Health insurance for Belarus from the UAE
Belarus asks foreign citizens, including UAE citizens, for health insurance of at least EUR 10,000 valid in Belarus or worldwide, to get a visa and to cross the border. If you arrive at an international airport without it and refuse to buy cover at the checkpoint, you are refused entry.
Do you need health insurance for Belarus?
Yes. The Belarus Foreign Ministry says a foreign citizen needs a qualifying health insurance certificate to get a visa and to cross the border, or must buy health insurance at the border checkpoint. The minimum is EUR 10,000.1 The Ministry’s page is undated, as shown on 4 November 2026, and names Decree No 108 “On Insurance” of 18 March 2025 among its legal texts.
The rule applies to UAE citizens. The Ministry’s list of nationalities that are exempt names Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Russia and Turkmenistan, and not the UAE.1 If you are a UAE resident with another passport, check that list by your nationality.
If you need a visa, the insurance is checked when you apply. If you enter visa free, you present it at the checkpoint on the state border.1 MOFA lists UAE normal passports as visa free for tourism and treatment for 90 days, on a page modified on 8 September 2026.2
What your certificate must show
| Item | Requirement |
|---|---|
| Insurer | Name of the foreign insurance company and its location, with phone numbers or international assistance services |
| Traveller | Surname, first name and patronym if any. Several travellers entering together may share a policy, or a list may be attached |
| Territory | Republic of Belarus or the whole world |
| Period | Valid for the temporary stay, with start and end dates stated |
| Amount | Not less than EUR 10,000 |
| Form of proof | An insurance policy, an insurance card or another document with the health insurance details |
| Card with no amount | Accepted if valid for travelling all over the world |
Ask your insurer for a certificate in your name that shows the insurer’s location, an assistance phone number, your dates and the amount. If you rely on cover from a credit card, check that its certificate shows the same items.
What happens if you arrive without cover
You can buy compulsory cover at the border from one of two Belarusian insurers, Belgosstrakh or Beleximgarant. At a checkpoint in an international airport, a foreign citizen with no qualifying policy who refuses to buy cover is refused entry.1 The Ministry does not say what happens at other checkpoints.
If you need a doctor in Belarus
Staff at a medical institution check your insurance against the same requirements and report to the insurer named on your policy, or to Belgosstrakh or Beleximgarant.1
Does your UAE policy cover Belarus?
Check the territory and the war exclusion. Liva Insurance’s travel booklet (file path 2023-12) applies its war exclusion to losses in a “Specified Area” that it defines to include the Republic of Belarus.3 Ask your insurer whether Belarus is inside your policy territory and how any such exclusion applies.
The small print
- Several trips. A traveller visiting several times may hold a contract for each trip. A long-term visa may be issued with cover for the first trip only.1
- MOFA and the Belarus rule. MOFA’s Belarus page carries only its standard sentence advising international health insurance, and is written for UAE nationals.2 The Belarus Foreign Ministry says a foreign citizen must have insurance to cross the border.1
Questions to ask your insurer
Health insurance for Belarus from the UAE
Ask your insurer
Nothing you tick here is saved or sent.
The entry rules in full
Government entry rules
Set by governments. Check the official source before you book and again before you travel.
Must a foreign citizen hold health insurance to get a visa and cross the border?1
Explicitly includedA qualifying certificate from a foreign country, or health insurance taken out at a border checkpoint. UAE citizens are not on the exempt list. UAE residents of other nationalities: check the list by passport.
Last checked 4 Nov 2026
Is a minimum amount set?1
Explicitly includedNot less than EUR 10,000. Cards with no stated amount are accepted if valid all over the world.
Last checked 4 Nov 2026
Is proof checked?1
Explicitly includedChecked when getting a visa. Foreign nationals allowed visa-free entry present it at checkpoints on the state border.
Last checked 4 Nov 2026
What follows at an international airport with no qualifying policy?1
Explicitly includedA foreign citizen with no qualifying policy who refuses to take out compulsory cover at the checkpoint gets a refusal of entry.
Last checked 4 Nov 2026
Who is exempt by nationality?1
Explicitly excludedArmenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Russia and Turkmenistan. UAE is not listed.
Last checked 4 Nov 2026
Do UAE nationals need a visa?2
ConditionalUAE nationals only. MOFA lists normal passports as visa free, tourism and treatment 90 days. Page modified 08-09-2026.
Last checked 4 Nov 2026
Do UAE residents of other nationalities need a visa?
Not yet verifiedDepends on passport.
What the policy wording says
| Question and reading | Status | Source | Effective | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Does a UAE travel wording name Belarus?3The war exclusion also refers to losses that occur in a Specified Area, which it defines to include the Republic of Belarus. Ask your insurer how it applies to a given loss. | Conditional | General Exclusions, War And Similar PerilsLiva Insurance, Travel insurance policy bookletFile path 2023-12 | 4 Nov 2026 |
Readings are paraphrased unless set as a quotation.
Sources
3
1Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, Health Insurance for Foreign Citizens. Last checked 4 Nov 2026. Source document: Health Insurance for Foreign Citizens
2UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Travel updates, Belarus, Page modified 08-09-2026. Last checked 4 Nov 2026. Source document: Travel updates, Belarus
3Liva Insurance, Travel insurance policy booklet, File path 2023-12. Last checked 4 Nov 2026. Source document: Travel insurance policy booklet
- Owner
- Travelinsurance.ae research team
- Last review
- Next review due
- 10 Feb 2027
- Status
- Published