Belarusian passport
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Belarusian citizenship
Belarusian citizenship is membership in the political community of the Republic of Belarus. Belarusian citizens hold citizenship in the Union State of Russia and Belarus....
and is used for both travelling abroad and internal use. Unlike Russia and Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
, there are no "internal passport
Internal passport
An internal passport is an identity document used in some countries to control the internal movement and residence of its people. Countries that currently have internal passports include Russia, Ukraine, China and North Korea...
s" in Belarus. Passports are issued by the Ministry of Internal Affairs to those who live in Belarus and by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Belarus)
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus is the Belarusian government ministry which oversees the foreign relations of Belarus.The current Minister of Foreign Affairs is Sergei Martynov. Previous Ministers include Andrei Sannikov....
to those citizens who live abroad.
"AB" series passports are assigned to Brest region,
"BM" series passports - Vitebsk region,
"HB" series passports - Gomel region,
"KH" series passports - Grodno region,
"MP" series passports - Minsk
Minsk
- Ecological situation :The ecological situation is monitored by Republican Center of Radioactive and Environmental Control .During 2003–2008 the overall weight of contaminants increased from 186,000 to 247,400 tons. The change of gas as industrial fuel to mazut for financial reasons has worsened...
city,
"MC" series passports - Minsk region
Minsk Province
Minsk Province may refer to:* Minsk Province of Belarus*Minsk Governorate , of Russian Empire...
,
"KB" series passports - Mogilev region
Mahilyow Voblast
Mahilyow Voblasts or Mogilyov Oblast is a province of Belarus with its administrative center being Mogilyov ....
,
"PP" series passports are assigned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Belarus)
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus is the Belarusian government ministry which oversees the foreign relations of Belarus.The current Minister of Foreign Affairs is Sergei Martynov. Previous Ministers include Andrei Sannikov....
.
Passports are issued to citizens at any age. Every citizen who gained the age of 16 years is encouraged to get a passport. Passports are reissued at 16, 25 and 45 years old age. Passports have blue covers.
Article 14 of the "Treaty of United State of Russia and Belarus
Union of Russia and Belarus
The Union State , semi-officially known as Union State of Russia and Belarus , is a supranational entity consisting of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus.- Creation :...
creation" expects future introduction of union citizen documents.
Information
A Belarusian passport contains the following information, printed in Belarusian, Russian and EnglishEnglish language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
:
- Given name, surname and patronymic name (the last one only in Belarusian and Russian)
- Date of birth
- Personal number (renamed into 'Identification number' under the influence of the religious, 2008)
- SexSexIn biology, sex is a process of combining and mixing genetic traits, often resulting in the specialization of organisms into a male or female variety . Sexual reproduction involves combining specialized cells to form offspring that inherit traits from both parents...
- Place of birth (in English usually the Republic of Belarus, without details)
- Date of issue
- Date of expiry
- Authority (in English usually Ministry of Internal Affairs)
- Holder's signature
- Signature of the authority issuing the Passport
- Official seal (in English usually Citizenship and Migration Subdivision of the Ministry of Internal Affairs plus its number, 2008)
- Place of residence
- VisaVisa (document)A visa is a document showing that a person is authorized to enter the territory for which it was issued, subject to permission of an immigration official at the time of actual entry. The authorization may be a document, but more commonly it is a stamp endorsed in the applicant's passport...
s (optional) - Consular stamps (for those who live abroad)
- Information about children below 16 years old age (if any)
- Information regarding marital status and spouse details (if any)
- Blood groupBlood typeA blood type is a classification of blood based on the presence or absence of inherited antigenic substances on the surface of red blood cells . These antigens may be proteins, carbohydrates, glycoproteins, or glycolipids, depending on the blood group system...
and Rhesus factor (optional) - Ethnic originEthnic originThe concept of ethnic origin is an attempt to classify people, not according to their current nationality, but according to where their ancestors came from...
(optional)
Moving abroad
Until January 1, 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, Constitutional Court of Belarus
Constitutional Court of Belarus
The Constitutional Court of Belarus is one of the top-tier courts in the Eastern European country. Created in 1994, the Court is run under guidelines that were issued in 1997. The purpose of the court is to render justice in areas where the constitution has come into question, such as a local law...
stated in his decision that permission stamps were not constitutional. Council of Ministers was ordered to propose a different kind of a citizen border control until December 31, 2005.
With the Decree of the President of Republic of Belarus of December 17, 2007, permission stamps were finally abolished.
History
Until BelarusBelarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
established its independence Soviet passports
Passport system in the Soviet Union
The Soviet passport is an identity document issued upon the laws of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics for the citizen of the USSR. For the general purposes of identity certification Soviet passports contained such data as name, date of birth, sex, place of birth, nationality and citizenship...
were used. In spite of the fact that the citizenship of Byelorussian SSR
Byelorussian SSR
The Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic was one of fifteen constituent republics of the Soviet Union. It was one of the four original founding members of the Soviet Union in 1922, together with the Ukrainian SSR, the Transcaucasian SFSR and the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic...
(like citizenship of all other soviet republics) was recognized in USSR, Soviet passports never contained records about Byelorussian SSR
Byelorussian SSR
The Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic was one of fifteen constituent republics of the Soviet Union. It was one of the four original founding members of the Soviet Union in 1922, together with the Ukrainian SSR, the Transcaucasian SFSR and the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic...
citizenship. Soviet passports issued by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Byelorussian SSR
Byelorussian SSR
The Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic was one of fifteen constituent republics of the Soviet Union. It was one of the four original founding members of the Soviet Union in 1922, together with the Ukrainian SSR, the Transcaucasian SFSR and the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic...
(as well as birth certificates) had records in both Belarusian and Russian.
External links
- Image of Belarusian passport
- Constitutional Court decision on permission stamps
- Government page with comments on visa regime with other countries
- Presidential Decree abolishing permission stamps
See also
- Belarusian citizenshipBelarusian citizenshipBelarusian citizenship is membership in the political community of the Republic of Belarus. Belarusian citizens hold citizenship in the Union State of Russia and Belarus....
- Visa requirements for Belarusian citizensVisa requirements for Belarusian citizensThe following countries allow visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to holders of ordinary Belarusian passports :Until January 1, 2008, Belarusian citizens had to apply for permission stamps in their passports in order to cross Belarusian borders...