The Migration Service is one of the main directions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which carries out inter-agency coordination and implementation of state policy in the field of migration, monitoring, analysis and forecasting of migration processes, as well as organization of work on refugees and citizenship of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Functions:
- inter-agency coordination of central state and local executive bodies on the implementation of state migration policy;
- implementation of state policy on citizenship, migration and refugees;
- inter-agency coordination of public authorities on migration issues;
- monitoring, analysis and forecasting of migration processes;
- development of a system of regulatory measures and monitoring of migration processes;
- presentation of the results of monitoring of migration processes to the authorized body on the formation of state policy in the field of population migration;
- organization and implementation of cooperation with authorized bodies of foreign states and international organizations on matters within its competence;
- implementation of reception of citizens, timely and full consideration of oral and written statements, appeals and proposals of citizens, makes decisions on them;
- registration of foreigners and stateless persons;
- personal accounting of foreigners permanently residing in the Republic of Kazakhstan;
- assistance to refugees in obtaining information on relatives living in the country of origin;
- ensuring respect for the rights of asylum-seekers and refugees;
- establishment and monthly submission to the national security agencies of lists of asylum-seekers and refugees;
- consideration of materials on applications of persons permanently residing in the Republic of Kazakhstan on issues of citizenship of the Republic of Kazakhstan and with the necessary documents sends them for consideration to the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.