are close relatives of citizens of the Republic of Belarus permanently residing in the Republic of Belarus;
are persons who have been granted refugee status or asylum in the Republic of Belarus;
have the right to family reunification;
have lived in the Republic of Belarus after receiving a temporary residence permit for the last five years continuously, and for highly qualified workers - for the last three years continuously. The period of residence in the Republic of Belarus is considered continuous if the foreigner was in the Republic of Belarus legally and did not leave the Republic of Belarus, or if the foreigner, while staying in the Republic of Belarus, legally left the Republic of Belarus for a period of no more than ninety days in a calendar year;
have grounds for acquiring citizenship of the Republic of Belarus through registration;
were previously citizens of the Republic of Belarus;
are employees and specialists needed by organizations of the Republic of Belarus;
have exceptional abilities and talent or have outstanding services to the Republic of Belarus, high achievements in the field of science, technology, culture and sports;
are foreigners who have made investments on the territory of the Republic of Belarus in the amount of at least fifteen thousand basic units in ways not prohibited by the legislative acts of the Republic of Belarus;
are Belarusians, as well as persons identifying themselves as Belarusians, and their descendants (blood relatives in a direct line: children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren) born outside the modern territory of the Republic of Belarus;
have the right to receive a permanent residence permit on other grounds provided for by international treaties of the Republic of Belarus.
To carry out the administrative procedure (the procedure for obtaining a permit for permanent residence in the Republic of Belarus is determined by subclause 12.7.1 of clause 12.7 of Chapter 12 of the List of administrative procedures carried out by government bodies and other organizations upon applications from citizens, approved by Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus dated April 26, 2010 No. 200 (as amended and additions), a foreigner must contact the territorial unit for citizenship and migration, providing the following documents:
- statement;
- autobiography;
- a document for traveling abroad (with the exception of persons who have been granted refugee or asylum status in the Republic of Belarus) or a certificate confirming the identity of a foreign citizen or stateless person - for foreign citizens and stateless persons who do not have identity documents;
- a certificate of termination of citizenship of the Republic of Belarus - for a person who has ceased citizenship of the Republic of Belarus, or of belonging to the citizenship of the Republic of Belarus - for a person who is not a citizen of the Republic of Belarus;
- a document for traveling abroad for a minor or another document containing an indication of the citizenship (nationality) of a foreign state or its absence (with the exception of persons who have been granted refugee status or asylum in the Republic of Belarus);
- 4 color photographs of the applicant, corresponding to his age, size 40 X 50 mm (one sheet);
- a document confirming the presence or absence of a criminal record, issued by the competent authority of the state of citizenship and previous usual place of residence no more than 6 months ago, - for foreign citizens and stateless persons who have reached the age of 14;
- documents confirming the existence of grounds for obtaining a permanent residence permit;
- a document confirming the legality of the foreign citizen’s stay in the Republic of Belarus;
- a medical certificate of health confirming the absence of diseases included in the list of diseases posing a danger to public health - for foreign citizens and stateless persons over 14 years of age;
- a document from the competent authority of the state of citizenship and (or) previous usual place of residence, confirming that a foreign citizen or stateless person is not married (except in cases of reunification of spouses), issued no more than 6 months ago, - for foreign citizens and persons stateless persons who have reached the age of 18 and are children or adopted citizens of the Republic of Belarus, foreign citizens or stateless persons permanently residing in the Republic of Belarus, applying for a permanent residence permit in order to exercise the right to family reunification (with the exception of persons who are granted refugee status or asylum in the Republic of Belarus);
- documents confirming the relationship of a foreign citizen or stateless person with the inviting person and the presence of sufficient housing conditions for the inviting person of the foreign citizen, stateless person who applied for a permanent residence permit, as well as for the inviting person to have a legal source of income that provides him with , members of his family and a foreign citizen or stateless person who has applied for a permanent residence permit, the living wage established in the Republic of Belarus for the period of consideration of the application for a permanent residence permit - for foreign citizens and stateless persons applying for obtaining a permanent residence permit in certain cases of family reunification;
- a document confirming payment of a fee (2 basic amounts - for foreign citizens and stateless persons for consideration of an application for a permanent residence permit; free - for foreign citizens and stateless persons under 14 years of age).
In accordance with Part 6 of Article 15 of the Law of the Republic of Belarus dated October 28, 2008 No. 433-Z “On the Fundamentals of Administrative Procedures” (with amendments and additions) - documents issued by the competent authorities of foreign states, except for documents identifying the citizen, are accepted if they are available legalization or affixing an apostille, unless otherwise provided by the legislation on administrative procedures, as well as international treaties of the Republic of Belarus.
Documents drawn up in a foreign language must be accompanied by a translation into Belarusian or Russian, certified by a notary, unless otherwise provided by this Law and other acts of legislation on administrative procedures.
In accordance with paragraph 7 of the Resolution of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus dated 03.02.2006 No. 144 “On approval of the regulations on the procedure for issuing permanent residence permits to foreign citizens and stateless persons in the Republic of Belarus” (with amendments and additions), the state body applying for a foreigner with a permanent residence permit, on the basis that he is an employee or specialist needed by an organization of the Republic of Belarus, sends, signed by the head, a reasoned application for a permanent residence permit to the citizenship and migration department at the place of his intended permanent residence in the Republic of Belarus .
A state body applying for a foreigner to obtain a permanent residence permit on the grounds that the foreigner is a person who has made investments in the territory of the Republic of Belarus in the amount of at least fifteen thousand basic units in ways not prohibited by the legislative acts of the Republic of Belarus (types of investments and methods of their implementation in the territory of the Republic of Belarus are defined in the Law of the Republic of Belarus dated July 12, 2013 No. 53-Z “On Investments”) .
For reference.
On the territory of the Republic of Belarus, investments are made as follows:
- creation of a commercial organization;
- acquisition, creation, including through the construction of real estate objects, with the exception of the acquisition or construction by citizens of the Republic of Belarus, foreign citizens and stateless persons of residential buildings, residential premises for the residence of these citizens of the Republic of Belarus, foreign citizens and stateless persons and (or ) members of their families;
- acquisition of rights to intellectual property;
- acquisition of shares, shares in the authorized capital, shares in the property of a commercial organization, including cases of increasing the authorized capital of a commercial organization;
- on the basis of a concession;
- within the framework of public-private partnership;
- by other means, except those prohibited by legislative acts.
Such applications must be supported by copies of documents indicating the existence of grounds for issuing a permanent residence permit to a foreigner, including confirmation of professional education or work experience in the specialty, investment in the territory of the Republic of Belarus in the amount of at least fifteen thousand basic units in ways not prohibited legislative acts.
Based on the results of consideration of the application of a state body for a foreigner to obtain a permanent residence permit on the basis that the foreigner is an employee or specialist needed by an organization of the Republic of Belarus, the decision is made by the head of the citizenship and migration department (his deputy) or the person performing his duties. In the absence of the head of the citizenship and migration unit (his deputy), the decision is made by the head of the internal affairs body.
The Office of Citizenship and Migration, after a preliminary consideration of the application of a state body to issue a permanent residence permit to a foreigner on the basis that the foreigner has made investments on the territory of the Republic of Belarus in the amount of at least fifteen thousand basic units in ways not prohibited by the legislative acts of the Republic of Belarus, sends it to the unit on citizenship and migration at the place of intended permanent residence of a foreigner in the Republic of Belarus for the preparation of materials on the issuance of a permanent residence permit.
The prepared materials are sent to the Department of Citizenship and Migration for consideration and decision-making.
The Citizenship and Migration Division, the Citizenship and Migration Department is studying the grounds on which a foreigner may be denied a permit for permanent residence in the Republic of Belarus.
The division for citizenship and migration, the department for citizenship and migration, which made a decision to issue (refuse to issue) a permanent residence permit, a notice of the decision is handed over or sent by mail no later than five days from the date of the decision at the place of temporary residence or temporary residence of a foreigner in the Republic of Belarus and (or) to the state body applying for a foreigner to obtain a permanent residence permit.
After receiving a permit for permanent residence in the Republic of Belarus, a foreigner is documented with a biometric residence permit.
You can obtain more detailed information from the territorial division for citizenship and migration or the department for citizenship and migration of the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Brest Regional Executive Committee at the address: 224030, Brest, Vorovskogo St., 19 (by phone 80162537295; 80162585670).
