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Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan Culture Overview1, 2

  • Capital: Astana
  • Population: approx. 20 million
  • Official Language: Kazakh and Russian
  • Currency: Tenge (T)
  • Kazakhs celebrates three New Year holidays: January 1st – Gregorian calendar, January 14th – Old New Year (Soviet times) and March 22 – Spring equinox.
  • Kazakhstan’s traditional drink kumis has also been referred to as “milk champagne.”
  • Kazakhstan has the main launch site for Soviet and Russian space exploration, the Baikonur Cosmodrome 
  • Snow leopards live in the mountains in eastern Kazakhstan.
  • The sun in the flag of Kazakhstan has 32 beams, which symbolize progress and prosperity.
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Tips On Moving to Kazakhstan

What Do You Need to Enter Kazakhstan?3

  • Valid Passport
  • Visa (stay greater than 30 days)
  • Completed Customs Declaration Form

Customs and Declarations4

All passengers entering Kzakhstan are required to declare their belongings. Passengers carrying cash or other means of payment exceeding 10,000 USD are required to declare to Customs.

Restricted and prohibited items:

  • meat and fish without original packaging weighing more than 5 kilograms
  • live crayfish
  • explosives
  • radioactive substances
  • narcotic drugs
  • all types of aerosols, the exception of those necessary for medical reasons
  • flammable liquids and substances, including drinks with an alcohol content of more than 70 percent by volume (140 percent strength)
  • flammable solids (potassium, sodium, phosphorus, etc.)
  • poisons and poisonous substances
  • infectious or biologically hazardous materials, substances, and objects containing them
  • caustic and corrosive substances
  • empty lighters
  • mercury barometers and thermometers

Helpful numbers in case of emergencies in Kazakhstan5

There are several important emergency numbers to know in case you ever experience an emergency or need emergency help:

  • Emergencies (112)
  • Police and Firefighters (102)
  • Ambulance or Fire (103)
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Passing Away in Kazakhstan6, 7

For a medical-related death, the Death Certificate is issued by the hospital or attending physician.

The person reporting the death must register the death with any registration authority in Kazakhstan or online –  Kazakhstan Death Registration. The death should also be reported to the relevant embassy or consulate.

The following information is required when reporting a death:

  • The deceased's full name, date and place of birth, address
  • Required documentation- the deceased’s passport, residence card, death certificate
  • The date and place of death
  • The cause of death
  • Details of next of kin

Repatriating Mortal Remains 

The repatriation of a body to the home country requires the help of the relevant local embassy or consulate. Consular officials can assist in organizing repatriation and obtaining appropriate documentation.

When repatriation of the body is requested, funeral homes or crematoriums in Kazakhstan will temporarily hold the remains while arrangements are made.

The cost of repatriation covers transportation and essential documentation, which may include:

  • A certified Copy of the Notification of Death
  • An embalming certificate (if required by the destination country)
  • A certificate confirming the coffin complies with International Air Transport Association (IATA) regulations.