Kazakhstani passport

Kazakhstani passport
Kazakhstani passport
	The front cover of a contemporary Kazakhstan biometric passport.
	The data page of a contemporary Kazakhstan biometric passport
Type	Passport
Issued by	Kazakh Ministry of Internal Affairs
First issued	1 January 2009
Purpose	Identification
Eligibility	Kazakhstan citizenship
Expiration	10 years

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.^[1]

Physical Appearance

Kazakh passports have cerulean colour cover with the words “ПАСПОРТcode: kaz promoted to code: kk ” (Kazakh) and “PASSPORT” (English) 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 боладыcode: kaz promoted to code: kk – in Kazakh (Cyrillic script)

Pasport Qazaqstan Respýblıkasynyń menshigi bolyp tabylady, al onyń ıesi Qazaqstan Respýblıkasynyń qorǵaýynda boladycode: kaz promoted to code: kk – in Kazakh (Latin script)

This passport is the property of the Republic of Kazakhstan and its owner is under protection of the Republic of Kazakhstan – in English

History

Old (non-biometric) passport cover.
Old (non-biometric) passport's page number 1.

Identity Information Page

A Kazakhstani Passport includes the following data:

Photo of the passport bearer
Type
Code (KAZ)
Passport No.
1 Pet's Names
2 Given Names
3 Nationality
4 Date of Birth
5 Place of birth
6 Sex
8 Date of Issue
9 Date of Expiry
10 Issuing Authority

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 (tied with Namibian and Thai passports) according to the Henley visa restrictions index.^[2]

References

Media related to Passports of Kazakhstan at Wikimedia Commons

^ "Электронный паспорт гражданина Республики Казахстан - Министерство юстиции Республики Казахстан". minjust.kz. Archived from the original on 2012-02-20. Retrieved 2009-02-07.
^ "Global Ranking - Visa Restriction Index 2017" (PDF). Henley & Partners. Retrieved 14 March 2017.

[1] "Электронный паспорт гражданина Республики Казахстан - Министерство юстиции Республики Казахстан". minjust.kz. Archived from the original on 2012-02-20. Retrieved 2009-02-07.

[2] "Global Ranking - Visa Restriction Index 2017" (PDF). Henley & Partners. Retrieved 14 March 2017.

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