How to get permission for hunting

The hunter must have a personal weapon, since it is forbidden to use someone else's. Hunting civilian weapons are divided into two types: smoothbore and rifled.

Smoothbore long-barreled weapons with the right to store and carry have the right to acquire citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan who have reached the age of twenty-one and have a hunter's certificate.

Hunting firearms with a rifled barrel have the right to acquire citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan who have owned hunting firearms smoothbore long-barreled weapons for at least three years, who have been granted the right to hunt in accordance with the established procedure.

You can get a permit to purchase weapons within 15 working days for a fee through an online service, a permit is issued for a period of 3 months, during which you need to purchase a weapon and register it with the Department of Internal Affairs within seven days (submit an electronic application for storing and carrying weapons).

Thus, two electronic applications are submitted:

• for obtaining a permit for the purchase of weapons (issuance of a permit for the purchase of civilian weapons and ammunition to individuals) 
• after its acquisition, for obtaining a final permit for the storage and carrying of weapons (issuance of a permit for the storage, storage and carrying of civilian weapons and ammunition to individuals). A permit for the storage and carrying of weapons is issued for a period of 5 years.

To obtain a permit to purchase weapons, you must undergo a medical examination and mandatory training in specialized centers for the safe handling of weapons. When submitting an electronic application for a permit to purchase civilian weapons, police officers must check the conditions for storing weapons at the place of residence (the presence of a metal safe, alarm systems for residents of urban settlements), in the absence of such conditions, it is possible to store weapons in centralized storage points (an agreement is attached), check for criminal records and administrative offenses according to the records of the Committee on Legal Statistics and Special Records, records of internal affairs bodies and (or) national security in the fight against extremism, terrorism or organized crime.

Information on the availability of a permit for the storage and carrying of weapons issued by the internal affairs body confirming that this person has had a hunting smoothbore weapon in legal use for at least three years (when purchasing a hunting firearm with a rifled barrel), about the purchased weapons in specialized arms trade stores, information about the payment of state duty, police officers receive from the relevant state information systems through the "gateway" of the electronic government.