Visitors to Belarus must obtain a visa from one of the Belarusian diplomatic missions unless they come from one of the visa exempt countries or if their visa had been approved in advance for collection on arrival. Visa policy map Visa-free access Citizens of the following 28 jurisdictions can enter Belarus without visas: Non-ordinary passports No visa is required for Belarus for holders of either diplomatic or other official passports of Algeria, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, Chile, Egypt, El Salvador, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Laos, Myanmar, Nicaragua, North Korea, Oman, Peru, Romania, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Thailand, Uruguay and Vietnam and for holders of diplomatic passports of Poland. Non-ordinary passports of Israel require a visa. Additional requirements All visitors are required to have adequate health insurance. Future Visa waiver agreement for holders of diplomatic and service passports was signed with Colombia and it is yet to come into force. A consensus between Belarus and Uruguay on mutual visa-free access was reached in November 2017. A draft agreement on mutual abolition of visas was proposed by Belarus to the United Arab Emirates in November 2017. Plans for introduction of digital visas and travel authorization system were announced by Belarus in July 2018. Plans to expand the regional visa free provisions to land border crossings and regionals airports were announced by Belarus in November 2019. Regional visa free provisions Visa-free access through Minsk National Airport Foreign visitors who are citizens of designated countries are allowed to enter Belarus without a visa through the Minsk National Airport, except for flights departing to and from Russian airports. The allowed length of stay is up to 30 days, with mandatory registration for stays exceeding 5 days in length. Visitors must also depart from Minsk National Airport, departure by train (for example) is not permitted. The number of visa-free entries is unlimited. The decree "On establishing a visa-free order of entrance and departure of foreign citizens" was signed by the President of Belarus on 9 January 2017 and it entered into force on 12 February 2017. It was amended by another presidential decree on 24 July 2018, which entered into force on 27 July 2018. 1 — Including non-citizen residents of and .2 — Only if in possession of a multiple entry visa (i.e., a 'C' or 'D' type visa) from a European Union or Schengen area member