Source-backed scope
Adult aged 18 to 64 ordinary Indian-passport holder resident in India, taking an ordinary nonrelative-friend visit while personally funding a hotel; no private-home sponsorship for no more than fourteen calendar days, with no prior Kazakhstan stay in the preceding 180 days. Uses a genuine machine-readable passport with at least six months remaining on the planned arrival date as a conservative preparation choice, not a claimed universal legal minimum. Hotel is the receiving party for arrival notification. Excludes minors, repeated-stay calculations, private-home accommodation, medical treatment, conference-specific waiver claims, employment/services, missionary activity, long-term study/residence and invitation-backed eVisa. Confirm actual passport/airline and travel-date ETA instructions.
- Jurisdiction
- Kazakhstan
- Purpose
- Short family / friend visits
- Destination
- Kazakhstan
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Adult aged 18 to 64 ordinary Indian-passport holder resident in India, taking an ordinary nonrelative-friend visit while personally funding a hotel; no private-home sponsorship for no more than fourteen calendar days, with no prior Kazakhstan stay in the preceding 180 days. Uses a genuine machine-readable passport with at least six months remaining on the planned arrival date as a conservative preparation choice, not a claimed universal legal minimum. Hotel is the receiving party for arrival notification. Excludes minors, repeated-stay calculations, private-home accommodation, medical treatment, conference-specific waiver claims, employment/services, missionary activity, long-term study/residence and invitation-backed eVisa. Confirm actual passport/airline and travel-date ETA instructions.
Kazakhstan Ministry of Foreign Affairs / national entry rules and eGov requirements checked 2026-10-26. Only the category and stage stated above are covered.
How to use this checklist
Start with the route facts first: citizenship, residence, application country, destination and purpose. Then review the document rows and order processing only where the row says it is required or optional.
Document requirements
| Document | Status | Scope | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ordinary Indian passport: fourteen-day visit and forty-two-day aggregate limit | required | visa application | The Kazakhstan Embassy in India expressly applies the waiver to business, private and tourist purposes. Keep each continuous visit within fourteen calendar days from border crossing and the total within forty-two days in every 180-day period. This scope has no earlier Kazakhstan stay in the preceding 180 days, so it does not assume a fresh allowance after repeated exits. Longer intended trips require the appropriate visa before entry; a visa-free trip is not automatically extendable. |
| Keep genuine friend-contact and visit details | conditional | visa application | Use truthful friend identity/contact, itinerary and hotel details if asked to explain the private visit. The national India announcement expressly includes private purposes. No universal notarised personal invitation, kinship certificate, host-income history or formal visa sponsorship is imposed by that waiver announcement; confirm any actual evidence request. |
| Valid machine-readable original passport; confirm residual validity | required | visa application | Carry the genuine ordinary Indian passport used for travel, valid for the whole itinerary, with usable stamp space and no invalidity/ownership defects. The June 2026 Kazakhstan national notice rejects passport validity extended by endorsements, stamps, inserts or handwritten alterations. This conservative preparation scope uses at least six months remaining on the planned arrival date, but six months is NOT presented as an established universal Kazakhstan visa-free legal minimum. Confirm the actual border and airline requirement; the numeric visa-free residual-validity anchor was not established. The three-month buffer beyond visa expiry belongs to the visa branch and is not imported. |
| QazETA transition: voluntary now, mandatory from July 2027 | recommended | visa application | The actual 10 October 2026 Decree 890 and 21 October mission notice describe a phased rollout:1 November 2026 at Aktau Airport and Urlyutobe,Aukhatty,Atameken,Nurly Zhol road points;1 January 2027 at Astana/Almaty airports;1 March 2027 elsewhere. During the transition through 30 June 2027, ETA is voluntary/recommended and its absence alone is not grounds to refuse entry. Mandatory use is scheduled from 1 July 2027, subject to applicable exemptions. Do not claim the earlier August legal changes or November rollout make ETA universally mandatory on 26 October 2026. Recheck the travel-date rule. |
| If obtaining ETA, apply at least 72 hours before entry; no state fee | recommended | visa application | Follow the official QazETA platform guidance, use the same valid passport and accurate actual journey details, and apply at least 72 hours before intended entry where filing. The announced authorization is free (KZT 0) and valid 180 calendar days; it does not extend India's fourteen-day visit or forty-two-day aggregate allowance and does not guarantee admission. This is a different process from an invitation-backed eVisa. The full personalised mobile/app sequence was not entered or tested. |
| Hotel must notify migration services within three working days | required | visa application | The hotel/receiving party must notify migration services within three working days of arrival, regardless of visa-free entry, and follow notification rules when the temporary address changes. Provide accurate passport/arrival/address/purpose details and obtain confirmation that the hotel filed it. The national eGov guidance says the foreign visitor need not personally apply to migration services for this notice. It is not a five-day visitor-registration exemption or permission to overstay. |
| Clear passport copy, actual stay address and purpose for host notification | required | visa application | Supply the clear passport copy and accurate planned address/purpose needed for the hotel's actual notification. The separately dated August 2024 filing guide uses three-months-after-registration passport wording; its relationship to present visa-free notification needs confirmation and is not relabelled a universal arrival/departure minimum. This scope already uses a passport with at least six months remaining on the planned arrival date as a conservative preparation choice. Keep the actual hotel confirmation of filing. |
| Genuine return/onward itinerary, hotel and purpose evidence if requested | conditional | visa application | Keep the return/onward booking, genuine hotel details and actual short-visit purpose evidence available for carrier or border questions, with dates inside the allowed stay. This is conditional preparation, not a claimed universal prepaid-ticket rule, notarised hotel letter, bank-history period or consular application packet. A hotel booking does not guarantee admission. |
| Prepare adequate trip funds and suitable travel insurance | recommended | visa application | Arrange funds for the genuine trip and suitable insurance covering Kazakhstan and the actual activities. These are recommended preparations in this guide: a universal mandatory visa-free policy minimum, bank balance, bank-history period, ITR/payslip packet or authenticated sponsor guarantee was not established by the cited India waiver. Follow actual authority requests; do not import a medical eVisa or Schengen insurance requirement. |
| Confirm any actual language or authentication request | required | visa application | This visa-free entry scope has no established universal translation/notarisation/apostille packet. If additional evidence is requested, confirm acceptable languages and processing with the receiving authority before commissioning it. No paid translation, notarisation, apostille or consular-processing service is selected automatically. |
| Keep the visit within its stated ordinary visitor purpose | required | visa application | The waiver is not authority to take employment, provide paid services, run a business as a resident, study long term or carry out regulated religious/missionary activity. This guide excludes medical treatment and conference-specific waiver interpretations that are not independently settled here. Use the actual purpose and obtain the appropriate visa/permission for a different regulated activity. |
Processing route
- Ordinary Indian passport: fourteen-day visit and forty-two-day aggregate limitThe Kazakhstan Embassy in India expressly applies the waiver to business, private and tourist purposes. Keep each continuous visit within fourteen calendar days from border crossing and the total within forty-two days in every 180-day period. This scope has no earlier Kazakhstan stay in the preceding 180 days, so it does not assume a fresh allowance after repeated exits. Longer intended trips require the appropriate visa before entry; a visa-free trip is not automatically extendable. The cited source does not specify a general translation, notarisation or apostille rule for this item. Confirm any additional language or authentication instructions with the receiving authority; no processing service is selected automatically. 1. Prepare Ordinary Indian passport: fourteen-day visit and forty-two-day aggregate limit in the format described above 2. Submit according to the linked official application instructions
- Keep genuine friend-contact and visit detailsUse truthful friend identity/contact, itinerary and hotel details if asked to explain the private visit. The national India announcement expressly includes private purposes. No universal notarised personal invitation, kinship certificate, host-income history or formal visa sponsorship is imposed by that waiver announcement; confirm any actual evidence request. The cited source does not specify a general translation, notarisation or apostille rule for this item. Confirm any additional language or authentication instructions with the receiving authority; no processing service is selected automatically. 1. Prepare Keep genuine friend-contact and visit details in the format described above 2. Submit according to the linked official application instructions
- Valid machine-readable original passport; confirm residual validityProcessing route needs confirmation for the actual document language, type and location. Carry the genuine ordinary Indian passport used for travel, valid for the whole itinerary, with usable stamp space and no invalidity/ownership defects. The June 2026 Kazakhstan national notice rejects passport validity extended by endorsements, stamps, inserts or handwritten alterations. This conservative preparation scope uses at least six months remaining on the planned arrival date, but six months is NOT presented as an established universal Kazakhstan visa-free legal minimum. Confirm the actual border and airline requirement; the numeric visa-free residual-validity anchor was not established. The three-month buffer beyond visa expiry belongs to the visa branch and is not imported. The cited source does not specify a general translation, notarisation or apostille rule for this item. Confirm any additional language or authentication instructions with the receiving authority; no processing service is selected automatically. 1. Prepare Valid machine-readable original passport; confirm residual validity in the format described above 2. Submit according to the linked official application instructions
- QazETA transition: voluntary now, mandatory from July 2027Processing route needs confirmation for the actual document language, type and location. The actual 10 October 2026 Decree 890 and 21 October mission notice describe a phased rollout:1 November 2026 at Aktau Airport and Urlyutobe,Aukhatty,Atameken,Nurly Zhol road points;1 January 2027 at Astana/Almaty airports;1 March 2027 elsewhere. During the transition through 30 June 2027, ETA is voluntary/recommended and its absence alone is not grounds to refuse entry. Mandatory use is scheduled from 1 July 2027, subject to applicable exemptions. Do not claim the earlier August legal changes or November rollout make ETA universally mandatory on 26 October 2026. Recheck the travel-date rule. The cited source does not specify a general translation, notarisation or apostille rule for this item. Confirm any additional language or authentication instructions with the receiving authority; no processing service is selected automatically. 1. Prepare QazETA transition: voluntary now, mandatory from July 2027 in the format described above 2. Submit according to the linked official application instructions
- If obtaining ETA, apply at least 72 hours before entry; no state feeProcessing route needs confirmation for the actual document language, type and location. Follow the official QazETA platform guidance, use the same valid passport and accurate actual journey details, and apply at least 72 hours before intended entry where filing. The announced authorization is free (KZT 0) and valid 180 calendar days; it does not extend India's fourteen-day visit or forty-two-day aggregate allowance and does not guarantee admission. This is a different process from an invitation-backed eVisa. The full personalised mobile/app sequence was not entered or tested. The cited source does not specify a general translation, notarisation or apostille rule for this item. Confirm any additional language or authentication instructions with the receiving authority; no processing service is selected automatically. 1. Prepare If obtaining ETA, apply at least 72 hours before entry; no state fee in the format described above 2. Submit according to the linked official application instructions
- Hotel must notify migration services within three working daysThe hotel/receiving party must notify migration services within three working days of arrival, regardless of visa-free entry, and follow notification rules when the temporary address changes. Provide accurate passport/arrival/address/purpose details and obtain confirmation that the hotel filed it. The national eGov guidance says the foreign visitor need not personally apply to migration services for this notice. It is not a five-day visitor-registration exemption or permission to overstay. The cited source does not specify a general translation, notarisation or apostille rule for this item. Confirm any additional language or authentication instructions with the receiving authority; no processing service is selected automatically. 1. Prepare Hotel must notify migration services within three working days in the format described above 2. Submit according to the linked official application instructions
- Clear passport copy, actual stay address and purpose for host notificationProcessing route needs confirmation for the actual document language, type and location. Supply the clear passport copy and accurate planned address/purpose needed for the hotel's actual notification. The separately dated August 2024 filing guide uses three-months-after-registration passport wording; its relationship to present visa-free notification needs confirmation and is not relabelled a universal arrival/departure minimum. This scope already uses a passport with at least six months remaining on the planned arrival date as a conservative preparation choice. Keep the actual hotel confirmation of filing. The cited source does not specify a general translation, notarisation or apostille rule for this item. Confirm any additional language or authentication instructions with the receiving authority; no processing service is selected automatically. 1. Prepare Clear passport copy, actual stay address and purpose for host notification in the format described above 2. Submit according to the linked official application instructions
- Genuine return/onward itinerary, hotel and purpose evidence if requestedKeep the return/onward booking, genuine hotel details and actual short-visit purpose evidence available for carrier or border questions, with dates inside the allowed stay. This is conditional preparation, not a claimed universal prepaid-ticket rule, notarised hotel letter, bank-history period or consular application packet. A hotel booking does not guarantee admission. The cited source does not specify a general translation, notarisation or apostille rule for this item. Confirm any additional language or authentication instructions with the receiving authority; no processing service is selected automatically. 1. Prepare Genuine return/onward itinerary, hotel and purpose evidence if requested in the format described above 2. Submit according to the linked official application instructions
- Prepare adequate trip funds and suitable travel insuranceProcessing route needs confirmation for the actual document language, type and location. Arrange funds for the genuine trip and suitable insurance covering Kazakhstan and the actual activities. These are recommended preparations in this guide: a universal mandatory visa-free policy minimum, bank balance, bank-history period, ITR/payslip packet or authenticated sponsor guarantee was not established by the cited India waiver. Follow actual authority requests; do not import a medical eVisa or Schengen insurance requirement. The cited source does not specify a general translation, notarisation or apostille rule for this item. Confirm any additional language or authentication instructions with the receiving authority; no processing service is selected automatically. 1. Prepare Prepare adequate trip funds and suitable travel insurance in the format described above 2. Submit according to the linked official application instructions
- Confirm any actual language or authentication requestProcessing route needs confirmation for the actual document language, type and location. This visa-free entry scope has no established universal translation/notarisation/apostille packet. If additional evidence is requested, confirm acceptable languages and processing with the receiving authority before commissioning it. No paid translation, notarisation, apostille or consular-processing service is selected automatically. The cited source does not specify a general translation, notarisation or apostille rule for this item. Confirm any additional language or authentication instructions with the receiving authority; no processing service is selected automatically. 1. Prepare Confirm any actual language or authentication request in the format described above 2. Submit according to the linked official application instructions
- Keep the visit within its stated ordinary visitor purposeThe waiver is not authority to take employment, provide paid services, run a business as a resident, study long term or carry out regulated religious/missionary activity. This guide excludes medical treatment and conference-specific waiver interpretations that are not independently settled here. Use the actual purpose and obtain the appropriate visa/permission for a different regulated activity. The cited source does not specify a general translation, notarisation or apostille rule for this item. Confirm any additional language or authentication instructions with the receiving authority; no processing service is selected automatically. 1. Prepare Keep the visit within its stated ordinary visitor purpose in the format described above 2. Submit according to the linked official application instructions
Official citations
- Kazakhstan Ministry of Foreign Affairs / national entry rules and eGovKazakhstan India waiver guidancewww.gov.kzLast checked 2026-10-26; evidence version kazakhstan-India-waiver-20261026
The India mission expressly covers business, private and tourist visits: continuous stay up to fourteen days and total forty-two days in each 180-day period. Longer intended trips require the appropriate visa; the ordinary-passport national table independently retains the fourteen-day limit.
- Kazakhstan Ministry of Foreign Affairs / national entry rules and eGovKazakhstan Ministry of Foreign Affairs / national entry rules and eGov: India to Kazakhstan: fourteen-day friend visit with hotel staywww.gov.kzLast checked 2026-10-26; evidence version india-kazakhstan-visit-hotel-visa-free-2026-10-26
India-specific business/private/tourist waiver and 14/42 limits checked against the official Delhi announcement and national rules. Current QazETA phasing and three-working-day host notification retained; numeric visa-free passport residual validity and processing details remain qualified. No visa or ETA application started.
- Kazakhstan Ministry of Foreign Affairs / national entry rules and eGovKazakhstan passport standard guidancewww.gov.kzLast checked 2026-10-26; evidence version kazakhstan-passport-standard-20261026
The official 3 June 2026 national travel-document notice requires valid machine-readable passports and rejects validity extensions through stamps,endorsements,inserts or handwritten changes. It does not establish a numeric residual-validity minimum for Indian visa-free visitors. The consular visa-expiry buffer is not substituted for that unresolved field.
- Kazakhstan Ministry of Foreign Affairs / national entry rules and eGovKazakhstan ETA phases guidanceadilet.zan.kzLast checked 2026-10-26; evidence version kazakhstan-ETA-phases-20261026
Actual Decree 890 of 10 October 2026 was read in rendered public text. Paragraph 6 stages ETA at specified points from November 2026, Astana/Almaty January 2027 and elsewhere March 2027 without refusal solely for absence; mandatory from 1 July 2027. Paragraphs 8 to 10 and 13 provide 72-hour advance filing,180-day validity, same passport and zero fee. Paragraph 24 retains India 14/42; ETA is not a stay extension.
- Kazakhstan Ministry of Foreign Affairs / national entry rules and eGovKazakhstan ETA current notice guidancewww.gov.kzLast checked 2026-10-26; evidence version kazakhstan-ETA-current-notice-20261026
The Kazakhstan mission notice published 21 October 2026 confirms the phased rollout, voluntary recommended transition through 30 June 2027 and mandatory ETA from 1 July 2027. It states free issuance, application at least 72 hours before intended entry,180-day validity and the same valid passport. Other admission grounds remain applicable.
- Kazakhstan Ministry of Foreign Affairs / national entry rules and eGovKazakhstan host notification guidanceegov.kzLast checked 2026-10-26; evidence version kazakhstan-host-notification-20261026
The national eGov page says the receiving party must notify migration authorities within three working days of arrival and a residence change, under both visa and visa-free entry. The visitor need not personally apply to migration services. The separately listed generic 30/90 limits do not override India 14/42.
- Kazakhstan Ministry of Foreign Affairs / national entry rules and eGovKazakhstan notification documents guidancewww.gov.kzLast checked 2026-10-26; evidence version kazakhstan-notification-documents-20261026
The official host-notification instruction, updated 5 August 2024, lists a clear passport copy, planned address and purpose. Its older passport-three-months-after-registration wording does not establish a general visa-free arrival/departure minimum; confirm host filing requirements rather than treating notification as a longer stay permission.
Exceptions
- Requirements and accepted document formats can change. Follow the linked authority for your exact purpose and application stage.
- Use row-level processing labels: translation, notarisation, apostille, embassy attestation and MEA or HRD attestation are not interchangeable.
Relevant Enuncia services
- Document checklist review
FAQs
Are all documents for Kazakhstan short family / friend visits automatically translated?
No. Translation is shown per document row because official sources may accept some documents as issued while requiring translation for others.
Can I order document processing from this checklist?
Build your checklist using the route facts first. A processing option can be selected only where supported by the document row. Rows needing language or authentication confirmation remain under review before pricing.
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