Loss of loved ones and burial

The administration of the cemetery shall allocate a land for burial from the lands of common use occupied and intended for cemeteries. A land plot of at least six square meters shall be allocated for burial free of charge for each deceased resident of a settlement or a person without a fixed place of residence who died in the settlement.

Plot of land for burial in the cemetery is allotted within 60 minutes by a foreman of diggers, based on the orders.

After submitting an application to the head of the cemetery, with the attached fiscal check for the provision of burial services, the planning and digging of the grave begins.

On the appointed burial day, the deceased is buried in compliance with sanitary and epidemiological requirements. Each burial is registered by the cemetery administration in the book of burials.

To bury the deceased, you need to go to the cemetery. Acceptance of burial orders is made by the administration of cemetery after presentation of a death certificate, or a certificate of medical examination of death. The choice of the place of burial of the deceased is determined by the agreement and desire of the relatives of the deceased.

To place an order for the burial of the deceased in the cemetery, it is necessary:

• an application for burial;
• an identity card of the person organizing the burial.

The cemetery administration must be notified of the time of burial no later than one day in advance.

The head of the cemetery issues a registration card, which records data on the deceased and persons who organize the burial, as well as the size of the allocated area and the address of the cemetery.

Relatives of the deceased provide a registration card to a funeral services company.

In the funeral service department, the deceased's relatives (or loved ones) fill in a standard application form to the director of the ritual service company for the allocation of a burial place for the deceased in a certain cemetery, indicating the name and address of the deceased's residence.

The application must include the deceased's details as well as the name of the company providing the ritual services and the cost of their work. 

After payment of the cost of burial services to relatives of the deceased, a fiscal check is provided.

All data on the deceased (copy of the identity card, copy of the death certificate, or medical examination of the deceased's death), as well as the data of relatives (or loved ones) of the deceased are recorded in the logbook, where those responsible for the preparation of the grave are indicated.

Permission for burial in a related grave is issued by the administration of the cemetery if the person who organizes the burial of documents:

• state death certificate or medical death certificate;
• death certificate of a person previously buried in a related grave or family grave;
• documents confirming the fact of family relations between the deceased and a person previously buried in a family grave.

A burial permit is issued to the close relatives of the deceased.

The state registration of death is carried out in any registration authority on the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The result of the public service will be received electronically.

If you have the right to inherit the pension payments of the deceased, then you need to contact the UAPF branch.

The recipient of pension payments, in accordance with Rules, submits the following list of documents to the UAPF:

• an application;
• an original document certifying the identity of the heir (for identification);
• if there is no information in the information systems of state bodies about the death of a person with pension savings, the original death certificate or a notarized copy of the death certificate of a person with retirement savings;
• the original or a notarized copy of the inheritance certificate, or the original or a notarized copy of the agreement on the division of inherited property, or a court decision that has entered into legal force; information about the heir's bank account.

The application can also be submitted to the UAPF by mail or through an attorney.

More detailed information can be obtained at the following link: https://www.enpf.kz/ru/services/vyplaty/57497 /.

Who gets paid:

A lump sum payment for burial is paid to the family members of the deceased or to the persons who carried out the burial, depending on the source of the payment.

In what cases and what amount is paid:

• at the expense of budgetary funds:

- in case of death of the recipient of pension payments by age, the recipient of the state basic pension payment or state special benefits to his family or the person who carried out the burial, 35 MCI is paid.;

- in case of death of a participant/ disabled WWII participant, 36.6 MCI is paid;

- in case of death of the recipient of state social benefits, family members or the person who carried out the burial are paid a one-time burial payment in the amount of 15.7 MCI;

• at the expense of pension savings of the deceased person:

in case of death of a person who has pension savings in the UAPF, 94 MCI is paid to a family member of the deceased person. In this situation, the documents for receiving the payment must be submitted to the UAPF.

In order to receive a lump sum payment for burial by a family member of a deceased person with pension savings, the following documents must be submitted to the UAPF in person:

• statement;
• the original document certifying the identity of a family member of a deceased person with pension savings (for identification);
• if there is no information in the information systems of state bodies about the death of a person with pension savings, the original death certificate or a notarized copy of the death certificate of a person with pension savings is provided.;
• if there is no information in the information systems of state bodies confirming the relationship of the applicant with the deceased person, the original document confirming the relationship of the applicant with the deceased person is submitted.;
• information about the bank account of a family member of a deceased person with pension savings.

An application can also be submitted to the UAPF by a family member of the deceased person in electronic form via the UAPF Internet resource.

More detailed information can be obtained at the following link: https://www.enpf.kz/ru/services/vyplaty/57497 /.