Kazakhstani passport

Kazakhstani passport

The front cover of a contemporary Kazakhstan biometric passport.

The data page of a contemporary Kazakhstan biometric passport
Date first issued 1 January 2009
Issued by  Kazakhstan
Type of document Passport
Purpose Identification
Eligibility requirements Kazakhstan citizenship
Expiration 10 years

Kazakhstani passports are issued to citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan to facilitate international travel. Within the Republic of Kazakhstan citizens are required to use internal identification card which can also be used for travel to Russian Federation, Kyrgyzstan and Azerbaijan. The Kazakhstani Ministry of Justice started issuing biometric passports on January 5, 2009. [1]

Physical Appearance

Kazakh passports have light blue colour cover with the words “ПАСПОРТ” (Kazakh) and “PASSPORT” (English) at the bottom with the Republic of Kazakhstan coat of arms in the middle of the front cover. Passport contains 30 visa pages, the data/information page and observations page. The first page contains inscription in three languages as follows:

Паспорт Қазақстан Республикасының меншiгi болып табылады, ал оның иесi Қазақстан Республикасының қорғауында болады – in Kazakh

Паспорт является собственностью Республики Казахстан, а его владелец находится под защитой Республики Казахстан – in Russian

This passport is the property of the Republic of Kazakhstan and its owner is under protection of the Republic of Kazakhstan – in English

History

Identity Information Page

A Kazakhstani Passport includes the following data:

The information page ends with a machine readable zone.

Languages

The data page/information page is printed in Kazakh, Russian and English.

New biometric passports contain information in Kazakh and English only.

Visa requirements

Countries and territories with visa-free entries or visas on arrival for holders of regular Kazakhstani passports
  Kazakhstan
  Visa-free
  Visa on arrival
  Visa required

In 2015, Kazakhstani citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 65 countries and territories, ranking the Kazakhstani passport 72nd in the world according to the Visa Restrictions Index.

See also

References

Media related to Passports of Kazakhstan at Wikimedia Commons

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