Since early 2023, 411,000+ EU residents visited Belarus without visas

Since January 1st, 2023, 411,360 residents of the EU member states have taken advantage of the Belarusian visa-free visa – as reported by the State Border Committee of Belarus in its Telegram channel

Thus, 244,633 citizens of Lithuania, 95,702 citizens and 28,991 non-citizens of Latvia, as well as 42,034 citizens of Poland took advantage of the opportunity to visit Belarus without obtaining visa documents.

In total, since the beginning of the visa-free regime, 796,346 foreigners have travelled to Belarus: 492,896 citizens of Lithuania, 183,836 citizens and 55,870 non-citizens of Latvia, as well as 63,744 citizens of Poland.

The detailed information on visa-free visits to Belarus is available in a special section of the information portal of the State Border Committee and in the Granitsa Belarusi (Border of Belarus) mobile app.

The President of Belarus, Aleksandr Lukashenko, previously supported the Foreign Ministry’s proposal to extend visa-free regime for residents of Lithuania, Latvia and Poland for 2024.