{"schemaVersion":1,"source":"live","checkedAt":"2026-10-08T03:06:05.901Z","passport":{"code":"IT","name":"Italy","slug":"italy"},"destination":{"code":"BY","name":"Belarus"},"status":"visa_free","evidenceLevel":"exact","supportsCurrentStatus":true,"reviewedAt":"2026-08-21","allowedStays":[],"policies":[{"id":"belarus-temporary-european-ordinary-passport-visa-free","title":"Named European ordinary passports: temporary visa-free entry through 31 December 2026","summary":"The State Border Committee's current temporary programme waives visas for these named ordinary passports; this policy excludes North Macedonia because its bilateral MFA waiver already establishes its baseline.","status":"visa_free","effectiveTo":"2026-12-31","conditions":["Lithuanian and Latvian ordinary passport holders have the programme from 15 April 2022 and Poland from 1 July 2022: up to 90 days per visit and 90 days in a calendar year.","The remaining named passports have the programme from 19 July 2024: up to 30 days per entry and 90 days in a calendar year.","Entry and exit may use any Belarus international border checkpoint. Work, study or residence requires the appropriate Belarusian visa; transit to a third country is permitted except via Russia.","A valid document, medical insurance, stay funds, migration-card and final border-admission requirements continue to apply; diplomatic, service and special passports are outside this ordinary-passport policy."],"sourceIds":["belarus-border-european-temporary-visa-free"]}],"conditional":[],"sources":[{"id":"belarus-border-european-temporary-visa-free","title":"Visa-free travel for citizens of certain European countries","url":"https://gpk.gov.by/en/border-crossing/visa-free/","publisher":"State Border Committee of the Republic of Belarus","jurisdiction":"Belarus","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"}]}