ASTANA – Kazakhstan issued 1,488,308 passports in 2024, the highest number in the past 30 years, reported the Ministry of Internal Affairs. This surge was partly due to the halved tariff for issuing passports to children.
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The youngest recipient of a passport was just ten days old, while the oldest was 109 years old.
In the process of readmission, 70 Kazakh citizens stranded abroad without documents were returned home.
Additionally, 3,786 employers were found illegally employing foreign labor. Meanwhile, 41 foreign IT specialists were granted residence permits through a simplified procedure.
