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Temporary residence for education. A foreigner admitted to education in Belarus may seek temporary residence for the period of study, up to one year.

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Temporary residence for education

Temporary residence for study for no more than one year. Student work rights were not established by the source.

Who qualifies

The applicant must have arrived to receive, or be receiving, education in Belarus. The published temporary-residence ground runs for the education period, no more than one year.
Vitebsk regional labour committee: Ukraine guidance, general foreigners section, Temporary residence in Belarus
The applicant files with the citizenship and migration unit at the intended residence under administrative-procedure item 12.6, supported by the education admission and the general temporary-residence documents required there.
Vitebsk regional labour committee: Ukraine guidance, general foreigners section, Temporary residence in Belarus

You keep your U.S. citizenship.

It could fit.

Temporary residence for education needs admission to a qualifying course; the course and your passport then decide it.

What would settle itYour admission and the course’s eligibility under the destination’s rules.

Every option that fits your family

Not legal advice.

What it takes.

Time: Current processing and appointment availability have not been verified.
Cost: The Ukraine-specific fee relief in the cited guidance does not apply to an ordinary student filing; the migration unit assesses the state fee under procedure 12.6.
The hard part: Confirming admission, current documents, passport-specific entry and whether work alongside study is permitted.

Citizens by 2040.

If your first permit is issued in 2027 and you keep living there, this is the road.

2027
First residence permit
1 year, renewable for 1 year at a time.
2028
Renew the permit
Filed before the old one lapses; renews for 1 year.
2029
Renew the permit
Filed before the old one lapses; renews for 1 year.
2030
Renew the permit
Filed before the old one lapses; renews for 1 year.
2031
Renew the permit
Filed before the old one lapses; renews for 1 year.
2032
Renew the permit
Filed before the old one lapses; renews for 1 year.
2033
Renew the permit
Filed before the old one lapses; renews for 1 year.
2034
Permanent residence
The ordinary permanent-residence ground opens after at least 7 years of lawful residence. Family reunification, former citizenship, Belarusian origin, refugee status and a qualifying €150,000 investment are separate grounds.
2039
Apply for citizenship
With a language test and a civics test.
2040
Citizenship

Language: Belarusian or Russian well enough to communicate.
Civics: Observe and respect the Constitution and other Belarusian laws; the ordinary rule does not publish a separate civics exam.
Time away: Five continuous years after permanent residence is granted. Absence may not exceed 90 days in any calendar year, unless caused by circumstances beyond your control.
Two passports: Usually not: new citizens are asked to give up their other citizenship.

Lawful study residence is issued for the education period, no more than 1 year at a time, and can build the ordinary 7-year lawful-residence threshold for permanent residence.
How long the decision takes isn’t published; we allow a year.
This country asks new citizens to give up their other citizenship.

The law behind these dates

Living there.

Time you must spend there: The program sets no minimum number of days. Renewal still expects it to be your home.
Tax: Where you become tax resident follows the days you spend there and where your home is. We map it for your family before you move.

We never file a tax return. We tell you what applies and brief the professional who does.

Start today.

Ask the school and local migration unit for the current study-residence filing list.Open be.vitkomtrud.gov.by ↗
Gather these documents.
- The degree or admission letter, and proof of funds
- Request your FBI Identity History Summary
- Health cover for the move

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