{"id":119,"date":"2022-03-03T14:33:57","date_gmt":"2022-03-03T14:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/belarus\/?page_id=119"},"modified":"2025-12-29T13:44:58","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T13:44:58","slug":"where-to-seek-help","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/belarus\/where-to-seek-help\/","title":{"rendered":"Where to seek help"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you are&nbsp;<strong>staying in Belarus irregularly<\/strong>&nbsp;(including if your entry visa has expired), you are advised to seek information about the legal options available to you, such as&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/belarus\/how-to-apply-for-voluntary-return\/\">voluntary return to your country<\/a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/belarus\/how-to-apply-for-asylum-in-belarus\/\">seeking asylum in Belarus<\/a>&nbsp;if you fear of return to your country of origin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have a close family member (such as a spouse or minor children) in another country, you may also be eligible to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/belarus\/how-to-seek-family-reunification-in-another-country\/\">apply for family reunification<\/a>&nbsp;in this country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Belarus, there are organizations that can provide you with&nbsp;<strong>free of charge<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>legal counselling<\/strong> on asylum,&nbsp;help you with humanitarian assistance&nbsp;(such as food or clothing), or <strong>find your missing family members<\/strong>, as well as with the&nbsp;<strong>information on assisted voluntary return<\/strong>. Please refer to the contacts below for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are&nbsp;staying in Belarus irregularly&nbsp;(including if your entry visa has expired), you are advised to seek information about the legal options available to you, such as&nbsp;voluntary return to your country&nbsp;or&nbsp;seeking asylum in Belarus&nbsp;if you fear of return to your country of origin. If you have a close family member (such as a spouse or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/sectioned.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-119","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/belarus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/belarus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/belarus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/belarus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/belarus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/belarus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":688,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/belarus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/119\/revisions\/688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/belarus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}