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Kazakhstan — Citizenship Guide

Citizenship by descent is available; naturalisation requires 5 years; dual citizenship is generally not permitted.

Why Kazakhstan?

The Kazakhstan passport offers visa-free, visa-on-arrival, ETA, or e-visa access to 114 destinations, ranking it #117 globally.

Citizenship by descent

Kazakhstan applies jus sanguinis — citizenship can be acquired by descent from a citizen parent, and in some cases from grandparents or more distant ancestors.

Naturalisation

Naturalisation typically requires 5 years of residence, usually alongside language and integration requirements.

Dual citizenship

Kazakhstan generally does not permit dual citizenship — naturalising usually requires renouncing your existing nationality.

Fees & timeline

There is no standard published application fee — costs vary, so check with official sources.

Compiled from the Citizenship Hub law dataset (approximate). Verify with official government sources before relying on this information.

Where the Kazakhstan passport can travel

Visa-free, visa on arrival, ETA, and e-visa access by destination. Hover for details.

Fiji — Visa required Tanzania — Visa on arrival W. Sahara — Unknown Canada — Visa required United States of America — Visa required Kazakhstan — Home country Uzbekistan — Visa-free Papua New Guinea — e-Visa Indonesia — Visa on arrival Argentina — Visa-free Chile — Visa required Dem. Rep. Congo — e-Visa Somalia — e-Visa Kenya — ETA Sudan — Visa required Chad — e-Visa Haiti — Visa-free Dominican Rep. — Visa-free Russia — Visa-free Bahamas — e-Visa Falkland Is. — Unknown Greenland — Unknown Fr. S. Antarctic Lands — Unknown Timor-Leste — Visa on arrival South Africa — Visa required Lesotho — Visa required Mexico — Visa required Uruguay — Visa required Brazil — Visa-free Bolivia — e-Visa Peru — Visa required Colombia — Visa-free Panama — Visa required Costa Rica — Visa required Nicaragua — Visa on arrival Honduras — Visa required El Salvador — e-Visa Guatemala — Visa required Belize — Visa required Venezuela — Visa required Guyana — e-Visa Suriname — ETA Ecuador — Visa-free Puerto Rico — Unknown Jamaica — Visa on arrival Cuba — e-Visa Zimbabwe — Visa on arrival Botswana — e-Visa Namibia — Visa on arrival Senegal — Visa required Mali — Visa required Mauritania — e-Visa Benin — e-Visa Niger — Visa required Nigeria — e-Visa Cameroon — e-Visa Togo — e-Visa Ghana — Visa required Côte d'Ivoire — ETA Guinea — e-Visa Guinea-Bissau — Visa on arrival Liberia — e-Visa Sierra Leone — e-Visa Burkina Faso — e-Visa Central African Rep. — Visa required Congo — Visa required Gabon — e-Visa Eq. Guinea — e-Visa Zambia — Visa on arrival Malawi — e-Visa Mozambique — Visa on arrival eSwatini — Visa required Angola — Visa required Burundi — Visa on arrival Israel — e-Visa Lebanon — Visa required Madagascar — Visa on arrival Palestine — Visa-free Gambia — Visa required Tunisia — Visa-free Algeria — Visa required Jordan — Visa on arrival United Arab Emirates — Visa-free Qatar — Visa on arrival Kuwait — Visa required Iraq — e-Visa Oman — Visa-free Vanuatu — e-Visa Cambodia — Visa on arrival Thailand — Visa-free Laos — Visa on arrival Myanmar — e-Visa Vietnam — Visa-free North Korea — Visa required South Korea — ETA Mongolia — Visa-free India — e-Visa Bangladesh — Visa on arrival Bhutan — e-Visa Nepal — Visa on arrival Pakistan — e-Visa Afghanistan — Visa required Tajikistan — Visa-free Kyrgyzstan — Visa-free Turkmenistan — Visa required Iran — Visa-free Syria — Visa on arrival Armenia — Visa-free Sweden — Visa required Belarus — Visa-free Ukraine — Visa-free Poland — Visa required Austria — Visa required Hungary — Visa required Moldova — Visa-free Romania — Visa required Lithuania — Visa required Latvia — Visa required Estonia — Visa required Germany — Visa required Bulgaria — Visa required Greece — Visa required Turkey — Visa-free Albania — Visa-free Croatia — Visa required Switzerland — Visa required Luxembourg — Visa required Belgium — Visa required Netherlands — Visa required Portugal — Visa required Spain — Visa required Ireland — Visa required New Caledonia — Unknown Solomon Is. — Visa required New Zealand — Visa required Australia — e-Visa Sri Lanka — Visa on arrival China — Visa-free Taiwan — Unknown Italy — Visa required Denmark — Visa required United Kingdom — Visa required Iceland — Visa required Azerbaijan — Visa-free Georgia — Visa-free Philippines — Visa-free Malaysia — Visa-free Brunei — Visa required Slovenia — Visa required Finland — Visa required Slovakia — Visa required Czechia — Visa required Eritrea — Visa required Japan — Visa required Paraguay — Visa required Yemen — Visa required Saudi Arabia — Visa on arrival Antarctica — Unknown Cyprus — Visa required Morocco — Visa-free Egypt — Visa on arrival Libya — e-Visa Ethiopia — e-Visa Djibouti — Visa on arrival Uganda — e-Visa Rwanda — Visa on arrival Bosnia and Herz. — Visa required North Macedonia — Visa required Serbia — Visa-free Montenegro — Visa required Trinidad and Tobago — Visa required S. Sudan — e-Visa
  • Visa-free
  • Visa on arrival
  • ETA
  • e-Visa
  • Visa required
  • No admission

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