Who and how can become a citizen of the Republic of Kazakhstan

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Citizenship of the Republic of Kazakhstan is acquired: 

• by birth;
• as a result of admission to the citizenship of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
• on the grounds or in accordance with the procedure provided for by interstate treaties of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
• on other grounds provided for by this Law.

The generally established procedure for admission to citizenship of Kazakhstan.

The citizenship of the Republic of Kazakhstan may be accepted:

1) persons permanently residing in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan for at least five years (at the time of filing an application for citizenship, the five-year period of residence in the Republic of Kazakhstan must be continuous); married to a citizen of the Republic of Kazakhstan (residing for at least 3 years);

2) citizens of the former Soviet republics who arrived in the Republic of Kazakhstan for permanent residence and have one of their close relatives who lives in Kazakhstan and is a citizen of the Republic of Kazakhstan. 

The simplified procedure applies to:

Citizens of the Russian Federation, citizens of Belarus, citizens of Kyrgyzstan permanently residing in the Republic of Kazakhstan in the presence of one of the conditions specified in Article 1 of the Agreement between the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic and the Russian Federation on a simplified procedure for acquiring Citizenship:

a) if the applicant was a citizen of the Byelorussian SSR, Kazakh SSR, Kyrgyz SSR or RSFSR and at the same time a citizen of the former USSR, was born or resided on the territory of the Party to acquire citizenship before December 21, 1991;

b) if the applicant has one of the close relatives permanently residing in the territory of the acquired citizenship and who are its citizens: spouse, one of the parents (adoptive parents), child (including adopted), sister, brother, grandfather or grandmother, grandson or granddaughter.

Also, in accordance with the Convention on the Citizenship of a Married Woman, permanently residing foreign women married to a citizen of the Republic of Kazakhstan have the right to apply for admission to the citizenship of the Republic of Kazakhstan in a simplified manner;

The citizenship of the Republic of Kazakhstan in a simplified (registration) procedure may be accepted:

• candace permanently residing in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan on legal grounds, regardless of the length of residence;
• rehabilitated victims of mass political repression, as well as their descendants, deprived or deprived of citizenship without their free will, permanently residing in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan legally, regardless of the period of residence, as well as persons entitled to acquire citizenship of the Republic of Kazakhstan in a simplified manner on the basis of international treaties ratified by the Republic of Kazakhstan;
• ethnic Kazakhs studying in higher educational institutions of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
• widows of citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan who permanently reside in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan legally, regardless of the length of residence.

The term of consideration of materials on the acquisition of citizenship in a simplified (registration) procedure should not exceed three months from the date of submission of the application.

Foreigners wishing to take citizenship of the Republic of Kazakhstan, but not falling under Article 16-1 of the Law "On Citizenship of the Republic of Kazakhstan", as well as in the absence of the conditions specified in the Agreement and Convention, have the right to apply for citizenship in a generally established manner, in which the period of consideration of the application is 6 months.

Дата обновления - 20.07.2026

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