Kazakhstan visa and entry requirements

The UK government says your passport must be valid for at least 30 days from the date you arrive in Kazakhstan and have at least one blank page, and that if you have a visa for Kazakhstan your passport must have an expiry date at least 3 months after your visa's expiry date.

• Yellow fever (International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis (ICVP)) — WHO lists Kazakhstan as requiring proof of yellow fever vaccination from travellers arriving from countries with risk of yellow fever transmission, including travellers who transited through the airport of such a country, regardless of the duration of the transit. The UK government says you must have a yellow fever vaccination certificate if you are coming from a country listed as a transmission risk.

No official source we could read states whether travel insurance is required to enter Kazakhstan. The UK Foreign Office says the medical facilities in Kazakhstan are not as advanced as in the UK and tells travellers to make sure they have adequate travel health insurance and accessible funds to cover the cost of medical treatment or evacuation by air ambulance and repatriation.

No official source we could read states whether an onward or return ticket is required to enter Kazakhstan.

No official source we could read states whether proof of funds is required to enter Kazakhstan, or an amount.

• Arrival notification (migration registration by host) — The UK government says your hotel or the person hosting you must register your arrival with the Kazakh authorities within 3 working days of your arrival. (within 3 working days of arrival)

Under the Code of Administrative Offences, a foreigner who does not leave Kazakhstan after the legal period expires receives a warning if within three days, a fine of ten monthly calculation indices for more than three and up to five days, and fifteen for more than five and up to ten days. Evading departure for more than ten days is punished by a fine of twenty-five monthly calculation indices or administrative expulsion. Under the Law on Migration, immigrants previously expelled from Kazakhstan are barred from entry for five years from the expulsion.

Done by the accommodation.

Host parties must inform the internal affairs bodies about immigrants staying with them within three working days of their arrival. Immigrants entering Kazakhstan for more than thirty calendar days must register with the internal affairs bodies no later than the thirtieth calendar day after crossing the border, unless a ratified international treaty provides otherwise. Late notice by a host party is punished by a warning for individuals, and by a fine of ten monthly calculation indices for officials, small businesses and non-profit organisations, fifteen for medium-sized businesses and twenty for large businesses.

If not done: Late notice by the host party: warning for individuals; fine of ten monthly calculation indices for officials, small businesses and non-profit organisations, fifteen for medium-sized businesses and twenty for large businesses (Code of Administrative Offences, art. 518 part 1).

The UK government says you must declare to customs if you arrive in Kazakhstan with cash worth more than 10,000 US dollars, and that foreign currency in cash worth more than 10,000 US dollars may not be exported; if such a value is declared it may only be exported in Kazakh tenge.