Kazakhstan residence and citizenship

Golden investor visa — company capital

Foreign investor contributing at least USD 300,000 to the charter capital of a Kazakh company. Investor visa can support a residence permit for up to ten years; it does not grant citizenship. No visa fee or decision bound was established by these sources. Five continuous years of permanent residence may enable citizenship.

Sources: New investor visa (Kazakhstan government), How to obtain Kazakh citizenship (Kazakhstan eGov), Investor visa introduced (Fragomen, summary)

Golden investor visa — listed securities

Foreign investor placing at least USD 300,000 in locally publicly traded securities. No cited visa fee or processing bound; ten-year residence opportunity is not citizenship. Five years of permanent residence may enable naturalization.

Sources: New investor visa (Kazakhstan government), How to obtain Kazakh citizenship (Kazakhstan eGov), Investor visa introduced (Fragomen, summary)

A5 investor visa

For investors invited by the competent investment authority; the cited A5 route does not itself state a universal investment minimum. Permanent residence may be applied for separately. Fee and visa processing time are unestablished. Citizenship requires five years of qualifying permanent residence.

Sources: Investor visa and residence (Kazakh Invest), Permanent residence authorization (Kazakhstan government), How to obtain Kazakh citizenship (Kazakhstan eGov)

B9-1 IT digital nomad to permanent residence

IT professional with an Astana Hub or authorized-sector petition. This is a residence-seeking route distinct from the tourist Neo Nomad visa. The source gives no fixed investment, visa fee or visa processing period. The one-year visa validity is not a processing time.

Sources: B9 and B9-1 residence pathways (Kazakhstan Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Permanent residence authorization (Kazakhstan government), How to obtain Kazakh citizenship (Kazakhstan eGov)

B12-1 Neo Nomad

Foreign remote worker with foreign-sourced income of at least USD 3,000 monthly; this is an income test, not investment. The tourist-style visa lasts one year and may extend once; no automatic permanent-residence path. Five working days is mapped to a one-month processing maximum. Visa fees vary by consulate; the London GBP 170 fee is not used as a global fee.

Sources: Neo Nomad visa (Kazakhstan Ministry of Foreign Affairs), How to obtain Kazakh citizenship (Kazakhstan eGov)

Permanent residence authorization

Applicant passes eligibility assessment and shows housing, criminal record and financial solvency unless exempt. 1,320 MRP in a bank account is a means test, not a required investment, and varies with the annual MRP. The quoted 45 calendar days maps to a two-month maximum, no lower bound. Fee is payable but its current USD amount is not established here. Five continuous permanent-residence years may qualify for citizenship.

Sources: Permanent residence authorization (Kazakhstan government), Financial solvency for permanent residence (Kazakhstan eGov), How to obtain Kazakh citizenship (Kazakhstan eGov)

C5 business immigrant

Foreign entrepreneur establishing a Kazakh business needs C5 visa or a business-immigrant temporary residence permit. The official explanation gives no fixed capital floor, fee or decision time. Initial temporary permit may last three months; this is stay duration, not processing time. Citizenship requires a later permanent-residence grant and five continuous years thereafter.

Sources: Business immigrant permit (Kazakhstan Ministry of Internal Affairs), How to obtain Kazakh citizenship (Kazakhstan eGov)

B9 in-demand profession to permanent residence

For qualifying in-demand professionals. B9 is a visa to enter and seek a separate permanent-residence authorization. No investment threshold, visa fee or visa decision bound is cited. The permanent application has a 45-calendar-day decision period, but that is recorded on the separate PR route.

Sources: B9 and B9-1 residence pathways (Kazakhstan Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Permanent residence authorization (Kazakhstan government), How to obtain Kazakh citizenship (Kazakhstan eGov)

C3 employer-sponsored work visa

For foreign employees and their family members, generally with the employer's foreign-labour authorization or an exemption. The cited material gives no visa fee, capital minimum or processing limit. A later permanent-residence permit is a separate step; no reliable total citizenship clock.

Sources: C3 work visa (Kazakhstan government), How to obtain Kazakh citizenship (Kazakhstan eGov)

EAEU employment mobility

Employed citizens of Armenia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan and Russia may work on the EAEU employment-contract basis without a separate labour permit. Fee, investment and decision time are not stated. Permanent residence and five qualifying years would still be needed for ordinary citizenship.

Sources: EAEU employment contracts (Kazakhstan government), How to obtain Kazakh citizenship (Kazakhstan eGov)