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Belarus

The residence routes we hold for Belarus, each requirement as its rule states it, and what a month costs in its cities. This page assesses no one.

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Country in brief

Pros

  1. Very low cost of living.
  2. Russian is the everyday language, an advantage for Russian speakers.
  3. Educated workforce; strong IT skills.
  4. Low crime in daily life.
  5. Cheap, functional infrastructure in Minsk.

Cons

  1. EU and other sanctions in force; banking, payments and travel are constrained.
  2. Authoritarian governance; rule-of-law and personal-safety concerns for foreigners.
  3. Isolated economy dependent on Russia; limited foreign business activity.
  4. Cold continental winters.
  5. Reputational and legal risk for a Dutch resident doing business there.

Emigrator’s assessment, 6 October 2026. Where a point names a figure, the sourced data above governs.

Routes we hold for Belarus

What each rule states, as we encoded it from the source. A money threshold that grows with the size of the household is shown for the reference household named under the costs.

Temporary residence permit (purpose-based)

Draft — not checked by us yet

We built these rules from the country’s own sources and have not finished checking them line by line.

Never checked · limit 45 days

RequirementRule saysType
Stated purpose qualifies for a permitOne of: Work and career, Business creation or acquisition, Study and education, Family and partnerMandatory
Means of subsistence*At least €700 per monthConditional

Visa-free short stay, up to 30 days per entry (entry only)

Draft — not checked by us yet

We built these rules from the country’s own sources and have not finished checking them line by line.

Never checked · limit 45 days

RequirementRule saysType
Nationality on the Belarusian visa-free listHolds at least one of: Netherlands, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Austria, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway, Switzerland, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary, Greece, Croatia, IrelandMandatory

Notices about this destination

A month here, for a reference household

Reference household: two adults aged 38 and 37, a one-bedroom home, no children.

Residence fees and health cover are those of Temporary residence permit (purpose-based). The low, middle and high figures are the 25th, 50th and 75th percentiles where a publisher states them; each line says who published it.

illustrative Money figures on this page are illustrative unless the figure names its publisher. The illustrative ones are arranged so the shape is right — a larger flat costs more than a smaller one, and the expensive cities are the expensive ones — and they are accurate in nothing. Do not plan on them.

CityP25P50P75
BrestThis total does not include Building or service charge, Statutory levies and licences, Residence permit renewals and Domestic help, which nobody publishes for this city. It is the sum of what we hold, not of what the household will pay.€826€1,110€1,392
GrodnoThis total does not include Building or service charge, Statutory levies and licences, Residence permit renewals and Domestic help, which nobody publishes for this city. It is the sum of what we hold, not of what the household will pay.€826€1,110€1,392
MinskThis total does not include Building or service charge, Statutory levies and licences, Residence permit renewals and Domestic help, which nobody publishes for this city. It is the sum of what we hold, not of what the household will pay.€985€1,330€1,675

Its cities

Brest

Safety
90 / 100measured
Healthcare
57 / 100measured
Air quality
not held

5 of 12 months between 10 and 26 °C

  1. Jan-2-5-8
  2. Feb0-3-7
  3. Mar62-2
  4. Apr1483
  5. May19149
  6. Jun231813
  7. Jul262115
  8. Aug262015
  9. Sept201510
  10. Oct1384
  11. Nov631
  12. Dec0-2-5

Each cell: average daily high, monthly mean, average daily low, in °C. These are averages of daily values over 2001–2020, not records — the hottest day is higher and is not shown.

Grodno

Safety
90 / 100measured
Healthcare
57 / 100measured
Air quality
not held

5 of 12 months between 10 and 26 °C

  1. Jan-3-6-8
  2. Feb-1-4-7
  3. Mar51-3
  4. Apr1372
  5. May19138
  6. Jun221711
  7. Jul241914
  8. Aug241913
  9. Sept19139
  10. Oct1174
  11. Nov520
  12. Dec-1-3-5

Each cell: average daily high, monthly mean, average daily low, in °C. These are averages of daily values over 2001–2020, not records — the hottest day is higher and is not shown.

Minsk

Safety
90 / 100measured
Healthcare
57 / 100measured
Air quality
not held

5 of 12 months between 10 and 26 °C

  1. Jan-5-8-11
  2. Feb-3-7-10
  3. Mar2-2-5
  4. Apr1161
  5. May17137
  6. Jun201611
  7. Jul231914
  8. Aug221813
  9. Sept17128
  10. Oct1063
  11. Nov31-2
  12. Dec-3-5-7

Each cell: average daily high, monthly mean, average daily low, in °C. These are averages of daily values over 2001–2020, not records — the hottest day is higher and is not shown.

How this country is governed

World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators, 2024, on a 0–100 scale the Bank publishes itself. They describe the country, not any city in it.

Political stability and absence of violence
59the World Bank governance score for political stability
Rule of law
36the World Bank governance score for rule of law
Control of corruption
36the World Bank governance score for control of corruption

Where this comes from

PublisherLast checked
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarusnever checked
TO BE ATTACHED — Ministry of Internal Affairs (Департамент по гражданству и миграции) page on temporary residence permitsnever checked
Council of the European Union — sanctions against Belarus6 September 2026

Provenance

Rule set 1.58.0-2026-10-11 · read on 26 October 2026. Every figure on this page was computed by the engine from versioned rule files. No language model produced any number here, and translation happens only after the calculation.

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Belarus: residence routes, requirements and monthly costs — Emigrator