
The assignment of "Qandas" status is available in the service.
How to get the service online:
Using EDS:
1.Log in to the portal or register
2. Click on "Request online" button
3. Fill all sections of e-request
4. Sign a request with digital signature
5. In personal account ("History of obtained services") familiarize with notification on your request processing status, which will be sent within the stated period.
Using one-time password:Using one-time password:
1.Log in to the portal or register
2. Click on "Request online" button
3. Fill all sections of e-request
4. Fill in a request and sign it using one-time password (SMS will be sent to a phone number indicated in a personal account, registration in citizens` mobile database is required)
5. In personal account ("History of obtained services") familiarize with notification on application processing, which will be sent within the indicated period.
Documents required for submission to service provider:
The applicant must provide the following documents:
1. To receive the status through general procedure or based on the agreement of local executive body for a “candas” status assignment through a foreign mission of the Republic of Kazakhstan or a State Corporation:
Curriculum vitae (in any format).
Copies of identity cards of the applicant and their family members (if any), with a notary certified translation into Kazakh or Russian.
Copies of documents establishing the applicant's compliance with the requirement set forth in subparagraph 18) of paragraph 2 of these Rules (birth certificates, international passports, stateless person certificates, and other official documents of special bodies of the country of origin of ethnic Kazakhs confirming the applicant's nationality), in the absence of a recommendation from the Commission for Determining Kazakh Nationality of Persons applying for “Candas” Status and Citizenship of the Republic of Kazakhstan under the Simplified (Registration) Procedure stipulated by subparagraph 11-1) of Article 11 of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On Migration of the Population."
Documents are provided in originals and copies for verification, after which the originals (except for CVs) are returned to the applicant, e-copies and data from public databases may be used as well.
The service provider retrieves information about identity cards from the relevant public information systems through the e-government gateway.
2. To extend the status:
The applicant submits an application in accordance with Annex 6.
The documents that are retrieved from the information systems shall not be enquired from the applicants.
The public service provision output: upon the “candas” status assignment, a “candas” certificate is issued; in the case of “candas” status extension a decision of local executive body is required, in accordance with Annex 4 to these rules.
The State Corporation ensures the storage of documents for one (1) year in the State Corporation's information system.
Upon the enquiry of the applicant, a State Corporation employee issues a “candas” certificate previously received from the local executive body, downloading it from the State Corporation's information system. The public service provision is in the personal account of migration.enbek.kz.
The decision to award or reject “candas” status is made by local executive body and is formalized in accordance with Annex 4 to these Rules within 30 business days of the date of registration of the application by local executive body.
The local executive body may reject the assignment of “candas” status and/or inclusion in the regional “candas” quota on the following grounds:
1) the applicants fail to meet the conditions established by subparagraph 1) of Article 20 of the Law "On Migration of the Population";
2) the determination that the documents submitted by the applicant for the public service and/or the data (information) contained therein are inaccurate;
3) the presence of compromising information about offenses committed by ethnic Kazakhs applying for “candas” status and/or inclusion in the regional “candas” quota in the Republic of Kazakhstan, or other information indicating their affiliation with terrorist or extremist organizations;
4) the absence of consent from an ethnic Kazakh, provided in accordance with Article 8 of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On Personal Data and Their Protection," to access sensitive personal data;
5) the absence of a “regional candas” quota in the territorial-administrative unit or the ethnic Kazakh's rejection of the territorial-administrative unit offered for resettlement.
The grounds stipulated in Article 19-1 of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On Public Services" also constitute the ground for rejection to provide the public service.
General requirements for the appeal
The appeal submitted in hard copy or electronic form shall indicate:
If the administrative procedure is on a paid basis, the applicant must submit a document confirming the payment.
Source: Administrative Procedural Code of Republic of Kazakhstan,
The Law of the RK "On Public services"
Free of charge
Designation of ethnic Kazakh (kandas) status is within 30 working days
Prolongation of ethnic Kazakh (kandas) statusis within 3 working days