{"id":4296,"date":"2026-04-22T16:05:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T13:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/?p=4296"},"modified":"2026-04-27T16:24:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T13:24:11","slug":"who-can-be-director-belarusian-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/eng\/news\/who-can-be-director-belarusian-company","title":{"rendered":"Who Can Be the Director of a Company in Belarus? What Foreign Founders Need to Know (2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_81 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/div>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/eng\/news\/who-can-be-director-belarusian-company\/#The_Baseline_Rule_Who_Can_Legally_Be_Director\" >The Baseline Rule: Who Can Legally Be Director<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/eng\/news\/who-can-be-director-belarusian-company\/#Foreign_Director_Work_Permit_Where_the_Confusion_Comes_From\" >Foreign Director + Work Permit: Where the Confusion Comes From<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/eng\/news\/who-can-be-director-belarusian-company\/#Situation_1_%E2%80%94_Director_is_an_EAEU_national_Russia_Kazakhstan_Armenia_Kyrgyzstan\" >Situation 1 \u2014 Director is an EAEU national (Russia, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/eng\/news\/who-can-be-director-belarusian-company\/#Situation_2_%E2%80%94_The_company_is_a_High-Tech_Park_HTP_resident\" >Situation 2 \u2014 The company is a High-Tech Park (HTP) resident<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/eng\/news\/who-can-be-director-belarusian-company\/#Situation_3_%E2%80%94_Non-EAEU_foreign_founder_serving_as_their_own_companys_director\" >Situation 3 \u2014 Non-EAEU foreign founder serving as their own company&#8217;s director<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/eng\/news\/who-can-be-director-belarusian-company\/#Situation_4_%E2%80%94_Non-EAEU_foreign_director_who_isnt_a_founder\" >Situation 4 \u2014 Non-EAEU foreign director who isn&#8217;t a founder<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/eng\/news\/who-can-be-director-belarusian-company\/#Do_I_Have_to_Live_in_Belarus_to_Be_Director_of_My_Own_Company\" >Do I Have to Live in Belarus to Be Director of My Own Company?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/eng\/news\/who-can-be-director-belarusian-company\/#Three_Ways_to_Fill_the_Director_Role\" >Three Ways to Fill the Director Role<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/eng\/news\/who-can-be-director-belarusian-company\/#Option_A_%E2%80%94_Be_your_own_director\" >Option A \u2014 Be your own director<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/eng\/news\/who-can-be-director-belarusian-company\/#Option_B_%E2%80%94_Appoint_a_local_individual\" >Option B \u2014 Appoint a local individual<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/eng\/news\/who-can-be-director-belarusian-company\/#Option_C_%E2%80%94_Use_a_management_company\" >Option C \u2014 Use a management company<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/eng\/news\/who-can-be-director-belarusian-company\/#Comparing_the_Three_Options\" >Comparing the Three Options<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/eng\/news\/who-can-be-director-belarusian-company\/#What_Catches_Founders_Out\" >What Catches Founders Out<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14\" href=\"https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/eng\/news\/who-can-be-director-belarusian-company\/#Five_Questions_to_Answer_Before_You_File\" >Five Questions to Answer Before You File<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-15\" href=\"https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/eng\/news\/who-can-be-director-belarusian-company\/#Questions_We_Get_Asked_Regularly\" >Questions We Get Asked Regularly<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<p>Short answer: almost any adult can be the director of a Belarusian company, including a foreigner. The director doesn&#8217;t have to be a Belarusian citizen. They don&#8217;t have to own the company. They often don&#8217;t even need to live in Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Three things trip foreign founders up, though. One of them \u2014 the work permit question \u2014 is the kind of thing nobody notices until someone does, and then it&#8217;s an expensive kind of noticing. This article walks you through who qualifies, when a work permit actually comes into it, and how to decide between being your own director, hiring someone local, or using a management company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Baseline_Rule_Who_Can_Legally_Be_Director\"><\/span><strong>The Baseline Rule: Who Can Legally Be Director<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarusian law is simple on the basics. To serve as director, a person needs to be:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>At least 18 years old, with full legal capacity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Free of any outstanding conviction for an economic crime or a crime against property<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Not currently disqualified from acting as director \u2014 by a court, by insolvency proceedings, or by specific regulatory sector rules<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Nationality? Doesn&#8217;t matter. A German, American, Turkish, Chinese, Russian, or Emirati citizen can serve as director of a Belarusian company on the same terms as a Belarusian. Residency? Doesn&#8217;t matter for eligibility \u2014 though it matters for some practical things later on, which we&#8217;ll come to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The thing worth saying clearly, because some neighbouring countries work differently: <strong>there is no requirement for a Belarusian citizen on the director slate.<\/strong> No mandatory local co-director. No nominee arrangement. No state appointee sitting in the chair. A company that&#8217;s 100% foreign-owned can have a director who&#8217;s equally 100% foreign. That&#8217;s how <a href=\"https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/eng\/news\/can-foreigner-own-100-percent-company-belarus\">foreign ownership of a Belarusian company<\/a> works in practice, not just on paper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Foreign_Director_Work_Permit_Where_the_Confusion_Comes_From\"><\/span><strong>Foreign Director + Work Permit: Where the Confusion Comes From<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the section where most short articles online get it wrong \u2014 or, more precisely, where they get it half-right and leave founders confused. The rule genuinely is more nuanced than a single sentence can carry. Four distinct situations, each with a different answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Situation_1_%E2%80%94_Director_is_an_EAEU_national_Russia_Kazakhstan_Armenia_Kyrgyzstan\"><\/span><strong>Situation 1 \u2014 Director is an EAEU national (Russia, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan)<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>No work permit needed. Ever. The EAEU Treaty gives citizens of member states equal access to each other&#8217;s labour markets, and that covers directorships. A Russian or Kazakh citizen can be appointed director of a Belarusian company with no migration-department step at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is still one small administrative task: the company registers the employment notification with the migration authorities within 3 business days of appointment. It&#8217;s a filing, not a permit \u2014 no approval, no fee. But skip it and the employer gets a fine, so don&#8217;t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Situation_2_%E2%80%94_The_company_is_a_High-Tech_Park_HTP_resident\"><\/span><strong>Situation 2 \u2014 The company is a High-Tech Park (HTP) resident<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>HTP residents get a special regime. Foreign employees of an HTP company \u2014 directors included \u2014 are exempt from the general work-permit requirement. If you&#8217;re setting up an IT or tech-adjacent business and expect to qualify for <a href=\"https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/eng\/pages\/it-company-registration-in-belarus\">HTP residency<\/a>, the work-permit question mostly disappears. The same 3-business-day notification rule applies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One practical footnote: HTP residency is applied for separately from company registration, and it&#8217;s not automatic. If your plan assumes HTP status, get the residency application going early \u2014 the director work-permit exemption doesn&#8217;t kick in until the company is actually a resident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Situation_3_%E2%80%94_Non-EAEU_foreign_founder_serving_as_their_own_companys_director\"><\/span><strong>Situation 3 \u2014 Non-EAEU foreign founder serving as their own company&#8217;s director<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s where other sources start to disagree with each other, including \u2014 being honest \u2014 some of the older material on this site. Here&#8217;s what we can say cleanly:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The general rule under Belarusian labour migration law is that a non-EAEU foreigner working in Belarus needs a special work permit issued to an employer. That covers directors. There are narrow exceptions to this general rule, and one of them has historically been cited in the context of foreign investors carrying out activity on their own investments. The exception has conditions attached, and those conditions get interpreted strictly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The practical implication for you as a founder: <strong>if you&#8217;re non-EAEU and planning to be director of your own company, don&#8217;t assume you&#8217;re exempt from the work permit requirement.<\/strong> Don&#8217;t assume you need one either. This is the specific case where the cost of getting it wrong \u2014 your director signing company documents without legal authorization to work \u2014 is real enough to justify a direct conversation before you file anything. Talk to us and we&#8217;ll tell you where your specific setup falls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Situation_4_%E2%80%94_Non-EAEU_foreign_director_who_isnt_a_founder\"><\/span><strong>Situation 4 \u2014 Non-EAEU foreign director who isn&#8217;t a founder<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Standard special work permit required, issued to the Belarusian company as the employer. The process, roughly:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The company posts the vacancy through the Ministry of Labour for a minimum period (currently 15 working days) to give Belarusian candidates first look<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If no qualifying local applicant shows up, the company files for a special permit with the Department of Citizenship and Migration<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Permit typically valid for one year, renewable annually<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Director applies for a Type D long-term work visa at a Belarusian consulate<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Register with migration authorities within 10 days of arrival in Belarus<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Realistic total timeline from starting to the director legally able to work: four to eight weeks. Faster isn&#8217;t impossible, but plan around the four-week floor if you need to commit to a start date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Do_I_Have_to_Live_in_Belarus_to_Be_Director_of_My_Own_Company\"><\/span><strong>Do I Have to Live in Belarus to Be Director of My Own Company?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Short answer: no. Longer answer: yes, some of the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You don&#8217;t have to be a Belarusian resident. You can live in Berlin, Dubai, London, or Almaty and still be director of a Minsk-based LLC. A lot of foreign founders run companies this way, year in and year out. But there are specific moments when physical presence, or at least a properly executed power of attorney, matters:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Registration. Most foreign founders need to either be present or have a local advocate acting under a notarised, apostilled power of attorney. Both paths are standard \u2014 see our guide to registering an LLC by power of attorney.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Opening the bank account. Banks vary. Some onboard foreign directors remotely now with a properly legalised PoA; others still want the director present at least once. Check the specific bank before locking a remote-director plan.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Notarial acts. Certain documents (especially anything touching the charter or registered ownership) require signatures in a specific form. If you&#8217;re not in Belarus, a properly drafted PoA lets local counsel handle most of it.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tax and social-protection registrations. First-year setup has some paperwork that moves faster with someone physically present or with a clear delegation to local counsel.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The realistic picture: directing a Belarusian company from abroad is normal. For the first month of setup \u2014 registration, bank account activation, tax onboarding \u2014 plan on either one visit or on handing it all to local counsel by PoA. After that, most of the ongoing director duties can be run remotely with periodic check-ins. Our <a href=\"https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/eng\/pages\/bank-account\">bank account page<\/a> has more on what Belarusian banks currently expect from non-resident directors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Three_Ways_to_Fill_the_Director_Role\"><\/span><strong>Three Ways to Fill the Director Role<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the decision most foreign founders are actually trying to make. Three real options, each with a different profile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Option_A_%E2%80%94_Be_your_own_director\"><\/span><strong>Option A \u2014 Be your own director<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Most common for solo founders and small teams. Cheapest. Most control. You&#8217;re the one signing contracts, opening bank accounts, and dealing with regulators. Good fit if you&#8217;re an EAEU national, if your company will be an HTP resident, or if you&#8217;ve confirmed your specific non-EAEU founder situation with a lawyer. Not a great fit if you know you&#8217;ll rarely be in Belarus and you want a local, regulator-facing face on the company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Option_B_%E2%80%94_Appoint_a_local_individual\"><\/span><strong>Option B \u2014 Appoint a local individual<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Common when the founder is clearly not going to be in Belarus often, when the work permit route is complicated for your case, or when the business is regulator-heavy enough that having a local director on the line makes compliance cleaner. Costs: a salary, social contributions on top (the mandatory add-on is roughly 35% of gross, which catches some founders by surprise), and the usual frictions of any real employment relationship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Option_C_%E2%80%94_Use_a_management_company\"><\/span><strong>Option C \u2014 Use a management company<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarusian law allows a company \u2014 not just an individual \u2014 to act as the sole executive body of another company. A professional management company is appointed as director, and it assigns a qualified employee to actually carry out the role. Monthly service fee replaces the employment relationship. No employment law headaches. Clean audit trail. Fast to change if something&#8217;s not working. Usually the right answer for holding structures, for foreign owners who&#8217;ll be genuinely absent, or for investors who want to treat the director role as a serviced function rather than a hire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Comparing_the_Three_Options\"><\/span><strong>Comparing the Three Options<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th><\/th><th><strong>Foreign founder as director<\/strong><\/th><th><strong>Local individual director<\/strong><\/th><th><strong>Management company<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Work permit needed?<\/td><td>Varies \u2014 EAEU no; HTP resident no; otherwise case-specific<\/td><td>No<\/td><td>N\/A (director is a company)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Must live in Belarus?<\/td><td>No<\/td><td>Yes, ordinarily<\/td><td>N\/A<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Physical presence to register?<\/td><td>Usually yes, or by PoA<\/td><td>Yes<\/td><td>PoA is enough<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Documents at appointment<\/td><td>Passport, notarised translation<\/td><td>Passport<\/td><td>Service contract, appointment resolution<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Time to have director in place<\/td><td>Same day to 8 weeks, depending on permit<\/td><td>1\u20132 weeks<\/td><td>Days<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Cost profile<\/td><td>Founder&#8217;s time; permit fees if applicable<\/td><td>Salary + ~35% social contributions<\/td><td>Monthly service fee<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Best for<\/td><td>Solo founders, HTP residents, EAEU citizens<\/td><td>Local operational companies, regulated activities<\/td><td>Holding structures, absentee foreign owners<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Catches_Founders_Out\"><\/span><strong>What Catches Founders Out<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Four practical things that come up more than they should:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>One person can be director of several Belarusian companies. <\/strong>There&#8217;s no blanket limit. Regulated sectors and HTP residency conditions sometimes impose their own rules for specific combinations, but the general principle is that multiple directorships are fine. If you&#8217;re setting up two or three companies at once, it can actually simplify bank onboarding to have the same director across them.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The director&#8217;s signing authority sits in the charter. <\/strong>Many founders assume the director can sign anything the company does. In practice, Belarusian charters usually set a value threshold above which shareholder approval is needed \u2014 the &#8220;major transaction&#8221; rule. If you&#8217;re the sole founder and also director, this is usually not an issue, but it needs to be written into the charter correctly. Our <a href=\"https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/eng\/pages\/open-llc-in-belarus\">LLC registration page<\/a> covers how the charter governs signing authority.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Banks differ on remote directors. <\/strong>Some Belarusian banks will now onboard a foreign director remotely if the PoA is correct and the compliance file is clean. Others still want the director present at least once. This is not a law question \u2014 it&#8217;s a bank-policy question, and it can decide whether your whole remote setup works. Worth asking the specific bank before you commit.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Changing director means updating the state register. <\/strong>Every director change gets filed with the registering authority within the statutory period. Some bank and counterparty workflows will pause until the update is reflected in the EGR (state register). Not a problem, just a workflow item to plan around \u2014 and a reason not to appoint a director you&#8217;re unsure about.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Five_Questions_to_Answer_Before_You_File\"><\/span><strong>Five Questions to Answer Before You File<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re a few days from registration and trying to finalise the director decision, work through these in order:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Are you an EAEU citizen (Russia, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan)? If yes, you can be your own director with no permit question to worry about.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Is the company going to be an HTP resident? If yes, work permits don&#8217;t apply to foreign staff \u2014 including the director.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Do you plan to be physically involved day-to-day, or run the company from abroad? This is really the Option A vs Option C question.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Which Belarusian bank are you planning to open with? Their policy on remote directors may decide what&#8217;s workable.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you&#8217;re non-EAEU and planning to be your own director: have you had the work-permit rule confirmed for your specific situation? This is the one we flagged above \u2014 the rule has conditions, and they matter.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re trying to decide who should be director \u2014 and whether you yourself qualify under the work-permit rules \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/eng\/contacts\">talk to us<\/a>. We&#8217;ll walk through your specific situation and tell you what&#8217;s realistic for your setup, what the permit question looks like for your nationality and structure, and which of the three options fits. Every case we&#8217;ve handled has been a little different, which is why a 15-minute conversation is usually more useful than another article.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Questions_We_Get_Asked_Regularly\"><\/span><strong>Questions We Get Asked Regularly<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<section class=\"hfaq\">\n    <div class=\"hfaq__container\">\n        <div class=\"hfaq__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t            <div class=\"hfaq__items\">\n\t\t\t\t                    <div class=\"accordion\">\n                        <div class=\"accordion__head\">Does the director of a Belarusian company have to be Belarusian?<\/div>\n                        <div class=\"accordion__body\">\n                            <div class=\"accordion__inner\"><p>No. A foreigner of any nationality can be director. There&#8217;s no requirement for a local on the slate, no quota, no nominee rule. The only nationality-specific detail is the work-permit question, which breaks down differently depending on whether you&#8217;re EAEU, HTP, a founder, or none of the above.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t                    <div class=\"accordion\">\n                        <div class=\"accordion__head\">Can I be director of my own Belarusian company if I live in Germany, the US, or the UAE?<\/div>\n                        <div class=\"accordion__body\">\n                            <div class=\"accordion__inner\"><p>Yes. Physical presence in Belarus isn&#8217;t required for the role itself. For the first month of setup \u2014 registration, bank account, tax registrations \u2014 plan on either one visit or on delegating to local counsel by PoA. Once the company is running, most director duties can be managed remotely.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t                    <div class=\"accordion\">\n                        <div class=\"accordion__head\">Do I need a work permit to be director of the company I founded?<\/div>\n                        <div class=\"accordion__body\">\n                            <div class=\"accordion__inner\"><p>Depends on your nationality and the company&#8217;s status. EAEU citizens never need one. Directors of HTP residents are exempt. Non-EAEU founders serving as director of their own company are in a specific situation with conditions attached \u2014 don&#8217;t assume you&#8217;re exempt, and don&#8217;t assume you need a full permit. This is a case where we&#8217;d want to look at your specifics before you file.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t                    <div class=\"accordion\">\n                        <div class=\"accordion__head\">Can one person be director of several Belarusian companies?<\/div>\n                        <div class=\"accordion__body\">\n                            <div class=\"accordion__inner\"><p>Yes. No general cap. Some regulated sectors (banking, insurance) and some HTP-residency conditions restrict or require disclosure of overlapping directorships, but the baseline rule is that multiple directorships are allowed. Common for founders running several related entities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t                    <div class=\"accordion\">\n                        <div class=\"accordion__head\">What happens if the director changes?<\/div>\n                        <div class=\"accordion__body\">\n                            <div class=\"accordion__inner\"><p>Shareholder decision on replacement, new appointment protocol, filing with the registering authority to update the state register. Most bank and counterparty workflows will pause for a short period until the change is reflected in the EGR. Handled through normal channels with local counsel; not a difficult process, just one that needs to be done cleanly.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t                    <div class=\"accordion\">\n                        <div class=\"accordion__head\">Can a foreign company be the director of a Belarusian company?<\/div>\n                        <div class=\"accordion__body\">\n                            <div class=\"accordion__inner\"><p>Yes \u2014 through a management company arrangement. Belarusian law lets a company serve as the sole executive body of another company. Usually that&#8217;s a specialist Belarusian management company, not an ad-hoc foreign entity, because the appointed director-company needs to be able to function in Belarus (sign papers, appear before regulators, interact with banks). 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