How to Get Your Kazakhistan Tourist Visa

E-Visa Information for the Republic of Kazakhstan

The following types of visas are available for E-Visa:

• single-entry business visa;
• single-entry tourist visa;
• single-entry treatment visa;
• single-entry investor visa.

Single entry visas entitle the visa recipient to a single entry into the Republic of Kazakhstan, travel through its territory, stay in it and leave the Republic of Kazakhstan for a time , for the purposes and under the conditions established by the visa.

General Conditions

Visas are issued after payment of consular fees and state duties in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Paid amounts of consular fees are non-refundable.

E-visa can be issued only if there is a valid invitation from the Kazakh side. To apply for an e-visa, you need an invitation number received from the inviting Kazakh side.

The issued electronic visa must be printed out for presentation at the state border crossing and on the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Electronic visa gives the right to enter / exit the Republic of Kazakhstan only through the international airports of Nur-Sultan and Almaty.

E-visas are not issued to foreigners with whom children travel together.

How to Get the Service Online

To get the service online:

• Log in to the portal;
• To get the service, you need to: Login or Register;
• Fill in personal dаta:
  • Invitation number;
  • Passport data.
• Go to the online payment of the consular fee;

The result of this service is stored in your personal account, in the section Visas.

An electronic visa must be printed and presented when passing through passport control.

Where the Service Can Be Obtained

The service can be obtained via:

• Foreign offices of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
• Territorial divisions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
• Visa and immigration portal.

Who is Exempt from Consular Fees?

• members of foreign official delegations and accompanying persons traveling to the Republic of Kazakhstan;
• foreigners traveling to the Republic of Kazakhstan to participate in events of national and international importance (symposia, conferences and other political, cultural, scientific and sport events);
• foreigners traveling to the Republic of Kazakhstan at the invitation of the Administration of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Constitutional Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Supreme Court of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Central Election Commission of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Office of the President, Chancellery of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
• foreigners traveling to the Republic of Kazakhstan with humanitarian assistance agreed with the interested state bodies of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
• employees of international organizations traveling to the Republic of Kazakhstan on official business;
• foreigners traveling to the Republic of Kazakhstan at the invitation of foreign diplomatic missions and consular offices, as well as international organizations accredited in the Republic of Kazakhstan, on the basis of the principle of reciprocity;
• foreigners - holders of diplomatic and service passports, traveling to the Republic of Kazakhstan on official business;
• children under 16 on the basis of reciprocity;
• persons of Kazakh nationality who are not citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
• former citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan permanently residing abroad and traveling to the Republic of Kazakhstan for the funeral of close relatives;
• for the issuance of investor, service, diplomatic visas;
• for issuing the repeating visa instead of the primary visa containing mistakes made by the official staff of the service provider.

• if you are exempt from consular fees, you must apply to the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan for a visa.

Service Result

Service provision result:

• issuance of visas of the Republic of Kazakhstan or a reasoned response to the refusal to provide public service.

Reasons for Rejection

The reasons for the rejection may be:

• establishment of unreliability of the documents submitted by the service recipient for receiving the state service, and (or) the data (data) containing in them;
• if there are grounds for bringing him to criminal responsibility - before the end of the proceedings;
• if he is convicted of a crime - before serving his sentence or exemption from punishment;
• if he evades the obligations imposed on him by the court - before the performance of obligations;
• negative response of the authorized state body to the request for approval, which is required for the provision of public services, as well as a negative conclusion of the audit.

Work Schedule

Service provider:

• from Monday to Friday inclusive, from 9am to 6.30pm with a lunch break from 1pm to 2.30pm, except weekends and holidays, according to the labor legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Reception of documents and delivery of results of rendering the state service:

• from 9am till 5.30 pm, with a break for lunch from 1pm till 2.30 p.

For service providers outside the Republic of Kazakhstan:

• documents are accepted from 9.30am to 12.30pm;
• issuance of the results of public services from 4pm to 5pm;
• Wednesday is not working day.

Visa and migration portal:

• around the clock with breaks for planned technical work.

Additional Information

The list of documents at the personal address of the service recipient (the authorized representative of the service recipient) to the service provider is presented in rules of registration of invitations Chapter 2. The procedure for issuing invitations, approval of invitations to enter the Republic of Kazakhstan for visa recipients.

Important:

• Visas of categories “A5”,”B15”- “B22” are issued at the place of actual location of the visa recipient;
• Visas of category “C9” are issued at the location of the educational institution in which the recipient of the visa is enrolled;

Visa-Free Countries (48 countries)

The list of economically developed, politically and migrationally stable States whose citizens are exempt from the need to present an invitation when applying for visas of categories “A3”, “B1”, “B3”, “B10” and “B12:

Citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia, United States of America, Republic of Austria, Kingdom of Belgium, Republic of Bulgaria, United Arab Emirates, Federal Republic of Germany, Hellenic Republic, Kingdom of Denmark, New Zealand, Japan, State of Israel, Republic of Ireland, Republic of Iceland, Kingdom of Spain, Italian Republic, Canada, Republic of Cyprus, Republic of Korea, Latvian Republic, Republic of Lithuania, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Hungary, Malaysia, Republic of Malta, United Mex States Comrades of Mexico, Principality of Monaco, Kingdom of the Netherlands, Kingdom of Norway, Republic of Poland, Portuguese Republic, Romania, Republic of Singapore, the Slovak Republic, the Republic of Slovenia, Republic of Turkey, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Republic of Finland, French Republic, Republic of Croatia, Czech Republic Republic of Chile, Swiss Confederation, Kingdom of Sweden and Republic of Estonia enter the Republic of Kazakhstan and leave the Republic of Kazakhstan without visa, if their stay in the Republic of Kazakhstan does not exceed thirty calendar days from the moment of crossing the State Border of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Passport Requirements

The passport provided by the visa recipient must meet the following criteria:

• must not cause doubts about the authenticity and belonging to its owner, contain marks, reservations, records, erasures and corrections, torn or embroidered pages;
• must have at least 2 blank pages intended for visas, except for recipients of visas for departure from the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
• its validity shall expire not earlier than 3 months from the expiry date of the requested visa, except for the recipients of visas for departure from the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
• must not have marks on the extension of the validity period.