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Most Foreign citizens of 74 countries, who come to Belarus and leave the country by plane (through the State border checkpoint of the Republic of Belarus "Minsk National Airport"), can enter Belarus for up to 30 days ' ''without visa''' (since July 27, 2018). The given order of visa-free movement through the airport does not extend to persons coming to Belarus by plane from the Russian Federation, as well as to those who intend to fly to the airports of the Russian Federation (such flights are considered as internal ones and do not have border control). Nevertheless you have to fulfil several requirements to be able to enter the country without visa. For more information check web-pages of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and State Border Committee of the Republic of Belarus. [http://mfa.gov.by/en/visa/visafreetravel/e0ced19bb1f9bf2c.html ''Information on visa-free travel via the checkpoint "Minsk National Airport"''][http://gpk.gov.by/en/informatsiya-dlya-peresekayushhih-granitsu/pravila-peresecheniya-granitsy-dlya-inostrantsev.php ''Rules of border crossing for foreign citizens ''] [[File:Belarus_regional_visa-free.png|220px|thumb|right|Parts of Belarus covered by Brest and Hrodna regional visa-free provisions]]In addition there is a possibility to enter some parts of the country by car or by train without visa for 10 days. In order to visit Brest or Hrodna regions for ten days without visas you need : - buy a holiday package from a travel agency (as per rules, travel agencies are the ones to take care of routes and sightseeing in the visa -free travel areas);- fill in forms, send in your data (passport information, contact information) and sign a contract with the travel agency for a tour as an individual or as a group.The travel agency will have to visit take care of the rest – registration, the necessary documents, other things. For more details check the following links: [https://bezviz.by/en/brest/ ''Brest visa free region''], [https://bezviz.by/en/grodno/ ''Hrodna visa free region'']. If you are coming from a country which is not in the list of visa-free countries or for some other reason can't enter Belarus as a visa-free tourist then you need to apply for visa prior to visiting Belarus. If soIn this case, try to find someone on Couchsurfing/BeWelcome/TrustRoots who'd be willing to "invite" you to Belarus(thus you could apply for a "private visit" visa), as this would save you a lot of money in the visa application process - the only way to get a regular tourist visa is through an overpriced agency, which would be eager to book hotels on your behalf. Some embassies may be satisfied with a confirmed hotel booking, without an agency letter, but that would be up to their discretion. ''However'', most Belarussian Belarusian embassies will issue a "private visit" visa without a letter of invitation or other supporting documents where only the personal info of the inviting person would suffice if the visa duration is less than 30 days. In some cases, they may however ask for a copy of the inviting person's passport but again that would be up to the discretion of the embassy personnel.