Citizens of Canada can enter Kazakhstan without a visa and stay in Kazakhstan for up to 30 days.
If your trip to Kazakhstan is more than 30 days, then you need to apply for a visa at the Consulate of Kazakhstan in Toronto. Scroll down to see the visa application procedure, visa categories and required documents.
If you are not a Canadian citizen, then click on this link to check if you need a visa
BEFORE YOU APPLY (IMPORTANT)
VISA CATEGORIES & LIST OF REQUIRED DOCUMENTS
Visa recipients:
- Persons traveling for private purposes.
- Persons traveling for a funeral or in cases of illness of relatives.
- Spouses, children or parents traveling together with citizens of Kazakhstan.
- Spouses, children traveling together with ethnic Kazakhs.
- Former compatriots.
Visa multiplicity, validity and permited period of stay:
- Single-entry up to 90 days with the right to stay in Kazakhstan for the entire period.
- Multiple-entry up to 180 days with the right to stay in Kazakhstan for up to 90 days at each entry (only if there is an invitation registered at the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan).
- Multiple-entry up to 3 years with the right to stay in Kazakhstan for up to 90 days at each entry (only for former compatriots).
Required documents:
1. Passport.
2. Copy of passport (only page with holder's information).
3. Visa application form, filled and signed.
4. One photograph (size 3.5 x 4.5 cm).
5. One of the following documents:
- Cover letter from the applicant with a request to issue a visa (only for citizens of countries who are exempted from providing letter of invitation, including Canada, and for former compatriots); or
- Copy of the invitation (or its registration number) registered at the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan or at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan (it must be provided to you by inviting organisation/person).
6. Certificate of loss of citizenship of Kazakhstan (only for former compatriots who are applying for multiple-entry visa).
7. Consular fee - Money orders payable to the Embassy of Kazakhstan:
- single-entry visa - $80 USD;
- 1-year multiple-entry visa - $ 200 USD;
- 2-year multiple-entry visa - $ 400 USD;
- 3-year multiple-entry visa - $ 600 USD.
8. Prepaid envelope with a return address for sending the passport to the applicant (not required if applicant collects passport in person).
! Embassy and Consulate do not hold responsibility for postal services
Visa recipients:
Persons traveling to Kazakhstan for the purpose of employment, as well as members of their families.
Visa multiplicity, validity and permited period of stay:
- Single-entry up to 90 days with the right to stay in Kazakhstan for the entire period.
- Multiple-entry up to 3 years with the right to stay in Kazakhstan for the entire period.
Required documents:
1. Passport.
2. Copy of passport (only page with holder's information).
3. Visa application form, filled and signed.
4. One photograph (size 3.5 x 4.5 cm).
5. Copy of the invitation (or its registration number) registered at the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan or at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan (it must be provided to you by inviting organisation/person).
6. Consular fee - Money orders payable to the Embassy of Kazakhstan:
- single-entry visa - $ 80 USD;
- 1-year multiple-entry visa - $ 200 USD;
- 2-year multiple-entry visa - $ 400 USD;
- 3-year multiple-entry visa - $ 600 USD.
7. Prepaid envelope with a return address for sending the passport to the applicant (not required if applicant collects passport in person).
! Embassy and Consulate do not hold responsibility for postal services.
Visa recipients:
Ethnic Kazakhs.
Visa multiplicity, validity and permited period of stay:
- Single-entry up to 90 days with the right to stay in Kazakhstan for the entire period.
- Multiple-entry up to 3 years with the right to stay in Kazakhstan for the entire period (for the first time the visa is issued up to 1 year).
Required documents:
1. Passport.
2. Copy of passport (only page with holder's information).
3. Visa application form, filled and signed.
4. One photograph (size 3.5 x 4.5 cm).
5. Cover letter from the applicant with a request to issue a visa.
6. Document proving the nationality of the applicant (for example, a birth certificate where the nationality of both parents is indicated as Kazakh).
7. Prepaid envelope with a return address for sending the passport to the applicant (not required if applicant collects passport in person).
! Embassy and Consulate do not hold responsibility for postal services.
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Visa recipients:
- Participants of conferences, symposiums, forums, exhibitions, concerts, cultural, scientific events, meetings, round tables, exhibitions, expert meetings.
- Persons accompanying humanitarian aid.
- Persons arriving for the purpose of giving lectures and conducting classes at educational institutions.
- Participants of youth, student and school exchange programs (with the exception of study at educational institutions of Kazakhstan).
- Participants of sport events.
Visa multiplicity, validity and permited period of stay:
- Single-entry up to 90 days with the right to stay in Kazakhstan for up to 60 days.
- Multiple-entry up to 1 year with the right to stay in Kazakhstan for up to 60 days at each entry (only if there is an invitation approved by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan).
Required documents:
1. Passport.
2. Copy of passport (only page with holder's information).
3. Visa application form, filled and signed.
4. One photograph (size 3.5 x 4.5 cm).
5. One of the following documents:
- Cover letter from the applicant with a request to issue a single-entry visa (only for citizens of countries who are exempted from providing letter of invitation, including Canada); or
- Copy of the invitation (or its registration number) registered at the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan or at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan (it must be provided to you by inviting organisation/person); or
- Note verbal.
6. Consular fee - Money orders payable to the Embassy of Kazakhstan:
- single-entry visa - $80 USD;
- multiple-entry visa - $200 USD.
7. Prepaid envelope with a return address for sending the passport to the applicant (not required if applicant collects passport in person).
! Embassy and Consulate do not hold responsibility for postal services.
Visa recipients:
- Persons arriving for the purpose of installation, repair and maintenance of equipment;
- Persons arriving to provide consulting or audit services.
Visa multiplicity, validity and permited period of stay:
- Single-entry up to 90 days with the right to stay in Kazakhstan for up to 30 days.
- Multiple-entry up to 180 days with the right to stay in Kazakhstan for up to 90 days at each entry.
Required documents:
1. Passport.
2. Copy of passport (only page with holder's information).
3. Visa application form, filled and signed.
4. One photograph (size 3.5 x 4.5 cm).
5. Copy of the invitation (or its registration number) registered at the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan or at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan (it must be provided to you by inviting organisation/person).
6. Consular fee - Money orders payable to the Embassy of Kazakhstan:
- single-entry visa - $80 USD;
- multiple-entry visa - $200 USD.
7. Prepaid envelope with a return address for sending the passport to the applicant (not required if applicant collects passport in person).
! Embassy and Consulate do not hold responsibility for postal services.
Visa recipients:
- Persons arriving for negotiations, conclusion of contracts within the framework of cooperation in the field of industrialization and investment.
- Founders or members of the board of directors.
Visa multiplicity, validity and permited period of stay:
- Single-entry up to 90 days with the right to stay in Kazakhstan for up to 30 days.
- Multiple-entry up to 1 year with the right to stay in Kazakhstan for up to 30 days at each entry (only if there is an invitation registered at the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan or at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan).
Required documents:
1. Passport.
2. Copy of passport (only page with holder's information).
3. Visa application form, filled and signed.
4. One photograph (size 3.5 x 4.5 cm).
5. One of the following documents:
- Copy of the invitation (or its registration number) registered at the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan or at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan (it must be provided to you by inviting organisation/person); or
- Cover letter from the applicant with a request to issue a single-entry visa (only for for citizens of countries who are exempted from providing letter of invitation, including Canada); or
- Note verbal.
6. Consular fee - Money orders payable to the Embassy of Kazakhstan:
- single-entry visa - $80 USD;
- multiple-entry visa - $200 USD.
7. Prepaid envelope with a return address for sending the passport to the applicant (not required if applicant collects passport in person).
! Embassy and Consulate do not hold responsibility for postal services.
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* The recipient of the visa enters and leaves the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan only by transport corresponding to the category of the visa received
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* Members of train crews enter the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan only by transport corresponding to the category of the visa received.
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Persons traveling to obtain a permanent residence permit in Kazakhstan.
Visa multiplicity, validity and permited period of stay:
- Single-entry up to 90 days with the right to stay in Kazakhstan for the entire period.
- Multiple-entry up to 90 days with the right to stay in Kazakhstan for the entire period.
Required documents::
1. Passport.
2. Copy of passport (only page with holder's information).
3. Visa application form, filled and signed.
4. One photograph (size 3.5 x 4.5 cm).
5. Cover letter from the applicant with a request to issue visa.
6. Consular fee - Money orders payable to the Embassy of Kazakhstan:
- single-entry visa - $180 USD;
- multiple-entry visa - $300 USD.
7. Prepaid envelope with a return address for sending the passport to the applicant (not required if applicant collects passport in person).
! Embassy and Consulate do not hold responsibility for postal services.
! To obtain a permanent residence permit in Kazakhstan additional documents will be required. Please check in advance the list of the required documents at the territorial departments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan. For information purpose only you may visit the following link.
Visa recipients:
- Persons with in-demand professions
Visa multiplicity, validity and permitted period of stay:
- Single-entry – up to 90 calendar days (for the entire validity period of the visa).
- Multiple-entry – up to 90 calendar days (for the entire validity period of the visa;
the visa is issued once within one year).
Required documents:
- Cover letter from the applicant with a request to issue a single-entry visa (only for for citizens of countries who are exempted from providing letter of invitation, including Canada);
- A copy of the diploma confirming education that corresponds to the list of in-demand professions required for foreigners to obtain a permanent residence permit in the Republic of Kazakhstan, as specified in Annex 2 to the Order of the Minister of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 49 dated February 20, 2023 (registered in the State Register of Regulatory Legal Acts under No. 31938) (hereinafter referred to as Order No. 49).
-single-entry visa – $80 USD;
- multiple-entry visa - $200 USD.
! Embassy and Consulate do not hold responsibility for postal services.
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Persons traveling as tourists.
Visa multiplicity, validity and permited period of stay:
- Single-entry up to 90 days with the right to stay in Kazakhstan for up to 30 days at each entry.
- Multiple-entry up to 90 days with the right to stay in Kazakhstan for up to 30 days at each entry (only if there is an invitation registered at the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan or at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan).
Required documents::
1. Passport.
2. Copy of passport (only page with holder's information).
3. Visa application form, filled and signed.
4. One photograph (size 3.5 x 4.5 cm).
5. One of the following documents:
- Cover letter from the applicant with a request to issue a single-entry visa (only for citizens of countries who are exempted from providing letter of invitation, including Canada); or
- Copy of the invitation (or its registration number) registered at the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan or at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan (it must be provided to you by inviting organisation/person).
6. Consular fee - Money orders payable to the Embassy of Kazakhstan:
- single-entry visa - $60 USD;
- multiple-entry visa - $90 USD.
7. Prepaid envelope with a return address for sending the passport to the applicant (not required if applicant collects passport in person).
! Embassy and Consulate do not hold responsibility for postal services.
Visa recipients:
Persons travelling as transit passengers through the territory of Kazakhstan.
Visa multiplicity, validity and permited period of stay:
- Single-entry up to 90 days with the right to stay in Kazakhstan for up to 5 days.
- Multiple-entry up to 180 days with the right to stay in Kazakhstan for up to 5 days.
Required documents::
1. Passport.
2. Copy of passport (only page with holder's information).
3. Visa application form, filled and signed.
4. One photograph (size 3.5 x 4.5 cm).
5. Cover letter from the applicant with a request to issue visa.
6. Copy of visa of the destination country and copy of air or railway ticket.
7. Consular fee - Money orders payable to the Embassy of Kazakhstan:
- single-entry visa - $20 USD;
- multiple-entry visa - $90 USD.
8. Prepaid envelope with a return address for sending the passport to the applicant (not required if applicant collects passport in person).
! Embassy and Consulate do not hold responsibility for postal services.
Visa recipients:
- Citizens of the country from list working remotely with permanent income from foreign sources.
Visa multiplicity, validity and permitted period of stay:
- Multiple-entry up to 1 year
Required documents:
- Cover letter from the applicant with a request to issue a single-entry visa (only for for citizens of countries who are exempted from providing letter of invitation, including Canada);
- Bank statement for the last 6 months confirming a stable monthly income of over $3,000 USD;
- Tax return issued by the competent authority of the country of citizenship;
- A document confirming the absence of a criminal record issued by the authorized body of the country of citizenship or permanent place of residence;
- Medical insurance that covers the entire validity period of the visa.
- multiple-entry visa - $200 USD.
! Embassy and Consulate do not hold responsibility for postal services.
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*The visa recipient must be of legal age
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Daily (except Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays, as well as public holidays) from 09.30 to 12.30 pm
E-mail:consul.toronto@mfa.kz.