page_title: Belarusian passport
hierarchical_section_title: Belarusian passport
caption_attribution_description: English: Page 29 of Belarusian passport scanned by me. Includes two permission stamps which were required for foreign travel before 2008.
context_page_description: A Belarusian passport is issued to citizens of Belarus and is used for both external and internal travel. Unlike Russia, there are no internal passports in Belarus. Passports are issued by the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Belarus and by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to citizens who live abroad.
  "AB" series passports are assigned to Brest Voblast,
  "BM" series passports - Vitsebsk Voblast,
  "HB" series passports - Homel Voblast,
  "KH" series passports - Hrodna Voblast,
  "MP" series passports - Minsk city,
  "MC" series passports - Minsk Voblast,
  "KB" series passports - Mahilyow Voblast,
  "PP" series passports are assigned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
  Passports can be issued to citizens at any age. Upon turning 14, every citizen is encouraged to obtain a passport. Belarusian passports have blue covers.
  Article 14 of the "Treaty on the Union between Belarus and Russia" expects the future introduction of identity documents of the Russo-Belarusian union.
context_section_description: A Belarusian passport is issued to citizens of Belarus and is used for both external and internal travel. Unlike Russia, there are no internal passports in Belarus. (Ukraine transitioned to a ID card system in 2016 but internal passports issued remain valid.) Passports are issued by the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Belarus and by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to citizens who live abroad.
  "AB" series passports are assigned to Brest Voblast,
  "BM" series passports - Vitsebsk Voblast,
  "HB" series passports - Homel Voblast,
  "KH" series passports - Hrodna Voblast,
  "MP" series passports - Minsk city,
  "MC" series passports - Minsk Voblast,
  "KB" series passports - Mahilyow Voblast,
  "PP" series passports are assigned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
  Passports can be issued to citizens at any age. Upon turning 14, every citizen is encouraged to obtain a passport. Belarusian passports have blue covers.
  Article 14 of the "Treaty on the Union between Belarus and Russia" expects the future introduction of identity documents of the Russo-Belarusian union.
caption: Page 29 of a passport with two foreign travel permission stamps.
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