End-to-end admission support. From entity setup to HTP residency.
Securing Hi-Tech Park resident status in Belarus is a structured, multi-stage process that demands precise coordination between legal, tax, and operational functions. Unlike standard company registration, HTP admission requires a validated business plan, compliant corporate governance, and documented alignment with eligible IT activities under Decree No. 8. The process extends beyond simple form-filling: it involves strategic positioning of your business model to meet substantive eligibility criteria, meticulous preparation of bilingual documentation, and proactive engagement with the HTP Supervisory Board Secretariat throughout the review cycle.
Foreign investors face compounded complexity. They must establish a Belarusian legal entity with local executive capacity, configure accounting and HR systems to meet HTP-specific requirements from inception, and align revenue streams, intellectual property structures, and employment arrangements with the preferential regime before submission. A misstep at any stage — whether in the classification of activities, the drafting of the business plan, or the timing of statutory filings — can result in procedural delays, requests for resubmission, or, in worst cases, denial of resident status with consequent loss of fiscal benefits.
Our team manages the complete admission journey for foreign investors, acting as a single point of accountability across legal, tax, accounting, and HR workstreams. We eliminate administrative friction by pre-validating your business model against HTP eligibility criteria, preparing defensible documentation that clearly demonstrates compliance with Decree No. 8, and maintaining proactive dialogue with the HTP Supervisory Board Secretariat to address queries before they escalate. This end-to-end approach ensures your application meets both the substantive expectations (eligible activities, innovation focus, export orientation) and procedural requirements (certified translations, statutory powers of attorney, internal policy frameworks) from day one — accelerating time to residency and enabling immediate access to the 1% unified tax regime, 0% VAT on exports, and reduced payroll contributions that define the Hi-Tech Park value proposition.
The starting point is your Belarusian legal entity, set up with the required local executive capacity. Through our management services, incorporation and the opening of a Minsk bank account can proceed immediately, while your foreign management team works through internal onboarding. This statutory representation must be in place before either the HTP application can be submitted or operations can begin.
Once the entity is registered, we take on full operational responsibility. We represent clients before state authorities, perform statutory filings and set up accounting in accordance with HTP, including multi-currency capabilities and reporting in accordance with National Standards. We also prepare employment contracts compliant with HTP, provide visa support to foreign specialists and make payroll payments in compliance with social security exemptions. This integrated approach reduces procedural risk during the HTP review, as your Belarusian entity is ready from day one.
The HTP Supervisory Board Secretariat expects a comprehensive business plan outlining eligible activities, revenue projections and areas of development focus. We collaborate with your team to create this document, evaluating your product roadmap against eligibility criteria, providing guidance on revenue categorisation to maximise the 1% unified tax regime, and forecasting headcount, investment and export volumes in accordance with HTP reporting expectations. Your end business plan is not only a document to defend your admission, but a plan for your Belarusian operations.
We have a structured questionnaire to fill out, which covers your product description, target markets, IP ownership, and development focus, to ensure accuracy and completeness. Your responses help us to prepare accurate documentation that clearly demonstrates compliance with Decree No. 8. We prepare the entire application file (certified incorporation documents, business plan, description of eligible activity, corporate governance policies, etc.) and submit it to the HTP Supervisory Board Secretariat. We handle all further correspondence and queries on your behalf, without adding administrative load to your global team.
Applications are reviewed by the HTP Supervisory Board. From submission of a complete package to a decision, the process typically takes 4 to 6 weeks; the exact timing depends on the completeness of the documentation and the Board’s schedule. We mitigate uncertainty by pre-validating your business model against eligibility criteria and preparing all documentation in advance, ensuring your application is submission-ready as soon as the entity is in place. Upon successful admission, we assist with contract execution and onboarding to the HTP reporting ecosystem, enabling immediate access to fiscal incentives and regulatory benefits under Decree No. 8.
More than 145,000 pre-screened IT candidates in our database.
HTP admission is open to companies conducting activities from the approved list under Decree No. 8, which covers software development, IT consulting, data processing, AI and machine learning, FinTech, gaming, and over 30 other high-technology categories. The key requirement is that qualifying activities must constitute the primary business of the Belarusian legal entity. We conduct an eligibility assessment at the outset of every engagement to confirm your product and revenue model aligns with the approved activity list before any documentation is prepared.
Yes. Only Belarusian legal entities can hold HTP resident status — foreign companies themselves are not eligible. A foreign investor must first register a Belarusian legal entity, typically a limited liability company (LLC), and appoint a local director with statutory executive authority. We manage the full incorporation process, including bank account opening and local representation, as a prerequisite to the HTP admission procedure.
The HTP Supervisory Board requires a structured business plan covering your company’s activities, product description, target markets, revenue projections, development focus, headcount plan, and investment schedule. The document must demonstrate the innovative nature of the business and its contribution to the development of high technologies in Belarus. We prepare this document collaboratively with your team, pre-validating your business model against eligibility criteria and advising on revenue categorisation to maximise the 1% unified tax regime.
Applications are reviewed by the HTP Supervisory Board. From submission of a complete package to a decision, the process typically takes 4 to 6 weeks, shaped by the readiness of your documentation and the Board’s schedule. Entity registration, if required, adds to this timeline. To keep things on track, we pre-validate your application so it is ready to submit as early as possible.
HTP residents operate under a preferential regime valid until 2049. Key benefits include a quarterly contribution of 1% of gross revenue from eligible activities in place of corporate profit tax and VAT on qualifying income, no VAT on the export of IT services and software, exemption from corporate profit tax on eligible activities, and social security contributions that are not charged on the part of salary above the national average wage, which substantially reduces payroll costs when hiring highly paid specialists.
Yes. HTP resident companies are exempt from the standard work permit requirement for foreign IT specialists, regardless of nationality or seniority. This exemption significantly reduces the administrative burden of scaling international development teams from Belarus. We manage the notification procedures with the Citizenship and Migration Department to ensure every foreign employee is onboarded compliantly.
Upon a positive decision, the company signs the agreement on the terms of activity as an HTP resident formalising the conditions of activity under the preferential regime. We assist with contract execution and onboarding to the HTP reporting ecosystem, which includes quarterly revenue declarations, annual audits, and ongoing notifications to the Supervisory Board Secretariat regarding any changes to business activities or corporate structure.
HTP admission is not a form-filling exercise — it requires substantive alignment of your business model with eligibility criteria, defensible documentation in bilingual format, and proactive engagement with the HTP Supervisory Board Secretariat throughout the review cycle. Missteps in activity classification, business plan drafting, or statutory timing can result in resubmission requests, procedural delays, or denial of resident status. Our team has direct experience across software development, FinTech, AI, gaming, and other eligible sectors, and maintains an established working relationship with the HTP Supervisory Board Secretariat.
To apply for HTP residency, you must submit a complete set of documents to the HTP Supervisory Board Secretariat, including:
For newly established Belarusian companies with foreign founders, historical financial statements are not required. Financial projections are included within the business plan itself. Our specialists manage the full document preparation process, ensuring every submission meets the substantive and procedural requirements of the HTP Supervisory Board.
