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This one mistake could prevent you from boarding your plane
Tengrinews.kz - A commonly overlooked rule could prevent travelers from boarding a plane, especially those frequently taking international trips,
17 December 2024
Fake Kazakh passports: four foreigners detained in Phuket
Tengrinews.kz - Three men and a woman were arrested at Phuket International Airport on the morning of December 10 while attempting to pass passport
13 December 2024
Street passports in Almaty: New beautification rules explained
Tengrinews.kz - Almaty’s akim (governor) Erbolat Dossaev has announced the implementation of street passports during a session of the city’s
06 December 2024
New rules prescribed for digital documents in Kazakhstan’s airports
Tengrinews.kz - The Ministry of Transport has drafted an order to establish digital passports and IDs as official documents for use in Kazakhstan's
28 October 2024
Foreign national detained at Astana airport
Tengrinews.kz - A foreign national was detained by the National Security Committee (NSC) at Astana International Airport while attempting to
24 October 2024
“I suddenly found myself a citizen of Georgia“: Kazakhstani woman denied passport for daughter
Tengrinews.kz - A resident of Aktau, Mangystau region, was unable to obtain a Kazakhstani passport for her daughter after migration officials
30 September 2024
Kazakh man deported from Thailand due to passport error
Tengrinews.kz - Kazakh citizen restores his rights through court due to passport data error.
05 September 2024
"Fake Kazakh citizen" detained with forged passport in Thailand
Tengrinews.kz - Immigration Bureau officers in Phuket arrested an airline passenger attempting to enter Thailand with a fake Kazakhstani passport,
20 August 2024
Kazakhstan's richest female rentier renounced Russian citizenship
Tengrinews.kz - Aidan Suleimenova, Kazakhstan's wealthiest female rentier, has renounced her Russian passport.
12 July 2024
Xinjiang residents must submit DNA for passports
Residents of a border district in China's mostly Muslim region of Xinjiang must now provide DNA samples when applying for passports.
07 June 2016
US visa issuance halts in Kazakhstan
The US Embassy in Kazakhstan has suspended visa issuance.
18 June 2015
Kazakhstan Interior Ministry explains origin of blank passports seized from Chinese at border
The Interior Ministry of Kazakhstan denies that the blank Kazakhstan passports seizing from two Chinese nationals was obtained illegally.
19 March 2014
Batch of blank Kazakh passports seized from Chinese nationals at border
Nearly 300 blank Kazakhstan passports have been seized from two Chinese nationals at the border in Almaty airport.
19 March 2014
Alma Shalabayeva and her daughter on their way to Italy
Alma Shalabayeva, the wife of Kazakhstan's fugitive banker Mukhtar Ablyazov, and her daughter Alua have left Kazakhstan for Italy.
28 December 2013
Alma Shalabayeva permitted to leave Kazakhstan
Alma Shalabayeva, the wife of Kazakhstan's fugitive banker Mukhtar Ablyazov, is no longer under recognizance not to leave Kazakhstan.
24 December 2013
Ablyazov’s wife asks to leave Kazakhstan, but is waved off
Ablyazov’s wife Alma Shalabayeva has applied to the Kazakhstan authorities asking for a permission to travel abroad, but was waved off for not providing a substantiation for the request.
28 November 2013
No Maltese passport for Rakhat Aliyev says Malta PM
Rakhat Aliyev won't be able to get a Maltese passport even through the Individual Investor Program.
15 November 2013
Rakhat Aliyev no longer has Austrian passport
Austrian authorities have cancelled Rakhat Aliyev’s passport.
14 November 2013
Ablyazov holds two fake Kyrgyz passports
Former head of BTA Bank Mukhtar Ablyazov who fled Kazakhstan to avoid justice illegally obtained two Kyrgyzstan passports registered to another persons names.
09 July 2013
Ablyazov's wife under recognizance not to leave Kazakhstan
The wife of former BTA Bank chairman Mukhtar Ablyazov, Alma Shalabayeva, is now staying in Kazakhstan under the written pledge not to leave the country.
03 June 2013