Footnote. Article 7 heading in edition of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated
24.11.2015 № 421-V (shall be enforced upon ten calendar days after day of its first official
publication).
Foreigners and stateless persons temporarily staying in the Republic of Kazakhstan with a
permanent residence visa, a multiple-entry investor visa issued at the request of the authorized
body for investments, a visa issued in accordance with the list of in-demand professions for
foreigners to obtain a permanent residence permit in the Republic of Kazakhstan, approved by
the authorized body for migration, or those who arrived from states that have concluded
agreements with the Republic of Kazakhstan on visa-free entry and stay, or who have a
refugee status in the Republic of Kazakhstan, also ethnic Kazakhs, regardless of the category
of visa issued to them, shall apply to the internal affairs bodies to obtain a permanent
residence permit. Immigrants who have applied in accordance with the procedure established
by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan for a permanent residence permit shall be
issued a visa or a temporary residence permit for the period necessary to consider the
application, but no more than ninety calendar days.
The legal status of persons specified in the first part of this article shall be determined by
the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan and international treaties ratified by the
Republic of Kazakhstan.
Footnote. Article 7 as amended by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated
13.06.2013 № 102-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official
publication); dated 24.11.2015 № 421-V (shall be enforced upon ten calendar days after day
of its first official publication); dated 22.12.2016 № 28-VI (shall be enforced upon ten
calendar days after day of its first official publication); dated 11.07.2017 № 91-VI (shall be
enforced ten upon alendar days after day of its first official publication); dated 27.12.2019 №
292-VІ (the order of enforcement see Article 2); dated 16.05.2024 № 82-VIII (enacted ten
calendar days after the date of its first official publication).

1. The following persons may be inviting persons:
1) citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
2) ethnic Kazakhs and former compatriots residing temporary in the territory of the
Republic of Kazakhstan;
3) immigrants residing permanently in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan and
business-immigrants.
2. Inviting persons shall have the right to apply on entry of their family members being
foreign persons and stateless persons into Republic of Kazakhstan for the purpose of family
reunification.
3. Family members of inviting persons entering into Republic of Kazakhstan for the
purpose of family reunification may be:
1) a spouse who has been married for at least one year in a marriage recognized by the
legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
2) children, as well as adopted children not attained the age of eighteen years, not married
and being in dependence and (or) under trusteeship (guardianship) of an inviting person;
3) children, as well as adopted children older than eighteen years, not married and not
able to make provisions to themselves on an independent basis according to reasons linked
with health condition;
4) disabled parents being in dependence of an inviting person;
5) other family members the maintenance of which is the obligation of inviting person.
4. The following family members of inviting person shall be allowed to the Republic of
Kazakhstan for the purpose of family reunification:
1) all the persons mentioned in paragraph 3 of this Article – if inviting person is the
citizen of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Permit for temporary residence to mentioned persons shall be issued for the term up to
three years with the right of the following extension;
2) all the persons mentioned in subparagraphs 1), 2), 3) and 4) of paragraph 3 of this
Article, if the inviting person is ethnic Kazakh or former compatriot that received permit for
temporary residence (for the term no less than two years).
Permit for temporary residence to mentioned persons shall be issued for the term of
validity of the permit for temporary residence of an inviting person;
3) persons indicated in subparagraphs 1), 2), 3) and 4) of paragraph 3 of this Article, if the
inviting person is an immigrant permanently residing in the Republic of Kazakhstan or a
business immigrant who has continuously resided in the territory of the Republic of
Kazakhstan for at least one year.
Permits for temporary residence to family members of inviting person having permit for
permanent residence shall be issued for one year with the right of annual extension.
Permits for temporary residence to family members of inviting person being business
immigrant shall be issued for one year with possibility of annual extension. By this, permits
for temporary residence to family members of inviting person may not exceed the term of
validity of permit for temporary residence of inviting person.
5. Immigration for the purpose of family reunification shall not be allowed in respect of
family members of the following categories of immigrants being in the territory of the
Republic of Kazakhstan:
1) for the purpose of receiving education (pupils of general education schools, students
and probationers) for the period of study, professional training and (or) probation;
2) seasonal foreign employees;
3) immigrants on humanitarian motives.
Footnote. Article 27 as amended by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated
13.05.2020 № 327-VІ (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after the date of its
first official publication); dated 16.05.2024 № 82-VIII (enacted ten calendar days after the
date of its first official publication).

1. Issuance of an entry visa to the Republic of Kazakhstan for the purpose of family
reunification shall be carried out in accordance with the procedure, determined by the
Ministry of Foreign affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Ministry of Internal Affairs
of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
2. Immigrants entitled to reside in the Republic of Kazakhstan for the purpose of family
reunification, in cases where the circumstances underlying the issuance of temporary
residence permits cease to exist (attainment of majority, death of the person who requested
reunification, dissolution or annulment of the marriage on the basis of which reunification
was effected), shall have their permits extended by the internal affairs bodies, upon their
application, for a period of up to six months, subject to confirmation of the availability of
sufficient financial means to support each family member on a monthly basis in an amount
not less than the subsistence minimum established for the relevant financial year by the law
on the republican budget.
Footnote. Article 28 as amended by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated
30.06.2025 № 203-VIII (shall be enforced ten calendar days after the day of its first official
publication).

1. Illegal immigrants shall be subject to deportation beyond the boundaries of the
Republic of Kazakhstan to the state of their origin (country of citizenship of foreign person or
permanent residence of stateless person) in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of
Kazakhstan.
Decision on deportation shall be taken by court.
Detention of illegal immigrants and their maintenance in special institutions of internal
affairs bodies shall be allowed for the term required for deportation beyond the boundaries of
the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the manner established by the Law of the
Republic of Kazakhstan, but no more than thirty days.
2. The costs of deportation or readmission shall be incurred by deported or readmissed
illegal immigrants, individuals or legal entities who have invited an illegal immigrant to the
Republic of Kazakhstan or used his labor at the time of establishing the fact of the illegal stay
of an immigrant in the Republic of Kazakhstan, unless otherwise provided by international
treaties on readmission ratified by the Republic of Kazakhstan. In cases of absence or
insufficiency of funds from these persons to cover the costs of deportation or readmission,
financing of relevant activities shall be carried out at the expense of budget funds, while funds
spent on deportation or readmission shall be subject to reimbursement in court on claims of
interested public bodies to the above-mentioned persons.
In accordance with international treaties ratified by the Republic of Kazakhstan, the
transport organization that carried the persons entered without the right of entry shall be liable
for their leave from the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
3. Foreigners or stateless persons received from a foreign state in accordance with an
international agreement on readmission ratified by the Republic of Kazakhstan, but who do
not have legal grounds for entry and stay in the Republic of Kazakhstan, shall be subject to
deportation if between the Republic of Kazakhstan and the state of nationality or permanent (
primary) residence of such a person there is no international treaty on readmission ratified by
the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Footnote. The article 60 with the amendments made by the Law of the Republic of
Kazakhstan dated 24.11.2015 № 421-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days
after day of its first official publication); dated 13.05.2020 № 327-VІ (shall be enforced upon
expiry of ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication); dated 19.12.2020 №
385-VI (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after the date of its first official
publication).

1. Conditions for entry and stay of persons searching for asylum, relations on provision of
asylum to foreign persons and stateless persons and assigning them a status of refugee, legal
status of refugees in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan shall be regulated by the
legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on refugees.
2. Procedure for provision of political asylum shall be determined by the President of the
Republic of Kazakhstan.

1. Family members of the inviting person who entered the Republic of Kazakhstan for the
purpose of family reunification shall have the right to receive education in the order
established by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
2. Immigrants arrived for the purpose of family reunification shall have the right to
carrying out of labour activity on the following conditions:
1) family members mentioned in subparagraph 1) of paragraph 3 of Article 27 of this Law
, whose inviting persons are citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan shall carry out labour
activity on general conditions with citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan in accordance with
the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
2) family members, whose inviting persons are the persons, listed in subparagraphs 2) and
3) of paragraph 1 of Article 27 of this Law, shall carry out labor activities on the basis of
certificates issued by the local executive body to a foreign worker on the qualifications for
self-employment, as well as permit to the employer to attract foreign labor within the quota
established by the authorized body on migration of population.
3. Immigrants arrived for the purpose of family reunification shall:
1) bear responsibility provided by the Laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan in respect of
immigrants stayed in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
2) be obliged to leave the Republic of Kazakhstan upon completion of the term of validity
of permit for temporary residence, if there are no legal grounds for the further stay.
Footnote. Article 29 with the amandments made by the Law Republic of Kazakhstan
dated 24.11.2015 № 421-V (shall be enforced dated 01.01.2017); dated 13.05.2020 № 327-VІ
(shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after the date of its first official
publication); dated 16.05.2024 № 82-VIII (enacted ten calendar days after the date of its first
official publication).

1. Immigrants revealed and identified as victims of human trafficking on the territory of
the Republic of Kazakhstan shall not be subject to deportation from the Republic of
Kazakhstan to their state of origin (country of citizenship of a foreigner) until the completion
of the process of providing a guaranteed volume of special social services in accordance with
the current legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the field of providing special social
services, during which they decide to apply to law enforcement agencies and cooperate with
them.
The provision of a guaranteed volume of special social services to an immigrant revealed
and identified as a victim of human trafficking in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan
shall be carried out at the expense of budgetary funds.
2. To provide a guaranteed volume of special social services to an immigrant revealed and
identified as a victim of human trafficking in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan, a
permit for temporary residence in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan shall be issued.
Footnote. Chapter 12 is supplemented by Article 60-1 in accordance with the Law of the
Republic of Kazakhstan dated 27.06.2022 № 129-VII (shall come into effect ten calendar
days after the day of its first official publication).

1. Compulsory condition for stay of business-immigrants in the territory of the Republic
of Kazakhstan is carrying out of entrepreneurial activity.
2. Within two months term from the date of entry into the territory of the Republic of
Kazakhstan business-immigrant shall be obliged to:
1) register commercial organization in the Republic of Kazakhstan or join to composition
of participants (shareholders) of commercial organizations carrying out activity in the
territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan in accordance with civil legislation of the Republic of
Kazakhstan;
2) contribute sum of money to the second-tier bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan no less
than minimal amount established by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan upon
registration of legal entity for formation its charter capital.
In case of non-fulfillment of obligations established by this Law by business-immigrants,
internal affairs bodies shall take decision on reduction of the duration of stay of
business-immigrants to the term required for their voluntary leave on the basis of application
of local executive bodies.
It shall be prohibited to create a legal entity, as well as to participate in the authorized
capital of commercial organizations by joining the participants of legal entities to foreigners
who have not received an entry visa or temporary residence permit as business immigrants,
with the exception of immigrants who have a residence permit of a foreigner or a certificate
of a stateless person.
3. Import of equipment for organization of entrepreneurial activity to the territory of the
Republic of Kazakhstan by business-immigrant shall be carried out on conditions and in the
manner determined by customs legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
4. Business immigrants may move freely through the territory of the Republic of
Kazakhstan opened for visiting by foreign persons and choose the place of residence in
accordance with the manner established by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Footnote. Article 40 as amended by the Laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated
10.07.2012 № 36-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official
publication); dated 13.06.2013 № 102-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days
after its first official publication); dated 16.05.2024 № 82-VIII (enacted ten calendar days
after the date of its first official publication).

8) immigrant – foreign person or stateless person arrived to the Republic of Kazakhstan
for temporary or permanent residence;

1. The procedure for entry, departure and stay of immigrants in the territory of the
Republic of Kazakhstan shall be determined by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
The specifics of entry, exit, and stay of immigrants to pursue activities in the Astana Hub
autonomous cluster fund and among Astana Hub participants, including the performance of
labor activities, shall be determined by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On the
Astana Hub Innovative Cluster”.
2. Immigrants arrived from the states that concluded the agreements with the Republic of
Kazakhstan on visa-free procedure for entry and stay, shall enter according to valid passports
or documents substituting them in compliance with conditions established by international
treaties of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
3. Entry visas into Republic of Kazakhstan and visas for leave from the Republic of
Kazakhstan shall be issued to immigrants by foreign establishments of the Republic of
Kazakhstan in coordination with body of national security.
Visas for exit from the Republic of Kazakhstan and entry into the Republic of Kazakhstan
for immigrants entering and staying in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan shall be
issued by the internal affairs bodies.
4. The period of temporary stay of an immigrant in the Republic of Kazakhstan who
arrived in the Republic of Kazakhstan in a manner that does not require a visa cannot exceed
thirty calendar days from the date of crossing the State Border of the Republic of Kazakhstan,
in total ninety calendar days within each period of one hundred and eighty calendar days, if
otherwise the order is not established by the agreement of the Republic of Kazakhstan with
the relevant party or the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
The requirements provided for in part two of this paragraph shall not apply to immigrants
who have obtained visas or, in accordance with the procedure determined by the Government
of the Republic of Kazakhstan, a temporary residence permit in the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Immigrants who have a visa or temporary residence permit shall be obliged to leave the
Republic of Kazakhstan before expiry of their validity term or to extend their stay before its
expiry in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of the Republic of
Kazakhstan.
Registration of immigrants is carried out by the internal affairs bodies on the basis of
information from the host persons, as well as the National Security Committee of the
Republic of Kazakhstan, coming from checkpoints across the State border of the Republic of
Kazakhstan. Host persons are obliged to inform the internal affairs bodies about immigrants
staying with them within three working days from the date of their arrival.
5. Immigrants entering the Republic of Kazakhstan for a period exceeding thirty calendar
days shall be obliged to register with the internal affairs authorities of the Republic of
Kazakhstan no later than the thirtieth calendar day after crossing the state border of the
Republic of Kazakhstan, unless otherwise provided by international treaties ratified by the
Republic of Kazakhstan.
If the address declared during registration changes, the immigrant must register at the new
address within five working days.
Footnote. Article 6 as amended by the Laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated
27.04.2012 № 15-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official
publication); dated 13.06.2013 № 102-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days
after its first official publication); dated 24.10.2015 № 421-V (shall be enforced upon expiry
of ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication); dated 04.07.2018 № 174-VІ
(shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated
27.12.2019 № 292-VІ (the order of enforcement see Article 2); dated 16.11.2020 № 375-VI (
shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication
); dated 16.05.2024 № 82-VIII (enacted ten calendar days after the date of its first official
publication); dated 17.07.2025 № 213-VIII (shall be enforced ten calendar days after the day
of its first official publication); dated 27.09.2025, № 220-VIII (effective ten calendar days
after the date of its first official publication).