A wealth of opportunities are offered by Eastern European Nations for international companies and expatriates, Belarus is among those nations. Belarus is an excellent destination for ex-pats for jobs and business within the global marketplace as there is a wide range of industries and a growing economy.
Mandatory Employee Benefits
All the employees in Belarus are entitled to 24 days of basic paid leave. The amount depends on the average salary and the number of days off.
Sick leave is paid by the deduction from wages also known as the Fund of Social Protection of Population (FSPP). Using the average payment for the working day as a basis, the amount of the daily payment is calculated.
Pension is paid through the FSPP. The retirement age of women is 58 years and 63 years for men. The pension amount depends on:
The Republican budget pays unemployment benefits to the citizens who are unemployed and are registered with the employment service
Free medical care is provided to the citizens of the Republic of Belarus in public health institutions. The government provides it using the state budget
There are many supplementary employee benefits that are provided by some companies. It is up to the companies to determine if they want to provide supplementary benefits to their employees or limit themselves to mandatory benefits. Given below is a list of supplementary employee benefits.
Approximately 15,000 people arrived in Belarus to work in 2019 according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs Department of Labor and Migration.
Belarus is facing a shortage of personnel. There are about 95 thousand offers in the Republican database of vacancies.
There is a high demand for English teachers in the country. Because of high demand, there are a few agencies that provide English teachers to Belarusian schools. There is a high scope for you if you are a qualified English teacher.
There are a number of vacancies in the field of medicine. The country offers about 4000 job vacancies for medical specialists and about 3000 for junior medical personnel.
The following documents are to be submitted by the employees to obtain a work visa in Belarus.
A completed visa application form.
A passport-size photograph taken within the last 6 months.
A valid passport containing a photo, with at least two blank pages, and it must be valid for at least 90 days after the applicant decides to depart from the country.
A medical insurance proof.
Applicants must provide a certified copy of their work permit.
Visa fee payment proof.
The applicant must submit proof of work visa fee payment.
The employer will initiate the application process for a work permit
Gather all the documents required to apply for a work permit.
The completed application will be submitted by the employer to the department of internal affairs.
Submit all the documents along with the completed application.
It takes about 15 days to process a work permit
Once the work permit is approved, the employees will have to apply for a visa to enter Belarus.
There are 3 types of visas:
This type of visa can be single entry, double entry, or multiple entries. The visa validity cannot exceed one year with the right of staying in the republic of Belarus for 2 days each time including the day of entry.
This type of visa is valid for up to 90 days. This visa is granted for the following purposes: tourism, study, private purposes, religious reasons, employment, for participation in sports and cultural events, journalistic activity, humanitarian program implementation, and visiting the burial places.
This type of visa is valid for up to 1 year with permission of staying up to 90 days. If a foreigner has received a long-term entry visa during the last 3 years, he/she can get a long-term entry visa with validity for up to 5 years.
There are 3 Types of Visas according to the number of entries:
This type of visa enables its holder to enter the country only once, stay and depart, for a specified period of time, not exceeding more than 90 days.
With this type of visa, the holder is permitted to enter Belarus twice, stay and depart within a specified period of time, but not exceeding 90 days.
This type of visa permits its holder to enter, stay and leave the country more than 2 times, within the number of days of stay as specified, not more than 90 days per year, unless otherwise stipulated by the Republic of Belarus' international treaties.
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