BELARUSIAN VISA IN
WARSAW: I got invitation from the website: www.visatorussia.com (60$). Then you must applied at a belarusian
embassy. The embassy of Belarus in Warsaw is in ulitca Wiertnicza 38 (in the very
outskirt. take bus nr 180 from the center). Do not go to ulitca Atenska because it's the
old address.
The 1 month visa issued in 5 days costs 40$, issued in one day 80$
(you applied from 9.30 am to 11.00 am and get it ready from 15.00 to 16.00 of the same
day). Take into account that if you don't have the original voucher, as it was in my case,
instead of 80$ will be 130$.At the time of writing (03/2005) no insurance was mandatory
for 1 month visa
STUDY SOME RUSSIAN: Russian is by far the most common
language in Belarus, even more than belarusian itself. Travelling without any knowledge
about the Cyrillic alphabet will not make your travel impossible, but for sure harder.
CASH: dollars are more accepted than euros, but the latter
are anyway commonly changed.
PHOTOCOPY OF THE PASSPORT: have with you a photocopy of
your passport and in case being stopped for a check while in the towns, show it claiming
the original has been kept by the hotel.
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