The Ascension Cathedral in Panfilov Park, Almaty, Kazakhstan

Who needs a visa for Kazakhstan?

Central Asia · Astana

Photo: Stomac / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0

Of 198 nationalities, 85 enter Kazakhstan with no paperwork at all. The rest: 113 must be approved before they travel.

We have not found a Kazakhstan government portal we can link to with confidence, so we link to none — a lookalike is worse than nothing. Apply through Kazakhstan's own immigration service or its embassy.

What do you need?

Who needs what

Visa free 85

Nothing to apply for and nothing to pay before you travel.

eVisa (electronic visa) 113

A real visa application, made online instead of at an embassy. It is assessed, it takes days rather than minutes, and it can be refused.

About Kazakhstan

Region
Central Asia
Capital
Astana
Population
20,843,754 2025 · 64th of 197
Size
2,724,900 km² 9th largest of 199
Density
8 per km²
Languages
Kazakh, Russian
Currency
Kazakhstani tenge KZT

Capital, area, languages and currency from the open country dataset, pulled 21 September 2026. Population from the World Bank, series updated 13 July 2026. Density is calculated from the two figures above.