2,523 residents of the Abay region received passports in January 2024

This year there has been an increase in demand for the government service of issuing passports. Thus, compared to January 2023, the number of documents issued increased by 524.

Let us remind you that you can apply for a passport at the Public Service Center. In this case, you will need to pay a state fee. From January 1, 2024, the state duty for issuing a passport of a citizen of Kazakhstan with a volume of 36 pages is 8 MCI, or 29,536 tenge, and for 48 pages - 12 MCI, or 44,304 tenge. The state fee for issuing a 24-page child passport (up to 16 years of age) is 4 MCI, or 14,768 tenge.

Please note that some citizens may be exempt from paying state fees. According to Article 622 of the Tax Code, these include:

- heroes of the Soviet Union, heroes of Socialist labor;

- persons awarded the Orders of Glory of three degrees and Labor Glory of three degrees, “Altyn Kyran”, “Otan”, awarded the titles “Halyk Kaharmany”, “Kazakhstannyn Enbek Epi”;

- mothers with many children, awarded the title “Mother Heroine”, awarded with pendants “Altyn alka”, “Kumis alka”;

- veterans of the Great Patriotic War and veterans of military operations equal to them in terms of benefits on the territory of other states;

- persons awarded orders and medals of the former USSR for selfless labor and impeccable military service in the rear during the Second World War;

- persons who worked (served) for at least six months from June 22, 1941 to May 9, 1945 and were not awarded orders and medals of the former USSR for selfless labor and impeccable military service in the rear during the Second World War;

- persons with disabilities, as well as one of the parents of a person with a disability since childhood, a child with a disability;

- elderly people living in general medical and social institutions for the elderly and people with disabilities, orphans and children without parental care, who are fully supported by the state, living in orphanages and (or) boarding schools; citizens affected by the Chernobyl disaster.