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Migrants and refugees

How foreigners can get medical aid in Belarus?

To come to Belarus, foreigners must have a health insurance card. With it, you may get emergency medical care in any Belarusian medical institution. Migrants and refugees

Employment in Belarus for foreigners

How can a foreigner get employed in Belarus? All categories of foreigners – whether they hold a permanent residence permit (PRP), a temporary residence permit or are staying in Belarus temporarily – may be employed in Belarus. Migrants and refugees

How can a foreigner register a marriage in Belarus with a Belarusian citizen?

You legally arrived in Belarus — having a visa or a temporary residence permission, a residence and you want to marry a Belarusian citizen in Belarus? What to do, which documents are needed to register a marriage in Belarus and where to go with them — you can find the answers to these questions in […]

Migrants and refugees

Getting a permanent residence permit in Belarus

A permanent residence permit in Belarus (hereinafter — PRP) is almost equivalent to a Belarusian passport. It grants foreigners the same scope of rights that Belarusian citizens have. Except for electoral rights – such as the right to vote and the right to be elected. Only Russian citizens with a PRP may take part in local […] Migrants and refugees

Temporary residence permit in Belarus

If you want to stay in Belarus for a long period of time, thus planning to stay here for more than 90 days (three months) in a calendar year, but you do not have any grounds for obtaining a residence permit, then you can apply for a temporary residence permit in Belarus (hereinafter – TRP).   Migrants and refugees

Statement of Human Constanta on the incident on the Belarusian-Polish border

On February 28, the portal My Brest reported that on February 26 border guards have detained two citizens of the Russian Federation. They are trying to illegally cross the Belarusian-Polish border.

Migrants and refugees

How can a foreigner stay in Belarus legally? Registration.

You have arrived in Belarus. What’s next? Registration in Belarus — is an important legal procedure. But first, let’s define the terms. Foreigners can temporary stay, temporary and permanently reside in the Republic of Belarus. What does it mean: Migrants and refugees

Legal counsel office for foreign nationals starts to work in Minsk

Human Constanta is opening free legal counsel office for foreigner nationals including migrants, refugees, and stateless persons.  Migrants and refugees

Belarus has unlawfully expelled to Russia a refugee from Chechnya, now he might face torture

On 16 August 2017, Human Constanta reported that Belarusian authorities wanted to expel to Russia a refugee from Chechnya, where he would be put under risk of torture.