Confirmation of residency in the Republic of Kazakhstan
How to get the service online
1. Log in on the Portal and click "Request Online" button (to get the service you need to be registered on the knp.kgd.gov.kz website).
2. Fill-in the required fields on the knp.kgd.gov.kz website and sign a request using DS (digital signature). Within the scheduled timeframe, check the status of a request in the tax applications journal on the PPC website.
How to get the service at "Government for Citizens" Public Corporation (required documents):
Upon visit of a service recipient or his/her representative acting on the basis of a document drawn up in accordance with the civil legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, which indicates the relevant powers of a representative:
- Tax application on residency confirmation.
- A notarized copy of a document confirming the presence in the Republic of Kazakhstan of a place of effective management (location of the actual management body) of a legal entity (minutes of the general meeting of the board of directors or a similar body indicating the place of its holding or other documents confirming the place of main management and (or) control, as well as making strategic commercial decisions necessary for the conduct of business activities of a legal entity) for foreign legal entities that are deemed as residents as their effective management is in the Republic of Kazakhstan.
- An electronic copy of a notarized foreign passport or certificate of a stateless person, a document confirming the period of stay in the Republic of Kazakhstan (visa or other documents), residence permit in the Republic of Kazakhstan (if any) for foreigners and stateless persons who are residents.
The following is submitted when a foreigner or a stateless person who is an investment resident in the Astana International Financial Centre applies:
- Tax statement on residency confirmation.
- An electronic copy of a notarized foreign passport or a certificate of a stateless person.
- An electronic notarized copy of the document confirming the period of stay in the Republic of Kazakhstan (visa or other documents).
- An electronic document confirming payment of the fee for the issue of a residence document.
- A confirmation e-mail issued by the Administration of the Astana International Financial Centre for the relevant period in the form established by the Act of the Astana International Financial Centre on making investments under the Investment Tax Residence Programme of the Astana International Financial Centre.
- A confirmation e-mail issued by the internal affairs body stating that the foreigner or stateless person is not a person whose citizenship of the Republic of Kazakhstan has been terminated in the last twenty years prior to the first application for participation in the Investment Tax Residence Programme of the Astana International Financial Centre.
- For the purposes of this paragraph, the confirmation letter issued by the internal affairs authority should contain information about the foreign passport of a foreigner or a certificate of a stateless person.
If a document confirming residence is issued at the time of the first application, it is not necessary to submit a letter of confirmation issued by the internal affairs authority at the time of a subsequent application submission for confirmation of residence.
To get a duplicate document confirming residency:
- Tax statement.
Acceptance of documents is carried out based on an electronic queue at the Public Corporation branch located at the place of a service recipient registration without accelerated servicing.
Result of the service delivery
Issuance of a document confirming residency in the form approved by the authorized body or confirmation of residency in the form established by a competent authority of a foreign state, and (or) its duplicate.
Substantiated refusal of a service provider to provide the public service.