For accreditation of its representative office in Kazakhstan, a foreign media should send the following documents to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan by hand or through the Ministry's official e-mail address accreditation@mfa.kz:
1) a free-form letter requesting accreditation of a foreign media representative office, signed by the head of the media and providing documents confirming the authority of the person who signed the letter;
2) constituent documents (agreement) and (or) charter of the foreign media representative office (if available);
3) documents issued in accordance with the legislation of a foreign state and confirming the registration of the foreign media representative office;
4) information about the foreign media representative office, including the full name of the foreign media representative office, history of its activities, legal address, and contact details.
Documents issued, compiled or certified according to the established form by competent authorities of foreign states shall be accepted subject to legalisation, unless otherwise provided for by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan or an international treaty ratified by the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Documents compiled in a foreign language shall be accompanied by their duly certified translation into the Kazakh and (or) Russian languages.
In order for permanent accreditation of a foreign media correspondent, the applicant or foreign media correspondent submits the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan by hand or through the Ministry's official e-mail address accreditation@mfa.kz:
1) a signed free-form letter for permanent accreditation of a foreign media correspondent;
2) a document confirming the credentials of the applicant, and in the case of a foreign media correspondent, a document confirming labour or other contractual relations with the foreign media representative office;
3) completed accreditation form;
4) 3x4 size digital photo;
5) a copy of a foreign passport (for a foreigner), a certificate of a stateless person (for a stateless person) or an identity document (for a citizen of the Republic of Kazakhstan);
6) a copy of the Ministry's notification on accreditation of a foreign media representative office in the Republic of Kazakhstan;
7) materials (publications, articles) of a foreign media correspondent related to the Republic of Kazakhstan and published by the foreign media representative office of the last 6 (six) months prior to the date of application submission (for foreign media correspondents having had permanent accreditation during this period).
For temporary accreditation of a foreign media correspondent, the applicant or the foreign media correspondent shall submit the following to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan by hand or through the Ministry's official e-mail address accreditation@mfa.kz:
1) a signed free-form letter for temporary accreditation of a foreign media correspondent indicating the accreditation period, purpose and date of the planned event in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan, which is submitted not later than 15 (fifteen) calendar days prior to the date of the said event;
2) a document confirming the credentials of the applicant, and in the case of a foreign media correspondent, a document confirming labour or other contractual relations with the foreign media representative office;
3) completed accreditation form;
4) 3x4 size digital photo;
5) a copy of a foreign passport (for a foreigner), a certificate of a stateless person (for a stateless person) or an identity document (for a citizen of the Republic of Kazakhstan).
Phone number for inquiries: +7 (7172) 72-01-45
More details on the Rules of Accreditation of Foreign Media Representative Offices and Their Journalists can be found at the following link.