In accordance to the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Belarus and the Government of the Russian Federation “On common specimen of migration card usage”, dated October 5, 2004 starting from November 1, 2006 the common specimen of migration card is into circulation. The following regulations are in force for applying of the migration card. 1. At the entrance to the territory of the Republic of Belarus a foreign citizen is to obtain a Migration Card. 2. The migration card is to be issued free of charge to a foreign citizen in case of traveling: by means of air, sea, river transport – by crews members of air, sea, river vessels; by the railroad transport – by members of train teams; by means of the automobile transport of the common use (by buses) – by drivers; by means of other mechanical vehicles or by walking – by officials of corresponding competent bodies. 3. In extraordinary cases obtaining and filling in the migration card by a foreign citizen entering the territory of the Republic of Belarus is to be executed directly in arrival halls of airports, at railway stations, auto road passage points up to the beginning of the frontier control. 4. In the point of crossing the State Frontier of the Republic of Belarus a foreigner is to submit the filled in Migration Card to a Border officer, who shall check both parts of the migration card filled, compliance of the data contained in it with the data contained in the visa and the document for going abroad, put marks about coming to both parts, withdraw the filled in part “A” of the migration card with the put in marks about coming in, an part “B” is to be returned to the foreign citizen. Part “B” of the migration card is to be kept by the foreign citizen for the whole period of staying on the territory of the Republic of Belarus, and it must be handed over to an official of the frontier troops of the Republic of Belarus while leaving. 5. For registration in the place of actual residence in the Republic of Belarus the foreign citizen shall submit part “B” of the migration card with a mark about coming to the Republic of Belarus along with the documents required for registration. On the basis of the documents submitted the respective registering body is to put a note of registration of the foreign citizen in the place of his/her actual residence in part “B” of the migration card. 6. In case of loss or spoiling of the migration card during the stay on the territory of the Republic of Belarus the foreign citizen is to within three working days apply to a territorial body of the respective competent body about it in the place of staying or registration, which is to issue a duplicate of the migration card along with putting the registration mark, the respective entry “Duplicate” in graph “For official use only”. 7. When the foreign citizen leaves the Republic of Belarus, he/she must hand over part “B” of the migration card or its duplicate to an official of the frontier troops at passing the frontier control in the point of passage through the State Frontier of the Republic of Belarus. 8. Staying in the Republic of Belarus without migration card will lead to the responsibility in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Belarus. The following regulations are in force to filling in the migration card: 1. Parts «A» and «B» of the migration card are to be filled in by a foreign citizen with inks in Russian or Latin transliteration on the basis of the passport or another substituting document, intended for exit abroad (hereinafter referred to as the document for exit abroad), distinctly, by capital letters, without errors and corrections, within strictly allocated sections and columns. Filling in the migration card is allowed by another person on behalf of a foreign citizen, if the latter is unable of independently filling in the migration card. Being so, both parts of the migration card are to be signed by the person who has signed it, or by the foreign citizen, on whose behalf the migration card is filled in. If the foreign citizen, on whose behalf the migration card has been filled in, is unable of signing it due to a small age, illness or disability, both parts of the migration card are to be signed by the person who has filled it in. 2. The following information is to be introduced to both parts of the migration card: Surname (Family name), Given name(s) (Patronymic); Date of birth (Day, Month, Year) – to be filled in according to “DD MM YYYY” format, for example «02 04 1996»; Sex – a square is to be crossed out, which corresponds to the sex of the foreign citizen; Nationality – citizenship of the foreign citizen is to be indicated on the basis of the document for going abroad; Passport or other ID– series and number of the document for going abroad of the foreign citizen are to be indicated; Purpose of travel (to be underlined) – the aim of the foreign citizen’s staying on the territory of the Republic of Belarus is to be pointed out; Visa number – the number of the visa of the Republic of Belarus is to be indicated, on the basis of which the foreign citizen has arrived in the Republic of Belarus. For the citizens of the states having the mode of arrival in the Republic of Belarus without a visa, a dash is to be put in this graph; Name of host person or company, locality – the full description of the inviting party and the settlement are to be indicated; Duration of stay – the date of coming in to the territory of the Republic of Belarus and the supposed date of leaving the territory of the Republic of Belarus are to be indicated. 3. Both parts of the migration card are to be signed by the foreign citizen along with indication of the date of filling in, and they are to personally be submitted to an official of the frontier troops of the Republic of Belarus. |
