Kazakhstan has taken unprecedented actions to prevent the Coronavirus contagion. Here are answers to frequent questions that US citizens traveling to Kazakhstan have.

Rules on crossing the state border of the Republic of Kazakhstan from May 11, 2020 for the period of quarantine restrictions

1. Until the sanitary-epidemiological situation improves, temporarily restrict the crossing of the State border of the Republic of Kazakhstan to citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan and foreigners (stateless persons), with the exception of
   1. personnel of the diplomatic service of the country and foreign states and members of their families;
   2. members of official delegations, as well as members of delegations of international organizations traveling to Kazakhstan at the invitation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
   3. citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan, who are employees of international organizations of which the Republic of Kazakhstan is a member, located in the territory of foreign states - upon confirmation of the status of the employee and members of their families;
   4. members of train and locomotive crews, crews of aircraft and ships, and persons involved in railway transportation processes, operations for the reception, delivery and escort of goods, trains carrying goods in international traffic;
   5. foreigners who are employees of Kazakhstan airlines, when confirming the status;
   6. family members of foreigners who are employees of Kazakhstan airlines (subject to confirmation of the fact of family ties - spouse and their children), but no more than 1 time in 30 days;
   7. service personnel of foreign transboundary structures in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan and service personnel of Kazakhstan cross-border structures in the territory of neighboring states to perform official duties - if there is a certified personal list of employees;
   8. citizens of the Russian Federation who are members of military units, divisions and industrial enterprises deployed in territories leased from the Republic of Kazakhstan and members of their families (spouse, spouse, their parents and children) upon confirmation of belonging to a military formation (unit, industrial enterprise) and family ties, as well as citizens of the Russian Federation, seconded to these military units, divisions and industrial enterprises - if there are travel certificates issued by authorized state bodies and organizations of the Russian Federation;
   9. citizens of the Russian Federation and their families to the territory of the Baikonur complex and the city of Baikonir - upon the mandatory presentation of a document / documents confirming the validity of the work / service in government bodies and other organizations operating at the Baikonur complex, as well as having permanent or temporary registration in the city of Baikonir;
   10. employees of the Intergovernmental courier communication of the Republic of Kazakhstan and foreign states, upon confirmation of status;
   11. citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan (stateless persons documented by the Republic of Kazakhstan with a certificate of a stateless person) who have previously left the territory of a foreign state upon their return to the Republic of Kazakhstan;
   12. citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan, when leaving the Republic of Kazakhstan for permanent residence in another state and / or having immigrant visas;
   13. citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan traveling abroad for treatment upon presentation of supporting documents of healthcare institutions (accompanied by no more than two adults), if the following documents are available:
       • the conclusion of the medical advisory commission of the territorial outpatient organization to confirm the diagnosis and urgency of treatment, in accordance with form 035-1 / u, approved by order of the Acting Minister of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated November 23, 2010 No. 907 “On approval of forms of primary medical documentation for healthcare organizations “;
       • an invitation letter from a foreign medical organization for treatment, with a notarized translation;
   14. citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan with residence permits of foreign states, or who have permission to temporarily stay in their territory (only for staying on the territory of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus) and their minor children - no more than 1 time in 30 days;
   15. foreigners who previously flew from the airports of the Republic of Kazakhstan on vacation on tourist trips and returned after vacation to the airports of the Republic of Kazakhstan with the aim of further traveling to the country of their citizenship by road, subject to their export by agreement and with the assistance of the embassies of these states;
   16. foreigners arriving in the Republic of Kazakhstan through air checkpoints for further departure or departure through automobile checkpoints to the country of citizenship, at the request of the Embassy and consular posts of their states after the necessary sanitary and epidemiological measures;
   17. persons coming to the funeral of family members and close relatives (parents (parent), children, adoptive parents (adoptive parents), adopted (full-time), full and not full brothers and sisters, grandfather, grandmother, grandchildren) in the presence of supporting documents, and also persons accompanying to the place of burial of the body (ashes) of deceased family members and close relatives;
   18. persons following to care for seriously ill family members and close relatives (spouse, parents (parent), children, adoptive parents (adoptive parents), full and half brothers and sisters, grandfather, grandmother, grandchildren ) and their minor children, in the presence of supporting documents of a medical institution about a serious illness;
   19. foreigners (stateless persons documented by a foreign state with a stateless person certificate) who previously entered the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan for their departure from the country;
   20. foreigners (stateless persons) with residence permits (oralman status) on the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan and members of their families (spouse, spouse, their parents and children) - no more than 1 time in 30 days;
   21. foreigners (stateless persons) who are members of the families of citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan - subject to confirmation of the fact of family ties (spouse, their parents and children) and their minor children - no more than 1 time in 30 days;
   22. citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan who are family members (spouses, parents, children, adoptive parents, adopted), guardians and trustees of foreigners, and their minor children - only for the family member to travel to the country of citizenship, no more than once every 30 days;
   23. citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan who are studying at educational institutions on the territory of foreign countries, as well as for their departure from Kazakhstan abroad in order to extend student visas, apply for student ID cards, pass exams (tests) - if there are invitations from a foreign educational institution and official permission to enter a foreign state for these purposes. If a citizen of the Republic of Kazakhstan leaving for the purposes specified in this subparagraph is a minor, his accompaniment by parents (guardians or trustees) is permitted;
   24. drivers engaged in international freight transport (no more than 2 drivers per truck), if there are driver’s licenses of the corresponding category and owners of goods engaged in agricultural activities - upon presentation of documents confirming the implementation of agricultural activities (according to the list and sample documents approved by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan);
   25. drivers carrying out transportation of persons who, in accordance with this procedure, are allowed to cross the State border of the Republic of Kazakhstan and evacuation flights;
   26. foreigners - employees (specialists) of companies of social importance, according to the list approved by a specially created Interdepartmental Commission chaired by the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan for each individual case;
   27. persons supplying automobile and special vehicles within the framework of concluded contracts according to the list approved by a specially created Interdepartmental Commission under the chairmanship of the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan for each individual case;
   28. citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan from among qualified employees (specialists) to leave the Republic of Kazakhstan - at the request of state bodies of the Republic of Kazakhstan, according to the list approved by a specially created Interdepartmental Commission under the chairmanship of the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan for each individual case, subject to official permission to enter the country of destination;
   29. for foreigners (stateless persons) to undergo treatment in Kazakhstani specialized medical institutions, upon presentation of supporting documents of healthcare institutions (accompanied by no more than two adults);
   30. wanted and convicted from among foreigners (stateless persons) and citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan, transferred (issued) by extradition, as well as carrying out their acceptance-transfer to employees of escort services - on the basis of a decision of the General Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the corresponding letter of the UIS Ministry of Internal Affairs Committee Republic of Kazakhstan;
   31. foreigners (stateless persons) from the crews of seagoing vessels traveling to the Republic of Kazakhstan outside the crews to change - if there are documents confirming the status and membership of the crews of sea (river) ships;
2. Citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan are allowed to travel to foreign countries with which, by decision of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan, direct (regular, irregular charter flights for tourist purposes) resumed air traffic, as well as the entry into the Republic of Kazakhstan of foreigners from among citizens of states with whom by decision of the Government The Republic of Kazakhstan has resumed direct (regular, irregular charter flights for tourist purposes) air traffic - subject to visa requirements, unless otherwise provided by international agreements of the Republic of Kazakhstan, and the foreigner must be a citizen of the country with which Kazakhstan resumed direct air traffic and follow from this country by direct flight.
3. Passengers are prohibited in the seaports of Aktau and Kuryk, with the exception of truck drivers, citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan returning to the Republic of Kazakhstan and their personal vehicles. Cargo transshipment through seaports should be carried out strictly in compliance with sanitary and epidemiological standards. Crew exit from ships is prohibited.
4. Together with interested state bodies, it is allowed to pass through the border aircraft and ground equipment involved in launching campaigns from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and measures to search for and evacuate astronauts and launched space objects from the landing site, provided that the state permits are issued in the established manner bodies of the Republic of Kazakhstan to cross the State border and stay on the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
5. Allow the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan in agreement (including on a routine basis) with the Border Service of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Ministry of Industry and Infrastructure Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan with official circulation of diplomatic services foreign states to determine the possibility of transit via the Republic of Kazakhstan.
6. Allow the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Internal Affairs, and Health, by agreement (including on a routine basis) with the Border Guard Service of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan, with the official appeal of diplomatic missions of foreign states accredited in Kazakhstan, to determine the possibility of entry / exit to / from the territory of the Republic Kazakhstan staff of foreign diplomatic and consular missions and members of their families, as well as persons invited by foreign diplomatic and consular missions.