The legal state-legal department of the office of the akim of the Alakol district informs that, in accordance with Article 14 of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On the Legal Status of Foreigners", foreigners can conclude and terminate marriages with citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Also, in accordance with the international treaties of the Republic of Kazakhstan, they have the rights and duties in marriage and family relations on an equal basis with citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Citizens must comply with the restrictions for marriage established by the Kazakh legislation, such as voluntary marriage, age of marriage, lack of kinship, legal capacity, etc.Registration of marriage between a Kazakh citizen and a foreigner is carried out according to the general rule in the registering authority (RAGS) or in the diplomatic mission, consular office of a foreign state, of which the person wishing to marry is a citizen.
The procedure and procedure for the adoption of Kazakhstani children by foreign citizens is subject to the general procedure for adoption established by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On Marriage and Family". But at the same time, the procedure for the adoption of a child by foreign citizens has its own peculiarities, which are explained by the presence of a foreign element in the adoption relationship.
Foreign adoption as a process of placing a child left without parental care in a family consists of several stages. These are: selection, approval, preparation of candidates for adoptive parents; court proceedings; completion of the process of foreign adoption (registration of a birth certificate, control over the adaptation of an adopted child in the adoptive family