non-immigrant visas

Visa Waiver Program

If you are not a citizen of Belarus and would like to know if a visa is required for your country, please view the Visa Waiver Program website for more information.

All VWP travelers, regardless of age or type of passport used, must present machine-readable passports; previous one-time exemptions for first-time VWP travelers without MRPs ended June 26, 2005. In addition, depending on when VWP travelers' passports were issued, other passport requirements will apply:

• Machine-readable passports issued before 10/26/05 - no further requirements
• Machine-readable passports issued between 10/26/05 and 10/25/06 - requires digital photograph printed on the data page or integrated chip with information from the data page
• Machine-readable passports issued on or after 10/26/06 - requires integrated chip with information from the data page (e-passport)