ISSUANCE, EXTENSION OF ENTRY AND TRANSIT VISAS THROUGH THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN TERRITORY
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Citizens of Canada can enter Kazakhstan without a visa and stay in Kazakhstan for up to 30 days.
If your trip to Kazakhstan is more than 30 days, then you need to apply for a visa at the Consulate of Kazakhstan in Toronto. Scroll down to see the visa application procedure, visa categories and required documents.
If you are not a Canadian citizen, then click on this link to check if you need a visa
BEFORE YOU APPLY (IMPORTANT)
- Documents must be submitted in person.
- Starting from January 1, 2024, individuals aged 16 and above are required to complete fingerprint registration as a mandatory step when applying for a visa to visit Kazakhstan.
- Validity of passport should not be less than 3 months from the date of expiry of the visa.
- Passport must have at least 2 blank pages in the passport.
- On behalf of minor children, application and other documents for issuing visas must be signed and submitted by their legal representatives (parents, guardians) together with a copy of the child's birth certificate (!) and documents confirming the identity of parents (!).
- Letter of invitation is not required for obtaining single-entry visas to Kazakhstan for the visa categories A3 (service), B1, B3 (business), B10 (private) and B12 (tourist) for citizens of following 48 countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Brazil, Great Britain, Hungary, Greece, Denmark, Israel, Jordan, Ireland, Iceland, Spain, Italy, Canada, Qatar, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, UAE, Poland, Portugal Republic of Korea, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, the Sultanate of Oman, the USA, Finland, France, Germany, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia and Japan.
VISA CATEGORIES & LIST OF REQUIRED DOCUMENTS
Visa recipients:
- Persons traveling for private purposes.
- Persons traveling for a funeral or in cases of illness of relatives.
- Spouses, children or parents traveling together with citizens of Kazakhstan.
- Spouses, children traveling together with ethnic Kazakhs.
- Former compatriots.
Visa multiplicity, validity and permited period of stay:
- Single-entry up to 90 days with the right to stay in Kazakhstan for the entire period.
- Multiple-entry up to 180 days with the right to stay in Kazakhstan for up to 90 days at each entry (only if there is an invitation registered at the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan).
- Multiple-entry up to 3 years with the right to stay in Kazakhstan for up to 90 days at each entry (only for former compatriots).
Required documents:
1. Passport.
2. Copy of passport (only page with holder's information).
3. Visa application form, filled and signed.
4. One photograph (size 3.5 x 4.5 cm).
5. One of the following documents:
- Cover letter from the applicant with a request to issue a visa (only for citizens of countries who are exempted from providing letter of invitation, including Canada, and for former compatriots); or
- Copy of the invitation (or its registration number) registered at the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan or at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan (it must be provided to you by inviting organisation/person).
6. Certificate of loss of citizenship of Kazakhstan (only for former compatriots who are applying for multiple-entry visa).
7. Consular fee - Money orders payable to the Embassy of Kazakhstan:
- single-entry visa - $80 USD;
- 1-year multiple-entry visa - $ 200 USD;
- 2-year multiple-entry visa - $ 400 USD;
- 3-year multiple-entry visa - $ 600 USD.
8. Prepaid envelope with a return address for sending the passport to the applicant (not required if applicant collects passport in person).
! Embassy and Consulate do not hold responsibility for postal services
Visa recipients:
Persons traveling to Kazakhstan for the purpose of employment, as well as members of their families.
Visa multiplicity, validity and permited period of stay:
- Single-entry up to 90 days with the right to stay in Kazakhstan for the entire period.
- Multiple-entry up to 3 years with the right to stay in Kazakhstan for the entire period.
Required documents:
1. Passport.
2. Copy of passport (only page with holder's information).
3. Visa application form, filled and signed.
4. One photograph (size 3.5 x 4.5 cm).
5. Copy of the invitation (or its registration number) registered at the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan or at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan (it must be provided to you by inviting organisation/person).
6. Consular fee - Money orders payable to the Embassy of Kazakhstan:
- single-entry visa - $ 80 USD;
- 1-year multiple-entry visa - $ 200 USD;
- 2-year multiple-entry visa - $ 400 USD;
- 3-year multiple-entry visa - $ 600 USD.
7. Prepaid envelope with a return address for sending the passport to the applicant (not required if applicant collects passport in person).
! Embassy and Consulate do not hold responsibility for postal services.
Visa recipients:
Ethnic Kazakhs.
Visa multiplicity, validity and permited period of stay:
- Single-entry up to 90 days with the right to stay in Kazakhstan for the entire period.
- Multiple-entry up to 3 years with the right to stay in Kazakhstan for the entire period (for the first time the visa is issued up to 1 year).
Required documents:
1. Passport.
2. Copy of passport (only page with holder's information).
3. Visa application form, filled and signed.
4. One photograph (size 3.5 x 4.5 cm).
5. Cover letter from the applicant with a request to issue a visa.
6. Document proving the nationality of the applicant (for example, a birth certificate where the nationality of both parents is indicated as Kazakh).
7. Prepaid envelope with a return address for sending the passport to the applicant (not required if applicant collects passport in person).
! Embassy and Consulate do not hold responsibility for postal services.
Visa recipients:
- heads of foreign states, governments, international organizations, equated to diplomatic status and members of their families;
- members of parliaments, governments of foreign states, international organizations, equated to diplomatic status and members of their families - holders of diplomatic passports, as well as members of official foreign delegations and persons accompanying them - holders of diplomatic passports;
- honorary consuls of the Republic of Kazakhstan and members of their families;
- holders of diplomatic passports, as well as passports of international organizations, having a status equivalent to diplomatic agents traveling to the Republic of Kazakhstan on official business;
- diplomatic couriers carrying diplomatic mail - holders of diplomatic passports, in the presence of a courier sheet.
Visa multiplicity and period of validity:
- Single entry visa up to 90 days, for the entire duration of the visa;
- Multiple visa up to 1 year, for the entire duration of visa.
Required documents:
- Passport.
- Copy of passport (only page with holder's information).
- Visa application form, filled and signed.
- One photograph (size 3.5 x 4.5 cm).
- Verbal note.
Visa recipients:
- diplomatic agents of foreign diplomatic and equivalent missions;
- consular officials of foreign consular institutions, employees of international organizations and their representative offices accredited in the Republic of Kazakhstan, traveling to work in the Republic of Kazakhstan;
- Honorary consuls of foreign states accredited in the Republic of Kazakhstan and their family members.
Visa multiplicity and period of validity:
- single entry visa up to 90 days, for the entire duration of the visa;
- multiple visa up to 180 days, for the entire duration of visa.
Required documents:
- Passport.
- Copy of passport (only page with holder's information).
- Visa application form, filled and signed.
- One photograph (size 3.5 x 4.5 cm).
- Verbal note (indicating the position of the invited person to which he was appointed, and in the case of rotation, the position, last name and first name of the employee to whose place he was appointed).
Visa recipients:
- members of official foreign delegations, accompanying persons and members of their families;
- representatives of foreign mass media accredited in the Republic of Kazakhstan and traveling to the Republic of Kazakhstan (in agreement with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan);
- military personnel of foreign states traveling to the Republic of Kazakhstan on official business;
- persons who are dependent on persons applying for visas of categories "A2" and "A4";
- holders of passports of international organizations who do not have the status equated to diplomatic agents, as well as holders of national passports working in international organizations and their family members;
- holders of service passports traveling to the Republic of Kazakhstan on official business;
- diplomatic couriers carrying diplomatic mail, if they do not have a diplomatic passport, in the presence of a courier sheet;
- persons going on a business trip to the Republic of Kazakhstan at the invitation of foreign diplomatic missions, consular offices, international organizations and their representative offices, state bodies of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
- cosmonauts and astronauts traveling to the Republic of Kazakhstan for a flight into outer space and returning from the outer space to Earth.
Visa multiplicity and period of validity:
- single entry visa up to 90 days, for the entire duration of the visa;
- multiple visa up to 1 year (for cosmonauts and austronauts up to 3 years), for the entire duration of visa.
Required documents:
- Passport.
- Copy of passport (only page with holder's information).
- Visa application form, filled and signed.
- One photograph (size 3.5 x 4.5 cm).
- Verbal note
Visa recipients:
- members of the administrative, technical and service personnel of diplomatic missions;
- employees of international organizations or their representative offices;
- consular officials, employees of the service personnel of consular institutions of foreign states accredited in the Republic of Kazakhstan, and members of their families.
Visa multiplicity and period of validity:
- single entry visa up to 90 days, for the entire duration of the visa;
- multiple visa up to 180 days, for the entire duration of visa.
Required documents:
- Passport.
- Copy of passport (only page with holder's information).
- Visa application form, filled and signed.
- One photograph (size 3.5 x 4.5 cm).
- Verbal note (indicating the position of the invited person to which he is appointed, and in case of rotation, the position, surname and name of the employee to whose place he is appointed).
Visa recipients:
- heads and/or deputy heads and/or heads of structural divisions of legal entities engaged in investment activities on the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
- foreigners and stateless persons making investments in accordance with the AIFC investment tax residency program;
- their family members.
Visa multiplicity and period of validity:
- single entry visa up to 90 days, for the entire duration of the visa;
- multiple visa up to 5 years, for the entire duration of visa.
Required documents:
- Passport.
- Copy of passport (only page with holder's information).
- Visa application form, filled and signed.
- One photograph (size 3.5 x 4.5 cm).
Visa recipients:
- Foreign businessmen, who have invested the amount of more than 300 thousand US dollars in the economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Visa multiplicity and period of validity:
- Multiple visa up to 10 years, for the entire duration of visa.
Required documents:
- Passport.
- Copy of passport (only page with holder's information).
- Visa application form, filled and signed.
- One photograph (size 3.5 x 4.5 cm).
Visa recipients:
- Participants of conferences, symposiums, forums, exhibitions, concerts, cultural, scientific events, meetings, round tables, exhibitions, expert meetings.
- Persons accompanying humanitarian aid.
- Persons arriving for the purpose of giving lectures and conducting classes at educational institutions.
- Participants of youth, student and school exchange programs (with the exception of study at educational institutions of Kazakhstan).
- Participants of sport events.
Visa multiplicity, validity and permited period of stay:
- Single-entry up to 90 days with the right to stay in Kazakhstan for up to 60 days.
- Multiple-entry up to 1 year with the right to stay in Kazakhstan for up to 60 days at each entry (only if there is an invitation approved by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan).
Required documents:
1. Passport.
2. Copy of passport (only page with holder's information).
3. Visa application form, filled and signed.
4. One photograph (size 3.5 x 4.5 cm).
5. One of the following documents:
- Cover letter from the applicant with a request to issue a single-entry visa (only for citizens of countries who are exempted from providing letter of invitation, including Canada); or
- Copy of the invitation (or its registration number) registered at the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan or at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan (it must be provided to you by inviting organisation/person); or
- Note verbal.
6. Consular fee - Money orders payable to the Embassy of Kazakhstan:
- single-entry visa - $80 USD;
- multiple-entry visa - $200 USD.
7. Prepaid envelope with a return address for sending the passport to the applicant (not required if applicant collects passport in person).
! Embassy and Consulate do not hold responsibility for postal services.
Visa recipients:
- Persons arriving for the purpose of installation, repair and maintenance of equipment;
- Persons arriving to provide consulting or audit services.
Visa multiplicity, validity and permited period of stay:
- Single-entry up to 90 days with the right to stay in Kazakhstan for up to 30 days.
- Multiple-entry up to 180 days with the right to stay in Kazakhstan for up to 90 days at each entry.
Required documents:
1. Passport.
2. Copy of passport (only page with holder's information).
3. Visa application form, filled and signed.
4. One photograph (size 3.5 x 4.5 cm).
5. Copy of the invitation (or its registration number) registered at the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan or at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan (it must be provided to you by inviting organisation/person).
6. Consular fee - Money orders payable to the Embassy of Kazakhstan:
- single-entry visa - $80 USD;
- multiple-entry visa - $200 USD.
7. Prepaid envelope with a return address for sending the passport to the applicant (not required if applicant collects passport in person).
! Embassy and Consulate do not hold responsibility for postal services.
Visa recipients:
- Persons arriving for negotiations, conclusion of contracts within the framework of cooperation in the field of industrialization and investment.
- Founders or members of the board of directors.
Visa multiplicity, validity and permited period of stay:
- Single-entry up to 90 days with the right to stay in Kazakhstan for up to 30 days.
- Multiple-entry up to 1 year with the right to stay in Kazakhstan for up to 30 days at each entry (only if there is an invitation registered at the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan or at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan).
Required documents:
1. Passport.
2. Copy of passport (only page with holder's information).
3. Visa application form, filled and signed.
4. One photograph (size 3.5 x 4.5 cm).
5. One of the following documents:
- Copy of the invitation (or its registration number) registered at the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan or at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan (it must be provided to you by inviting organisation/person); or
- Cover letter from the applicant with a request to issue a single-entry visa (only for for citizens of countries who are exempted from providing letter of invitation, including Canada); or
- Note verbal.
6. Consular fee - Money orders payable to the Embassy of Kazakhstan:
- single-entry visa - $80 USD;
- multiple-entry visa - $200 USD.
7. Prepaid envelope with a return address for sending the passport to the applicant (not required if applicant collects passport in person).
! Embassy and Consulate do not hold responsibility for postal services.
Visa recipients:
- persons engaged in international road transportations.
Visa multiplicity and period of validity:
- single entry visa up to 90 days, not more than 30 days;
- multiple visa up to 1 year, not more than 30 days at each entry.
Required documents:
- Passport.
- Copy of passport (only page with holder's information).
- Visa application form, filled and signed.
- One photograph (size 3.5 x 4.5 cm).
- Following documents:
- permits for the passage of a motor vehicle on the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
- copy of the permit for international transportation;
- copy of the driver's license;
- documents for the vehicle.
* The recipient of the visa enters and leaves the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan only by transport corresponding to the category of the visa received
Visa recipients:
- persons who are members of the crews of regular and charter flights, who do not have the appropriate certificate of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), members of train crews, as well as crews of sea and river vessels.
Visa multiplicity and period of validity:
- single entry visa up to 90 days, not more than 30 days period of stay;
- multiple visa up to 1 year, not more than 30 days period of stay at each entry.
Required documents:
- Passport.
- Copy of passport (only page with holder's information).
- Visa application form, filled and signed.
- One photograph (size 3.5 x 4.5 cm).
- Permits to travel through the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
* Members of train crews enter the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan only by transport corresponding to the category of the visa received.
Visa recipients:
- persons traveling to the Republic of Kazakhstan to participate in the activities of a religious association (with the exception of missionary activities).
Visa multiplicity and period of validity:
- single entry visa up to 90 days, not more than 30 days period of stay.
Required documents:
- Passport.
- Copy of passport (only page with holder's information).
- Visa application form, filled and signed.
- One photograph (size 3.5 x 4.5 cm).
Visa recipients:
- persons traveling to the Republic of Kazakhstan for an educational practice or internship, including for training under the Astana Hub programs, as well as their family members.
Visa multiplicity and period of validity:
- single entry visa up to 90 days, for the entire duration of visa;
- multiple visa up to 180 days, for the entire duration of visa.
Required documents:
- Passport.
- Copy of passport (only page with holder's information).
- Visa application form, filled and signed.
- One photograph (size 3.5 x 4.5 cm).
Visa recipients:
Persons traveling to obtain a permanent residence permit in Kazakhstan.
Visa multiplicity, validity and permited period of stay:
- Single-entry up to 90 days with the right to stay in Kazakhstan for the entire period.
- Multiple-entry up to 90 days with the right to stay in Kazakhstan for the entire period.
Required documents::
1. Passport.
2. Copy of passport (only page with holder's information).
3. Visa application form, filled and signed.
4. One photograph (size 3.5 x 4.5 cm).
5. Cover letter from the applicant with a request to issue visa.
6. Consular fee - Money orders payable to the Embassy of Kazakhstan:
- single-entry visa - $180 USD;
- multiple-entry visa - $300 USD.
7. Prepaid envelope with a return address for sending the passport to the applicant (not required if applicant collects passport in person).
! Embassy and Consulate do not hold responsibility for postal services.
! To obtain a permanent residence permit in Kazakhstan additional documents will be required. Please check in advance the list of the required documents at the territorial departments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan. For information purpose only you may visit the following link.
Visa recipients:
- Persons with in-demand professions
Visa multiplicity, validity and permitted period of stay:
- Single-entry – up to 90 calendar days (for the entire validity period of the visa).
- Multiple-entry – up to 90 calendar days (for the entire validity period of the visa;
the visa is issued once within one year).
Required documents:
- Passport.
- Copy of passport (only page with holder's information).
- Visa application form, filled and signed.
- One photograph (size 3.5 x 4.5 cm).
- One of the following documents:
- Cover letter from the applicant with a request to issue a single-entry visa (only for for citizens of countries who are exempted from providing letter of invitation, including Canada);
- A copy of the diploma confirming education that corresponds to the list of in-demand professions required for foreigners to obtain a permanent residence permit in the Republic of Kazakhstan, as specified in Annex 2 to the Order of the Minister of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 49 dated February 20, 2023 (registered in the State Register of Regulatory Legal Acts under No. 31938) (hereinafter referred to as Order No. 49).
- Consular fee - Money orders payable to the Embassy of Kazakhstan:
-single-entry visa – $80 USD;
- multiple-entry visa - $200 USD.
- Prepaid envelope with a return address for sending the passport to the applicant (not required if applicant collects passport in person).
! Embassy and Consulate do not hold responsibility for postal services.
Visa recipients:
- IT-specialists, traveling to the Republic of Kazakhstan to obtain a permanent residence permit.
Visa multiplicity and period of validity:
- single entry electronic visa up to 1 year, for the entire duration of visa;
- multiple paper visa up to 1 year, (issued by Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan on a basis of single entry electronic B9-1 visa) for the entire duration of visa.
Required documents:
- Passport.
- Copy of passport (only page with holder's information).
- Visa application form, filled and signed.
- One photograph (size 3.5 x 4.5 cm).
- Petition of Astana Hub or authorized bodies of the Republic of Kazakhstan on information technology issues.
Visa recipients:
- persons traveling to the Republic of Kazakhstan for adoption of citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Visa multiplicity and period of validity:
- single entry visa up to 180 days, not more than 120 days period of stay;
- multiple visa up to 1 year, not more than 120 days period of stay at each entry.
Required documents:
- Passport.
- Copy of passport (only page with holder's information).
- Visa application form, filled and signed.
- One photograph (size 3.5 x 4.5 cm).
Visa recipients:
Persons traveling as tourists.
Visa multiplicity, validity and permited period of stay:
- Single-entry up to 90 days with the right to stay in Kazakhstan for up to 30 days at each entry.
- Multiple-entry up to 90 days with the right to stay in Kazakhstan for up to 30 days at each entry (only if there is an invitation registered at the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan or at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan).
Required documents::
1. Passport.
2. Copy of passport (only page with holder's information).
3. Visa application form, filled and signed.
4. One photograph (size 3.5 x 4.5 cm).
5. One of the following documents:
- Cover letter from the applicant with a request to issue a single-entry visa (only for citizens of countries who are exempted from providing letter of invitation, including Canada); or
- Copy of the invitation (or its registration number) registered at the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan or at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan (it must be provided to you by inviting organisation/person).
6. Consular fee - Money orders payable to the Embassy of Kazakhstan:
- single-entry visa - $60 USD;
- multiple-entry visa - $90 USD.
7. Prepaid envelope with a return address for sending the passport to the applicant (not required if applicant collects passport in person).
! Embassy and Consulate do not hold responsibility for postal services.
Visa recipients:
Persons travelling as transit passengers through the territory of Kazakhstan.
Visa multiplicity, validity and permited period of stay:
- Single-entry up to 90 days with the right to stay in Kazakhstan for up to 5 days.
- Multiple-entry up to 180 days with the right to stay in Kazakhstan for up to 5 days.
Required documents::
1. Passport.
2. Copy of passport (only page with holder's information).
3. Visa application form, filled and signed.
4. One photograph (size 3.5 x 4.5 cm).
5. Cover letter from the applicant with a request to issue visa.
6. Copy of visa of the destination country and copy of air or railway ticket.
7. Consular fee - Money orders payable to the Embassy of Kazakhstan:
- single-entry visa - $20 USD;
- multiple-entry visa - $90 USD.
8. Prepaid envelope with a return address for sending the passport to the applicant (not required if applicant collects passport in person).
! Embassy and Consulate do not hold responsibility for postal services.
Visa recipients:
- Citizens of the country from list working remotely with permanent income from foreign sources.
Visa multiplicity, validity and permitted period of stay:
- Multiple-entry up to 1 year
Required documents:
- Passport.
- Copy of passport (only page with holder's information).
- Visa application form, filled and signed.
- One photograph (size 3.5 x 4.5 cm).
- One of the following documents:
- Cover letter from the applicant with a request to issue a single-entry visa (only for for citizens of countries who are exempted from providing letter of invitation, including Canada);
- Bank statement for the last 6 months confirming a stable monthly income of over $3,000 USD;
- Tax return issued by the competent authority of the country of citizenship;
- A document confirming the absence of a criminal record issued by the authorized body of the country of citizenship or permanent place of residence;
- Medical insurance that covers the entire validity period of the visa.
- Consular fee - Money orders payable to the Embassy of Kazakhstan:
- multiple-entry visa - $200 USD.
- Prepaid envelope with a return address for sending the passport to the applicant (not required if applicant collects passport in person).
! Embassy and Consulate do not hold responsibility for postal services.
Visa recipients:
- ethnic Kazakhs traveling or staying in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan for the purpose of permanent residence.
Visa multiplicity and period of validity:
- single entry visa up to 1 year, for the entire duration of visa.
Required documents:
- Passport.
- Copy of passport (only page with holder's information).
- Visa application form, filled and signed.
- One photograph (size 3.5 x 4.5 cm).
- Following documents:
- documents confirming the applicant's nationality - in the absence of a record of nationality in identity documents;
- documents confirming the right to include Candace in the immigration quota as a priority (if any);
- certificate of absence in the applicant and his family members of diseases specified in the order of the Minister of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated September 30, 2011 No. 664 "On approval of the list of diseases, the presence of which prohibits entry of foreigners and stateless persons to the Republic of Kazakhstan" (registered in the Register of State registration of regulatory legal acts No. 7274);
- document confirming the presence or absence of a criminal record issued by the authorized body of the country of citizenship or permanent residence.
Visa recipients:
- persons who are family members of citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan permanently residing in the Republic of Kazakhstan, ethnic Kazakhs and former compatriots and those who have received a temporary residence permit in the Republic of Kazakhstan (for a period of at least two years), foreigners and stateless persons permanently residing in the Republic of Kazakhstan, as well as business immigrants.
Visa multiplicity and period of validity:
- single entry visa up to 90 days, for the entire duration of the visa;
- multiple visa up to 1 year, for the entire duration of the visa or for the period of registration of the inviting person (except for citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan).
Required documents:
- Passport.
- Copy of passport (only page with holder's information).
- Visa application form, filled and signed.
- One photograph (size 3.5 x 4.5 cm).
- Following documents:
- the request of the inviting person in any form;
- notarized copy of temporary residence permit of the inviting person, except for citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
- notarized copy of identity document of the inviting person and family members;
- confirmation that the inviting person has money for the maintenance of each family member per month in the amount of at least the minimum wage established by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the republican budget;
- notarized copy of confirmation of the presence of the inviting person's housing on the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the area of which corresponds to the established minimum standards for each family member in accordance with the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan on April 16, 1997 "On Housing Relations";
- medical insurance for family members of the inviting person;
- notarized copy of document confirming family relations with the inviting person (married for at least one year, recognized by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan), submitted by authorized state bodies of the Republic of Kazakhstan or a foreign state;
- document confirming the presence or absence of a criminal record for adult family members of the inviting person, issued by the authorized body of the country of citizenship or permanent residence.
Visa recipients:
- persons coming to the Republic of Kazakhstan or staying in the Republic of Kazakhstan for self-employment in professions in demand in priority sectors of the economy.
Visa multiplicity and period of validity:
- single entry visa up to 90 days, for the entire duration of the visa;
- multiple visa up to 3 years, for the entire duration of the visa.
Required documents:
- Passport.
- Copy of passport (only page with holder's information).
- Visa application form, filled and signed.
- One photograph (size 3.5 x 4.5 cm).
- Certificate of compliance with qualifications for self-employment.
Visa recipients:
- business immigrants.
Visa multiplicity and period of validity:
- single entry visa up to 90 days, for the entire duration of the visa;
- multiple visa up to 2 years (ethnic Kazakhs – up to 3 years),for the entire duration of visa.
Required documents:
- Passport.
- Copy of passport (only page with holder's information).
- Visa application form, filled and signed.
- One photograph (size 3.5 x 4.5 cm).
- Following documents:
- medical insurance;
- medical certificate confirming the absence of diseases preventing the perfirmance of labor activities; The list of diseases is available via the link https://adilet.zan.kz/eng/docs/V1100007274
- document confirming the presence or absence of a criminal record issued by the authorized body of the country of citizenship or permanent residence.
*The visa recipient must be of legal age
Visa recipients:
- seasonal foreign workers.
Visa multiplicity and period of validity:
- single entry visa up to 90 days, for the entire duration of the visa;
- multiple visa up to 1 years, for the entire duration of visa.
Required documents:
- Passport.
- Copy of passport (only page with holder's information).
- Visa application form, filled and signed.
- One photograph (size 3.5 x 4.5 cm).
- Permit issued to the employer to attract foreign labor.
Visa recipients:
- persons traveling to the Republic of Kazakhstan to carry out missionary activities;
- members of their families.
Visa multiplicity and period of validity:
- single entry visa up to 90 days, not more than 30 days period of stay;
- multiple visa up to 180 days, for the entire duration of visa
Required documents:
- Passport.
- Copy of passport (only page with holder's information).
- Visa application form, filled and signed.
- One photograph (size 3.5 x 4.5 cm).
Visa recipients:
- volunteers arriving in the Republic of Kazakhstan to provide services in the field of education, healthcare and social assistance free of charge;
- persons arriving in the Republic of Kazakhstan within the framework of international treaties ratified by the Republic of Kazakhstan for the purpose of providing charitable, humanitarian assistance and grants.
Visa multiplicity and period of validity:
- single entry visa up to 90 days, for the entire duration of the visa;
- multiple visa up to 1 years, for the entire duration of visa.
Required documents:
- Passport.
- Copy of passport (only page with holder's information).
- Visa application form, filled and signed.
- One photograph (size 3.5 x 4.5 cm).
Visa recipients:
- persons traveling to the Republic of Kazakhstan for the purpose of admission to educational organizations implementing educational curricula of secondary, technical and vocational, post-secondary, higher and postgraduate education;
- persons studying in educational institutions of the Republic of Kazakhstan implementing educational curricula of secondary, technical and vocational, post-secondary, higher and postgraduate education, including the organized student exchange programs and preparatory courses, as well as their family members;
- ethnic Kazakhs who temporarily arrived in the Republic of Kazakhstan and enrolled in educational institutions of the Republic of Kazakhstan, arrived under a visa-free regime, as well as their family members.
Visa multiplicity and period of validity:
- single entry visa up to 90 days, for the entire duration of the visa;
- multiple visa up to 1 years, for the entire duration of visa.
Required documents:
- Passport.
- Copy of passport (only page with holder's information).
- Visa application form, filled and signed.
- One photograph (size 3.5 x 4.5 cm).
- for minor visa recipients with the notarized written consent of legal representatives, with translation into Kazakh or Russian.
Visa recipients:
- persons traveling to the Republic of Kazakhstan for treatment, medical examination or consultations, as well as accompanying persons;
- persons staying in the Republic of Kazakhstan, if there is a need for their treatment, as well as accompanying persons;
- persons traveling to the Republic of Kazakhstan for the purpose of caring for close relatives – citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan, or foreigners permanently residing in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan and being treated in medical institutions.
- persons who are in the Republic of Kazakhstan when there is a need to take care of close relatives – citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan, or foreigners permanently residing in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan, being treated in medical institutions.
Visa multiplicity and period of validity:
- single entry visa up to 180 days, not more than 90 days period of stay;
- multiple visa up to 180 days, not more than 90 days period of stay.
Required documents:
- Passport.
- Copy of passport (only page with holder's information).
- Visa application form, filled and signed.
- One photograph (size 3.5 x 4.5 cm).
- From the moment of submission of the package of documents to the service provider - not more than 5 (five) working days.
- When applying on the portal - 1 (one) working day.
Daily (except Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays, as well as public holidays) from 09.30 to 12.30 pm
E-mail:consul.toronto@mfa.kz.