Foreigners and stateless persons, residing on the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan,
shall be provided with medical assistance if there is a policy of voluntary medical insurance,
unless otherwise stipulated by the laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan and international
treaties, ratified by the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Footnote. Article 7 is in the wording of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated
16.11.2015 №406-V (shall be enforced from 01.01.2018).

1. The main purpose of this Law is to protect the rights and legitimate interests of
foreigners in the Republic of Kazakhstan.
2. The main objective of this Law is to determine the legal status of foreigners in the
Republic of Kazakhstan.
3. The main principles of this Law are as follows:
1) foreigners in the Republic of Kazakhstan enjoy the rights and freedoms and bear the
responsibilities established for citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan, unless otherwise
provided by the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the laws of the Republic of
Kazakhstan, and international treaties ratified by the Republic of Kazakhstan;
2) foreigners in the Republic of Kazakhstan are equal before the law and the courts
regardless of their origin, social, official, and property status, gender, race, nationality,
language, attitude to religion, beliefs, place of residence, or any other circumstances;
3) the exercise of their rights and freedoms by foreigners shall not
violate the rights and freedoms of other persons, infringe upon the constitutional order,
public order, morality, and health of the population.
Footnote. Article 3 in the wording of 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).

Foreigners in the Republic of Kazakhstan may not vote or be elected to the representative
and other elective state bodies and positions, as well as take part in republican referendum.

The rules for entry into the Republic of Kazakhstan of foreigners, their departure from the
Republic of Kazakhstan and transit through the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan shall
be established by this Law and other regulatory legal acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Footnote. Article 21 as amended by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated
13.05.2020 № 327-VІ (shall be enforced ten calendar days after the day of its first official
publication).

Foreigners may enter the Republic of Kazakhstan on valid foreign passports or equivalent
documents in the presence of entry visas of the Republic of Kazakhstan, unless otherwise
specified in the agreement of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the concerned party or the
Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Foreigner is prohibited to entry into the Republic of Kazakhstan:
1) in the interests of national security, public safety and public health;
2) if his (her) actions are aimed at forced changing the constitutional order;
3) if he (she) acts against the sovereignty and independence of the Republic of
Kazakhstan, calls for violation of the unity and integrity of its territory;
4) if he (she) incites interethnic, inter-confessional and religious hostility;
5) if it is necessary to protect the rights and legitimate interests of citizens of the Republic
of Kazakhstan and other persons;
6) if the national security bodies of the Republic of Kazakhstan have information about
his involvement in extremist or terrorist activities or involvement in an organization
recognized as extremist or terrorist in the Republic of Kazakhstan;
6-1) if the court recognizes in his actions a recurrence of crimes or a dangerous recurrence
of crimes;
7) if he has not executed an administrative penalty for committing an administrative
offense imposed on him during his previous stay in the Republic of Kazakhstan;
7-1) if he has not executed or served a sentence for committing a criminal offense
assigned to him during his previous stay in the Republic of Kazakhstan;
7-2) if he holds a leading position in an organized group (criminal organization);
7-3) if he has committed a grave or especially grave crime on the territory of the Republic
of Kazakhstan and has been transferred to the state of his nationality in accordance with
international treaties ratified by the Republic of Kazakhstan on the transfer of convicted
persons or the agreement of the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Kazakhstan with the
competent authorities and officials of a foreign state reached on the basis of the principle of
reciprocity;
7) if he (she) did not perform the penalty for a criminal or administrative offence, imposed
on him (her) during a previous stay in the Republic of Kazakhstan;
8) if during a previous stay in the Republic of Kazakhstan he (she) did not submit the
declaration of individual income tax in the case, where the provision of such declarations is
provided by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
9) if he (she) has not provided a confirmation on the availability of funds necessary for
stay and departure from the Republic of Kazakhstan, in the manner determined by the
Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, except for ethnic Kazakhs,
persons born or previously held citizenship of the Republic of Kazakhstan or the Kazakh
Soviet Socialist Republic, and members of their families;
10) if in the application for entry, he (she) reported false information or did not submit the
required documents within the period, prescribed by the legislation of the Republic of
Kazakhstan;
11) if he (she) has a disease that is a contraindication to enter the Republic of Kazakhstan.
12) if he has previously lost the citizenship of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the grounds
provided for in subparagraph 8) of part one of Article 21 of the Law of the Republic of
Kazakhstan "On Citizenship of the Republic of Kazakhstan";
13) if he was previously deprived of citizenship of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the
grounds provided for in Article 20-1 of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On
Citizenship of the Republic of Kazakhstan".
14) if he has committed a crime against the sexual integrity of a minor.
The national security bodies have the right not to explain the reason that served as the
basis for refusing approval to foreigners and stateless persons to enter the Republic of
Kazakhstan and certain areas (territories) closed to foreigners.
Foreigners who were previously expelled from the Republic of Kazakhstan, returned by
readmission, are prohibited from entering the Republic of Kazakhstan for five years from the
date of execution of the court decision on expulsion, departure by readmission.
Applications of the host persons for inviting foreigners to the Republic of Kazakhstan
shall not considered if, within twelve consecutive calendar months prior to the submission of
such an application, the host persons were held liable two or more times for untimely
informing the internal affairs bodies of immigrants, staying with them, and for not taking
measures to draw up documents for the right of their stay in the Republic of Kazakhstan and
to ensure departure from the Republic of Kazakhstan upon expiry of a certain period of
stay.The entry visa or other corresponding documents are issued by diplomatic
representatives and consular offices of the Republic of Kazakhstan or in some cases by the
specifically authorized representatives of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Entry visas or other documents corresponding to them are issued by diplomatic missions
and consular offices of the Republic of Kazakhstan or in some cases by specially authorized
representatives of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Grounds for issuing visas shall be the invitations of receiving persons or the permission of
the authorized state bodies of the Republic of Kazakhstan, unless otherwise stipulated by the
international treaties of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Footnote. Article 22 is in the wording of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated
10.12.2013 № 153-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official
publication); as amended by the laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 03.11.2014 №244-
V (shall be enforced from 02.01.2015); dated 24.11.2015 № 421-IV (shall be enforced upon
expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 22.12.2016 № 28-VI (
shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated
11.07.2017 № 91-VI (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official
publication); dated 27.12.2019 № 292-VI (the order of enforcement see Article 2); dated
13.05.2020 № 327-VІ (shall be enforced ten calendar days after the day of its first official
publication); dated 19.04.2023 № 223-VII (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days
after the day of its first official publication); dated 16.05.2024 № 82-VIII (effective ten
calendar days after the date of its first official publication).

Foreigners, permanently residing in the Republic of Kazakhstan have the right to join
public associations, except for political parties and public associations that pursue political
goals, and if it does not contradict the statute (regulations) of these associations.

Foreigners, staying in the Republic of Kazakhstan, are guaranteed the freedom of
conscience as citizens of Kazakhstan.
Incitement of hostility and hatred in connection with religious beliefs is prohibited.

Footnote. The heading of Article 28 has been amended in the Kazakh language, the text in
Russian shall not be changed by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 13.05.2020 №
327-VІ (shall be enforced ten calendar days after the day of its first official publication).
A foreigner may be expelled from the Republic of Kazakhstan:
a) if his (her) actions are contrary to the interests of national security or public order;
b) if it is necessary for the protection of health or morals, protection of the rights and
legitimate interests of citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan and other persons;
c) if he (she) violated the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
g) in the case of annulment of marriage in the manner prescribed by legislative acts, if the
marriage with a citizen of the Republic of Kazakhstan was the basis for remaining him (her)
for a permanent residence in the Republic of Kazakhstan.
The decision on expulsion shall be taken by the court. The foreigner is obliged to leave
the Republic of Kazakhstan within the period specified in this decision. The execution of the
court decision on expulsion from the Republic of Kazakhstan, in this case, shall be carried out
by the controlled independent departure of the person being expelled or forced expulsion of
the person from the Republic of Kazakhstan. If a person in respect of whom a decision on
expulsion has been made does not leave the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan within the
period specified in the decision, he/she shall be subject to the preventive restriction of
freedom of movement and forced expulsion with the sanction of the court. Preventive
restriction of the freedom of movement of such a person shall be allowed in this case for the
period necessary to organize his/her expulsion from the Republic of Kazakhstan, but not more
than thirty days. The maintenance of such a person shall be carried out in a special institution
of the internal affairs bodies in the manner determined by the Government of the Republic of
Kazakhstan.
The internal affairs bodies, executing the court’s decision on a forcible expulsion shall
produce at checkpoints across the state border of the Republic of Kazakhstan the transmission
of a deportee foreigner or a stateless person to the Border Service of the National Security of
the Republic of Kazakhstan for the official transfer of the foreigner or stateless person to the
representative of the foreign state, to the territory of which the person is expelled.
The operation of the fourth part of Article 28 is suspended until 01.01.2024 by Article 31
of this Law.
A person being expelled from the Republic of Kazakhstan shall be obliged to undergo
fingerprint registration before controlled independent departure or forcible expulsion from the
Republic of Kazakhstan.
Footnote. Article 28, as amended by the Laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated
16.03.2001 № 164; dated 10.11.2001 № 255; dated 12.01.2007 № 227; dated 07.12.2009 №
222-IV (the order of enforcement see Art. 2); dated 22.07.2011 № 478-IV (shall be enforced
upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 16.01.2013 № 71-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 22.12.2016 № 28-VI (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days
after its first official publication); dated 30.12.2016 № 41-VI (shall be enforced from January
1, 2021); № 327-VІ dated 13.05.2020 (shall be enforced ten calendar days after the day of its
first official publication); № 385-VI dated 19.12.2020 (shall be enforced ten calendar days
after the day of its first official publication).