Visa requirements for Kazakhstani citizens

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Visa requirements for Kazakhstani citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Kazakhstan.

As of 2026, Kazakhstani citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 78 countries and territories, ranking the Kazakhstani passport 57th in the world according to the Henley Passport Index.^[1]

Kazakhstani citizens in other countries also can benefit from the mobility rights arrangements within the Commonwealth of Independent States and the rules of the single market of the Eurasian Economic Union.

The tables indicate visa requirements for normal passport holders for tourism and other visiting purposes but do not imply entry for work, journalism, etc. Most of the countries below which are labelled as "not requiring visa", request a valid return ticket, documents for confirmed accommodation arrangements and evidence of adequate funds for self-support.

Visa requirements map

Travel documents of Kazakhstani citizens

For traveling to certain countries, Kazakhstani citizens do not need to use a passport, as they may use their Kazakhstani identity card.

Front cover of a biometric Kazakhstani passport
Front cover of a non-biometric Kazakhstani passport (not issued anymore)
Kazakhstani identity card

Changes

Visa requirements for Kazakhstani citizens were lifted^[2] by Turkey (2 April 1992), Mongolia (2 January 1995), Barbados (21 September 1995), Albania (29 June 1998), Samoa (15 December 1998), Ecuador, (15 July 1999), Cook Islands (4 February 2002), Antigua and Barbuda (17 February 2002), Haiti (14 February 2004), Philippines (15 April 2014),^[3] Dominica (13 May 2004), Namibia (2 August 2005), Niue (11 February 2007), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (5 March 2007), Serbia (28 May 2012), Hong Kong (26 July 2012), Colombia (2014), Argentina (1 November 2014), South Korea (29 November 2014), Indonesia (September 2015), Brazil (6 September 2016), United Arab Emirates (10 March 2018),^[4] Oman (1 April 2022),^[5] Maldives (9 May 2022),^[6] Andorra (5 August 2022), Iran (11 November 2022),^[7] China (10 November 2023),^[8] Seychelles (6 January 2024), Thailand (19 April 2024),^[9] Vietnam (25 May 2024), Saint Kitts and Nevis (20 November 2024).,^[10] Morocco (13 February 2025) ^[11]

Visa on arrival were introduced Cambodia (15 November 1995), Palau (2 July 1996), Cape Verde (27 March 1998), Laos (1 July 1998), Lebanon (4 March 1999), Kenya (15 March 1999), Bolivia (30 June 1999), Jordan (19 July 2000), Nicaragua (23 August 2000) Bangladesh (19 March 2001), Comores (1 July 2001), Jamaica (14 March 2002), Macao (11 May 2002), Uganda (9 November 2002), Zambia (15 January 2003), Nepal (16 February 2003), Madagascar (28 September 2003), Mauritius (19 January 2004), Tuvalu (15 October 2006), Mozambique (1 September 2008), Qatar (22 June 2017), Rwanda (1 January 2018) and Saudi Arabia (27 September 2019).

Electronic visas for Kazakhstani citizens were introduced: Australia (Electronic Visitor visa from November 2013), Lesotho (1 May 2017), Djibouti (18 February 2018), India (5 March 2018), Ethiopia (1 June 2018) and Saudi Arabia (27 September 2019).^{[citation needed]}

Following countries have reinstated visa requirements for Kazakhstani citizens: Estonia (1 July 1992),^[12] Latvia (1993), Lithuania (1 November 1993),^[13] Slovakia (6 May 1994),^[14] Hungary (6 November 1996),^[15] Bulgaria (1 January 1999),^[16] Turkmenistan (19 June 1999), Romania (1 July 2000),^[17] Czech Republic (22 October 2000)^[18] and Poland (12 January 2001).^[19]