Police certificatesLast checked October 21, 2026
Police certificate for Belarus
Certificate of presence or absence of a criminal recordСправка о наличии либо отсутствии судимостиEmbassy or consulateIn personOfficial page(opens in a new tab)
- Local name
- Справка о наличии либо отсутствии судимости
- Issued by
- Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus; certificates abroad issued by Belarusian embassies
- How to apply
- The in-country procedure was not confirmed from an official page. Abroad, submit an application, a consent form, an identity document and proof of the consular fee to a Belarusian embassy.
- From abroad
- Apply at a Belarusian embassy. The Embassy in the Netherlands requires personal submission of the application, consent form, identity document (Belarusian passport, ID card, Belarusian residence permit or foreign passport) and proof of payment. The Embassy in the USA issues the certificate on embassy letterhead in English.
- Fee
- €50Consular fee at the Embassy in the Netherlands; fees vary by embassy.
- Processing time
- Up to 10 days (Embassy in the Netherlands); up to 30 days from receipt of a complete set of documents (Embassy in the USA)
- Notes
- Confirms whether there is a criminal record in Belarus and, if needed, administrative liability (Embassy in the USA). The Embassy in the Netherlands issues it without apostille; legalisation, if needed, is done by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Not confirmed
We couldn’t confirm these on an official page. Check the official page.
- In-country procedure, fee and time not confirmed; mvd.gov.by returned empty content in a prior run.
- USA embassy fee not stated on the page read.
- Validity not stated.
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