the SMS, or at the appointed time, you come to the Citizenship and Migration Department to receive a new passport. In this case, your old passport will be confiscated.

The required documents include:

Standard form application
Birth certificate,
Passport to be exchanged
Receipt or check for payment of state duty,
Four color photographs measuring 4x5 centimeters.

This is a common list of documents for everyone. If there are life circumstances, you may also need:

Certificate of change of surname, name, patronymic (for example, as a result of marriage).
Certificate of marriage or divorce.
Child's birth certificate.
Death certificate of a spouse.

The laws of the Republic of Belarus prohibit changing your passport without significant reasons.

The procedure for obtaining Russian citizenship for Belarusians: how to obtain, stages

For a Belarusian, obtaining a RR series passport is associated with significant difficulties. You can receive it only after collecting a package of papers, consisting of a number of points that are not easy to complete in full. The specific number of required certificates and certificates is not specified; it is determined in each case individually.

The applicant has a legal source of income that can support him.
Since maintaining dual citizenship is excluded in the Republic of Belarus, the Belarusian applies to renounce his current citizenship.
The applicant speaks Russian.
The person undertakes to comply with the provisions of the Russian Constitution.
The Belarusian lived on the territory of the USSR until November 1991 or he has a relative who is a Russian citizen. Also, the basis for the simplified procedure is obtaining an education in a vocational educational institution in Russia after 2021 and working in a specialty for more than three years.

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How to change your passport if your last name changes?

In order to replace an identity card, you must contact the Citizenship and Migration Department within 30 days from the date of marriage. After this period, the passport becomes invalid, and for its use you can receive a fine or be subject to other administrative penalties.

There are different deadlines for replacing a passport, depending on the amount of the state fee paid:

Replacement within 1 month – 1 basic value,
Replacement within 14 days – 2 basic values,
Replacement within 7 days – 3 basic values.