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Visa, MasterCard to pay billions in card-fee suit Credit card giants Visa and MasterCard agreed Friday to pay more than $6 billion to millions of merchants which had sued them for allegedly fixing card-use fees.

14 July 2012

Kazakhstan mulls to cancel need for visas for citizens of OECD countries on July 1 Kazakhstan is mulling to introduce visa-free regime for the citizens of 34 member-countries of OECD.

17 June 2012

4 Kazakhstan citizens deported from U.S. Four young citizens of Kazakhstan were apprehended and deported in New York airport on May 28: Foreign Ministry.

12 June 2012

Kazakhstan Foreign Ministry mulling to simplify Schengen visa procedures Kazakhstan Foreign Ministry is working on simplifying the procedure of obtaining Schengen visas for Kazakhstan citizens.

23 April 2012

Visa Inc. to open an office in Almaty The total of transactions via VISA cards in 2011 in Kazakhstan made up $1.7 billion, 34% up against 2010.

13 April 2012

Bulgaria simplified visa regime for Kazakhstan citizens Those who already have a Shengen visa will not have to submit additional documents for a trip to Bulgaria.

21 February 2012

Getting German visas will be made easier Chairman of Kazakhstan Senate Kairat Mami met with Ambassador of Germany to Kazakhstan Guido Hertz.

20 February 2012

Saudi Arabia simplifies visa procedures for Kazakh pilgrims Hajj and Umrah visas will be issued from February 7, 2012 to August 3, 2012 in Astana on a free of charge basis.

09 February 2012

Kazakhstan and Germany considering simplified visa procedures We are reviewing very practical issues, e.g. simplification of visa procedures: Samruk-Kazyna.

14 December 2011

Over 1 million foreigners registered in Kazakhstan in 9 months Over 8 million foreigners arrived in Kazakhstan for temporary residency in the past 5 years.

26 October 2011

France and Switzerland simplified visa procedures for Kazakhstan residents Starting from October 3 Kazakhstan residents will be able to get visas to France and Switzerland in Astana and Almaty.

29 September 2011

Kazakhstan residents to get Egyptian visas in 3 days Egypt shortened the visa issue period for Kazakhstan tourists down to three days and made it possible to receive the visas in the airport.

09 September 2011

Kazakhstan is to introduce visa free regime with OECD countries in 2012 Starting from 2012 Kazakhstan is planning to introduce visa free regime with the countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

26 August 2011

Kazakhstan seeking to abolish visas for OECD member states According to Foreign Minister Erzhan Kazykhanov, following respective instructions of President Nazarbayev, Kazakhstan is working to simplify visa procedures for 34 OECD member states.

21 July 2011

Joint Schengen visa center to open in Almaty Joint visa center under Consulate General of Hungary in Almaty will start accepting applications and issuing Schengen visas starting from July 1, 2011.

30 June 2011

No visa required for Kazakhstan citizens in Albania Kazakhstan citizens will be able to enter Albania without visas and stay in the country for 90 days out of 6 months after the first entry.

16 June 2011

Kazakhstan to simplify visa procedures for German citizens Kazakhstan Foreign Affairs Ministry is planning to simplify the visa issue process for Germany citizens.

27 April 2011

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