Citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan must have an identity document. Identity documents are an identity card and a passport of a citizen of the Republic of Kazakhstan. A passport of a citizen of the Republic of Kazakhstan is issued at its discretion regardless of age and is a document certifying the identity of the owner outside the Republic of Kazakhstan. Passport and identity card are issued for a period of 10 years. All citizens permanently residing in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan must have an identity card. To obtain an identity card or passport, you must visit the NAO "State Corporation" Government for Citizens" at the place of residence. The deadline for preparing documents is 15 (fifteen) working days. Currently, it is possible to pay the state fee when issuing a passport and identity card using a QR code. To receive documents in an expedited manner through a state corporation (the day of registration of the application and payment of the receipt for expedited service is not included in the period of provision of public services), that is, for the cities of Nur-Sultan, Almaty, Shymkent and Aktobe - up to 1 (one) working day for category 1; up to 3 (three) working days for category 2; for regional centers - up to 3 (three) working days for category 1; up to 5 (five) working days for; for cities and districts of regions up to 7 (seven) working days for category 3 urgency. The maximum allowed time for the delivery of a package of documents is not more than 15 (fifteen) minutes. For the issuance of a passport of a citizen of the Republic of Kazakhstan is 8 monthly calculation indices (hereinafter-MCI), and for the issuance of an identity card of a citizen of the Republic of Kazakhstan-0.2 MCI. If the validity period of the identity card is up to 10 days, a warning is issued, and after this period you will have to pay a fine of 7 MCI. For a similar violation committed within a year after the imposition of an administrative penalty, a fine of 13 MCI is imposed.
The identity card of a citizen of the Republic of Kazakhstan is issued to citizens from the age of 16 and is valid on the territory of the republic. Immediately after reaching the age of 16, it is recommended to submit all the necessary documents, a citizen can apply for an identity card only after reaching the age of 16, until that time the document is not issued to him. If a citizen, upon reaching the age of 18, applies for an identity card for the first time, he is also charged an administrative fine of 5 MCI and the NAO "State Corporation" Government for Citizens " undertakes to provide the following list of documents:
- an application in any form indicating the reasons for the late receipt of an identity document
- full biography with indication of place of residence, studies, work
- birth certificate
- registration certificate of a conscript or a military ID for military service (or a document confirming information about military registration —
-a document certifying the identity of one of the parents.
To obtain an identity card upon reaching the age of 16, you must provide the following documents:
- a child's birth certificate
- identity card of one of the parents
- Receipt of payment of the state fee for an identity card in the amount of 0.2 MCI
- passport (if available).
List of documents for passport registration for children under 16:
- birth certificate (copy and original for verification)
- identity card of one of the parents (copy and original for verification)
- Receipt of payment of the state fee for the passport in the amount of 4 MCI.
When applying for documents, it is mandatory to have a child.