Belarusian passport

Belarusian passport
The front cover of a contemporary Belarusian biometric passport
Type	Passport
Issued by	Belarus
First issued	1996 2006 (updated) 2021 (biometric)
Purpose	Identification
Eligibility	Belarusian citizenship
Expiration	10 years

A Belarusian passport (Belarusian: беларускі пашпарт, romanized: biełaruski pašpart; Russian: белорусский паспорт, romanized: belorusskiy pasport) is issued to citizens of Belarus and is used for both external and internal travel. Unlike Russia, there are no internal passports in Belarus. Passports are issued by the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Belarus and by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to citizens who live abroad.

"AB" series passports are assigned to Brest Region, "BM" series passports - Vitebsk Region, "HB" series passports - Gomel Region, "KH" series passports - Grodno Region, "MP" series passports - Minsk city, "MC" series passports - Minsk Region, "KB" series passports - Mogilev Region, "PP" series passports are assigned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Passports can be issued to citizens at any age. Upon turning 14, every citizen is encouraged to obtain a passport. Belarusian passports have blue covers.

Article 14 of the "Treaty on the Union between Belarus and Russia" expects the future introduction of identity documents of the Union State.