Procedure for awarding sports ranks and categories for 2025

At present, the following types of public services are provided: assignment of sports ranks such as “Athlete of the 2nd Rank,” “Athlete of the 3rd Rank,” “Athlete of the 1st Junior Rank,” “Athlete of the 2nd Junior Rank,” “Athlete of the 3rd Junior Rank,” as well as assignment of qualification categories including “Coach of the Second Category (High Qualification Level),” “Coach of the Second Category (Medium Qualification Level),” “Methodologist of the Second Category (High Qualification Level),” “Methodologist of the Second Category (Medium Qualification Level),” “Instructor-Athlete of the Second Category (High Qualification Level),” and “Sports Referee.”

According to the results of 2025, a total of 322 applications were received by the Department of Physical Culture, Sports and Tourism of Kyzylorda City.
The public service for assigning sports ranks and categories is provided free of charge within 10 (ten) calendar days.
When the service recipient (or their authorized representative under a power of attorney) applies to the Public Service Center (PSC), the list of documents required to receive the public service is as follows:
1) To receive the public service for assignment of sports ranks “Athlete of the 2nd Rank,” “Athlete of the 3rd Rank,” “Athlete of the 1st Junior Rank,” “Athlete of the 2nd Junior Rank,” “Athlete of the 3rd Junior Rank”: an identity document of the service recipient (required for identification); a petition endorsed by the seal and signature of the primary sports organization; copies of competition protocols from regional and city competitions certified by the seal of the regional federation for the relevant sport; in the absence of a regional federation, protocols certified by the seal of the regional executive authority in the field of physical culture and sports; or copies of protocols from district competitions certified by the seal of the district or city executive authority in the field of physical culture and sports; when applying through a representative, an identity document of the authorized representative of the individual and a document confirming the representative’s authority.
2) To receive the public service for assignment of the categories “Coach of the Second Category (High Qualification Level)” and “Coach of the Second Category (Medium Qualification Level)”: an identity document of the service recipient; an application in the form according to Appendix 1 to the public service standard; a copy of the diploma of professional education; a work record book with a note from the employer indicating the date and grounds for termination, or an employment contract, or an extract from the employer’s act confirming the commencement and termination of labor relations, or an archival certificate containing information on the employee’s work activity; a certificate on the coach’s training of athletes in the form according to Appendix 2 to the public service standard (except for the assignment of the category “Coach without high or medium qualification category”); copies of competition protocols certified by the seal of the regional federation for the relevant sport, and in the absence of such a federation, by the seal of the regional executive authority in the field of physical culture and sports (except for the assignment of the category “Coach without high or medium qualification category”); when applying through a representative, an identity document of the authorized representative of the individual and a document confirming the representative’s authority.
3) To receive the public service for assignment of the categories “Methodologist of the Second Category (High Qualification Level)” and “Methodologist of the Second Category (Medium Qualification Level)”: an identity document of the service recipient; an application in the form according to Appendix 1 to the public service standard; a copy of the diploma of professional education; a work record book with a note from the employer indicating the date and grounds for termination, or an employment contract, or an extract from the employer’s act confirming the commencement and termination of labor relations, or an archival certificate containing information on the employee’s work activity; when applying through a representative, an identity document of the authorized representative of the individual and a document confirming the representative’s authority.
4) To receive the public service for assignment of the category “Instructor-Athlete of the Second Category (High Qualification Level)”: an identity document of the service recipient; an application in the form according to Appendix 1 to the public service standard; a copy of the education diploma; a work record book with a note from the employer indicating the date and grounds for termination, or an employment contract, or an extract from the employer’s act confirming the commencement and termination of labor relations, or an archival certificate containing information on the employee’s work activity; a petition for assignment of the category certified by the seal of the regional federation for the relevant sport, and in the absence of such a federation, by the seal of the organization to which the instructor-athlete belongs; when applying through a representative, an identity document of the authorized representative of the individual and a document confirming the representative’s authority.
5) To receive the public service for assignment of the referee category “Sports Referee”: an identity document; an application in the form according to Appendix 1 to the public service standard.