{"id":43453,"date":"2022-08-23T20:09:15","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T17:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/minsk-simplifies-residence-permit-process-for-westerners-with-belarusian-ancestry\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"minsk-simplifies-residence-permit-process-for-westerners-with-belarusian-ancestry","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/43453\/","title":{"rendered":"Minsk simplifies residence permit process for westerners with Belarusian ancestry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>August 23, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b> Minsk has simplified the procedure for granting permanent residence permits to neighboring Western states\u2019 nationals with Belarusian ancestry, said&nbsp;the Ministry of Internal Affairs\u2019 top migration official, Alaksiej Biahun.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cIn order to promote the interests of our state, the relevant authorities of the Republic of Belarus are consistently implementing steps aimed at establishing good-neighborly relations with the nationals of Lithuania, Latvia, Poland and Estonia who arrive in our country,\u201d Biahun said. \u201cThe first step was to establish a visa-free regime [for] representatives of these countries, which has already been used by over 200,000 foreign nationals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> The Belarusian authorities have introduced a visa waiver for residents of Lithuania, Latvia and Poland, but not Estonia. Estonians are excluded from the statistics regularly published by the State Border Committee.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cThe Ministry of Internal Affairs\u2019 next step, agreed with interested state agencies, is to establish a simplified procedure for giving permanent residence permits to those citizens of states bordering the Republic of Belarus who have ethnic roots in Belarus,\u201d the police official said. The simplified procedure provides for a reduction in the petitions processing time, and for a change in the review process, he added.<\/p>\n<p> On August 22, the State Border Committee said 200,378 residents of Lithuania, Latvia and Poland have visited Belarus since the visa waiver was introduced.<\/p>\n<p> During a trip to the Miadziel district, Minsk region, on August 2, Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka said Belarus would grant citizenship to Lithuanians, Latvians and Poles under an accelerated procedure.<\/p>\n<p>These countries\u2019 authorities urged their compatriots not to visit Belarus, citing security concerns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 23, BPN. Minsk has simplified the procedure for granting permanent residence permits to neighboring Western states\u2019 nationals with Belarusian ancestry, said&nbsp;the Ministry of Internal Affairs\u2019 top migration official, Alaksiej Biahun. \u201cIn order to promote the interests of our state, the relevant authorities of the Republic of Belarus are consistently implementing steps aimed at establishing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16,15],"class_list":["post-43453","articles","type-articles","status-publish","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Minsk simplifies residence permit process for westerners with Belarusian ancestry | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"August 23, BPN. 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