{"id":157625,"date":"2025-09-29T12:12:17","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T09:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/157625\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"200-migrants-face-language-test-that-determines-their-job-prospects-in-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/157625\/","title":{"rendered":"Foreign migrants to take language test that determines their job prospects in Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>September 29, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Belarus on September 30 will administer its first language test for around 200 foreigners seeking jobs in the country, the state-owned <em>STV<\/em> channel reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The job seekers will have half an hour to complete the written test in Belarusian or Russian. They must answer 20 questions, 17 of which are multiple-choice questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To pass the test, one must answer at least half of the questions correctly. Those who fail can take the test again, or else the employment contract with the migrant worker will not be concluded, <em>STV<\/em> said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, applicants can to retake the test an unlimited number of times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More than 21,000 foreigners entered Belarus for work in the first half of 2025, <em>STV<\/em> reported. Earlier, Alaksiej Biahun, then-head of the country&#8217;s citizenship and migration department, spoke of the same number of migrants employed in Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Economy<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Economy, Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Labor ministry announces unlimited language test retakes for migrant workers<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">September 8, Pozirk. If a migrant worker fails the Russian or Belarusian language test, they may retake it an unlimited number of times, the state media has reported, citing First Deputy Labor Minister Ta\u0107ciana Astrejka. There will be no time &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/154350\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 29, Pozirk. Belarus on September 30 will administer its first language test for around 200 foreigners seeking jobs in the country, the state-owned STV channel reported. The job seekers will have half an hour to complete the written test in Belarusian or Russian. They must answer 20 questions, 17 of which are multiple-choice questions. 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