1. Frontier control in crossing points is one of the types of frontier activity of the Frontier
Service of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
2. Frontier control in crossing points in relation of persons, transport vehicles, cargos and
goods shall include:
1) verification of documents and persons, including through the procedure for verifying
identity based on fingerprint information, processing biometric personal data, as well as
questioning persons to determine the legality of crossing the State Border, identifying
violators of the procedure for crossing the State Border, as well as identify persons in respect
of whom there are restrictions established by the laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan on entry
into the Republic of Kazakhstan and exit from the Republic of Kazakhstan;
1-1) checking documents and persons, including by processing biometric personal data, as
well as interviewing individuals to determine the legality of crossing the State Border,
identifying violators of the order of crossing the State Border, as well as identifying
individuals who have restrictions on entry to the Republic of Kazakhstan and departure from
the Republic of Kazakhstan established by the laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
2) verification of existence of permissive marks of controlling bodies for the purpose of
determining legality of transfer of transport vehicles, cargos and goods through the State
Border, detection and suppression of violations of procedure for crossing the State Border;
3) examination of transport vehicles, cargos and goods, in necessary cases – special (in
depth examination), for the purpose of detection and detention of violators of the procedure
for crossing the State Border;
4) examination of persons in existence of signs of violating the procedure for crossing the
State Border;
5) accompaniment of transport vehicles from the places of crossing of the State Border to
crossing points or from the crossing points to the places of crossing of the State Border.
3. Conducting border control outside the checkpoints is not allowed, except for the cases
provided for by paragraph 1 of Article 19 and by Articles 22 and 22-1 of this Law.
4. The standard of behavior of a serviceman of the Border Guard Service of the National
Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan during border control shall be determined
by the Chairman of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Footnote. Article 23 as amended by the Laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated
30.12.2016 № 41-VI (shall come into effect from 01.01.2021); № 59-VI dated 05.05.2017 (
shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after the day its first official publication);
dated 23.12.2023 № 51-VIII (shall enter into force upon expiry of ten calendar days after the
day of its first official publication).