Category "kazakhstan"

Can a person be arrested/detained if a prohibited item is found in the carry-on luggage while transiting?

Recently, while returning from St Petersburg to New Delhi via Almaty in Kazakhstan, our family had a rather bizarre experience. Before querying anything, I woul

Maximum travel duration to Kazakhstan without visa for US citizens

There seems to be a difference between duration of visa free travel on usembassy.gov and Embassy of Kazakhstan in US websites: https://kz.usembassy.gov/u-s-cit

How to get from Kazakhstan to Urumqi?

we need to get from Kazakhstan (Dostyk is probably the best choice, but I don't know much about) to China - either Karamay or Urumqi. We need to book tickets i

Is it possible for a foreign employee to subscribe to a smartphone contract plan in Kazakhstan? [closed]

Is it possible for a foreign employee to subscribe to a smartphone contract plan in Kazakhstan? I might be teaching for two years in Almaty, s

Dealing with a rogue immigration official?

Let me begin with the question, how does one deal with a rogue immigration agent in a foreign country? By rogue I mean one who is ignorant of the immigration re

Is a transit visa required for a 12-hour layover in Kazakhstan? [duplicate]

I am an Indian citizen and planning to visit Russia on a tourist visa for about 15 days. I would be flying on Air Astana both on the onward an

How early can I apply for a Kazakh and Russian visa?

I'm an Indian national applying for a visa in Singapore to travel to Russia and Kazakhstan in August this year. It's now nearly five months to my travel date. C

Do I (US citizen) need a visa for flying OUT of Kazakhstan via Russia?

I'll be flying into Kazakhstan from Europe, and then flying from Astana to Tokyo with a stop in Novosibirsk, Russia. The Astana-Novosibirsk and Novosibirsk-Tok

Almaty to Urumqi by connecting train (via Altynkol and Khorgas)

Besides the direct train which runs twice a week (and, unfortunately, doesn't fit our planned schedule) what other options do we have to make the journey from A

Should I refer to the city as Astana or Nur-Sultan when speaking with locals?

I'm traveling to Kazakhstan this September, and I was wondering what the best way is to refer to the capital city. I know that there were some minor protests ov

Kazakhstan to China by train in 2019?

Is it still possible to go from Kazakhstan to China by train? If I search on the web site of the national railway company Kazakhstan Temir Zholy, I don't find

Where in Almaty can I live cheaply for 5 days?

I travel from my organization for 5 days into Kazakhstan, Almaty! And i need cheaply place of residence and city trip! Who can help me with this information?

Can Kazakhstan nationals transit through Turkey now that entry to their citizens has been suspended?

My wife, from Kazakhstan, is looking for ways to get back to her home country after visiting me in the UK. She has recently been granted a visa extension until