What travel documents and identification are required for foreigners to enter and leave the Kazakhstan?

Foreign citizens can enter the Republic of Kazakhstan and leave the country on the basis of valid foreign passports or documents that replace them in the presence of a valid visa for Kazakhstan.

Visa-free entry

Citizens of the following countries enter the Republic of Kazakhstan and leave the Republic of Kazakhstan without visas if the period of their stay in the Republic does not exceed 30 calendar days:

Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Ecuador, Georgia, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Korea (Republic of), Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Uzbekistan.

Check with the embassy or consulate of Kazakhstan responsible for your region or visit the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for more details.

How are payments for the purchase of goods and services made in the Republic of Kazakhstan?

The monetary unit of the Republic of Kazakhstan, through which payments are made on its territory for the purchase of goods and services, is Tenge. Payments are carried out in the form of cash and non-cash payments.

Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport

The international airport is the main arrival point of the capital. It is one of the largest airports in Kazakhstan and ranks second in the country in domestic air traffic. In the near future Nur-Sultan is to become a transit hub of Central Asia. A step forward in this direction has been made by the construction of a new terminal, where particular attention is paid to the comfort and convenience of transit passengers. The airport has five floors and its total area is 47,000 square metres. With the new terminal opened, the capacity of the airport is to increase from 3 to 8.2 million passengers per year.

From Europe it is a three-hour flight from Moscow and about five hours from Frankfurt or Istanbul to Nur-Sultan. To the east it's a flight of less than eight hours to Seoul.

Tel.: +7(7172)70-29-99
Website: www.astanaairport.kz