Kazakh passport | |
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Type | Passport |
Issued by | Kazakh Ministry of Internal Affairs |
First issued | 1991 |
Purpose | Identification |
Eligibility | Kazakhstan citizenship |
Expiration | 10 years |
Kazakh passports (Kazakh: қазақстан төлқұжаты, romanized: qazaqstan tölqujatı) are issued to citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan to facilitate international travel. Within the Republic of Kazakhstan citizens are required to use internal Kazakh identity card which can also be used for travel to the Russian Federation, Kyrgyzstan and Albania. The Kazakh Ministry of Justice started issuing biometric passports on 5 January 2009.[1]