Kazakhstani passport


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, Azerbaijan and Albania. The Kazakhstani Ministry of Justice started issuing biometric passports on January 5, 2009.

Physical Appearance

Kazakh passports have cerulean colour cover with the words “ПАСПОРТ” and “PASSPORT” 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 two languages as follows:
Паспорт Қазақстан Республикасының меншiгi болып табылады, ал оның иесi Қазақстан Республикасының қорғауында болады – in Kazakh
Pasport Qazaqstan Respýblıkasynyń menshigi bolyp tabylady, al onyń ıesi Qazaqstan Respýblıkasynyń qorǵaýynda bolady – in Kazakh
This passport is the property of the Republic of and its owner is under protection of the Republic of – 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 and English.
New biometric passports contain information in Kazakh and English only.

Visa requirements

As of 1 January 2017, Kazakhstani citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 71 countries and territories, ranking the Kazakhstani passport 67th in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley visa restrictions index.