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Joint order of the Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 11-1-2/555 dated 24 November 2016 and the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 1100 dated 28 November 2016 'On approval of Rules for executio
Year: 2016
Type: Domestic law
Rights Category: Freedom of movement
Description
A joint order of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated November 2016 approved the rules governing the procedure for issuing and approving invitations for foreigners and stateless persons to enter Kazakhstan. The document defines the procedure for issuing visas of the Republic of Kazakhstan, as well as the procedure for their cancellation, restoration, extension and shortening. It sets out the requirements for the design of invitations and the documents that must be provided for their consideration. The grounds for refusal or cancellation of a visa have also been established. Special attention is paid to the competence of government agencies and the interaction between them when processing visa procedures.
Selected provisions
13) directive of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan (hereinafter
the directive of the MFA of the RK) - an operational solution to specific problems, drawn up
in the form of a written instruction, adopted by the heads of foreign missions of the Republic
of Kazakhstan (hereinafter -foreign missions), the director, deputy directors and the head of
the Passport and Visa Department of the Department of Consular Service of the MFA of the
RK, as well as a decision based on the instruction of the leadership of the Administration of
the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan and (or) the Office of the Government of the
Republic of Kazakhstan, written requests of state bodies, organizations and foreign missions,
foreign policy departments, diplomatic and equivalent missions, consular offices of foreign
states, international organizations and their missions, on the basis of which the MFA of the
RK and foreign missions accept and coordinate documents on invitations from abroad (
hereinafter referred to as invitations), issue, cancel, restore, extend or shorten the validity
term of visas;
7. The documents replacing visas shall be:
1) an accreditation certificate issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of
Kazakhstan to heads and staff members of diplomatic missions and equivalent missions,
consular offices of foreign states, international organizations and their missions accredited in
the Republic of Kazakhstan, as well as members of their families;
2) a residence permit for a foreigner or stateless person in the Republic of Kazakhstan;
3) a certificate of a stateless person;
4) a court order on the expulsion of a foreigner from the Republic of Kazakhstan;
5) a travel document.