Information about visa

ANNOUNCEMENT

by the Consular Section of the Embassy of Kazakhstan

in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

 

In order to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in Kazakhstan, the Government of Kazakhstan has temporarily suspended its unilateral visa-free regime for citizens of 57 states, including the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Kingdom of Bahrain, starting from 17 April 2020.

The 72-hour visa-free regime has also been suspended for Chinese and Indian nationals who transit through the international airports of Nur-Sultan, Almaty, Shymkent, Aktau, Karaganda and Taraz.

The said suspension is effective from 17 April to 1 November 2020.

The above means that the citizens of the Saudi Arabia and Bahrain who are planning to visit Kazakhstan before 1 November 2020 will need to obtain a visa of the appropriate category at one of the consular offices of the Republic of Kazakhstan, for example, at the Embassy of Kazakhstan in Riyadh.

Please pay attention to an important change in the conditions for obtaining a Kazakh visa.

All Kazakh visas will be issued in accordance with the current rules of issuing visas of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Please note that citizens of 48 countries, including the UK, Ireland and Iceland, have the right to obtain a single-entry visa to Kazakhstan without a formal letter of invitation (visa support) in the following categories:

- Service (A3) - duration of stay 90 days

- Business (B1) - duration of stay 60 days

- Business (B3) - duration of stay 30 days

- Private (B10) - duration of stay 90 days

- Tourist (B12) - duration of stay 30 days