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Business-Immigrant Visa C5

KazakhstanStarting a business

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Is this for a founder, startup entrepreneur, self-employed person, freelancer, company owner or another business profile?

The route is for business immigrants, meaning immigrants who arrive for the purpose of carrying out entrepreneurial activity in accordance with the legislation of Kazakhstan; carrying out entrepreneurial activity is a compulsory condition of their stay. Foreigners who have not received an entry visa or temporary residence permit as business immigrants are prohibited from creating a legal entity or participating in the authorised capital of commercial organisations by joining the participants of legal entities, except immigrants who have a foreigner's residence permit or a stateless person's certificate. The official source does not state whether freelancers or other self-employed profiles qualify.

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Limits of the record
  • The official source does not state whether freelancers or other self-employed profiles qualify.
  • https://adilet.zan.kz/eng/docs/Z1100000477
    business-immigrants – immigrants arrived for the purpose of carrying out of entrepreneurial activity in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
  • https://adilet.zan.kz/eng/docs/Z1100000477
    Compulsory condition for stay of business-immigrants in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan is carrying out of entrepreneurial activity.
  • https://adilet.zan.kz/eng/docs/Z1100000477
    It shall be prohibited to create a legal entity, as well as to participate in the authorized capital of commercial organizations by joining the participants of legal entities to foreigners who have not received an entry visa or temporary residence permit as business immigrants, with the exception of immigrants who have a residence permit of a foreigner or a certificate of a stateless person.

What must actually exist or be demonstrated: business plan, company, innovation, clients, contracts, economic activity, job creation or other substance?

Stay is conditional on carrying out entrepreneurial activity. Within two months of entry, the business immigrant must register a commercial organisation in Kazakhstan or join the participants (shareholders) of a commercial organisation operating in Kazakhstan.

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What investment, capital, income, revenue, funding or viability evidence is central to this pathway?

Within two months of entry, a business immigrant must deposit into a second-tier bank in Kazakhstan a sum not less than the legal minimum set for forming the charter capital of a legal entity.

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Limits of the record
  • The source does not state the minimum charter-capital amount itself.
  • The source is the general business-immigrant Q&A and does not name visa category C5.

What business/self-employed activity may the holder conduct? Are there important restrictions? What is the family position where clearly stated?

Business immigrants may move freely through the territory of Kazakhstan open to foreigners and choose their place of residence; foreigners who have not received a business-immigrant entry visa are prohibited from creating a legal entity or joining the charter capital of commercial organisations. The official source does not state the family position.

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Limits of the record
  • The family position of C5 holders is not stated.
  • The source does not list which business activities are permitted or excluded.

What approval/application sequence applies, how long is the status granted, how is it renewed, and what longer-term residence direction is officially stated?

C5 is issued single-entry for up to 90 days or multiple-entry for up to 2 years (ethnic Kazakhs up to 3 years), for the entire duration of the visa; entry visas and temporary residence permits for business immigrants who are ethnic Kazakhs or from visa-free-agreement states are issued for up to three years; if the business immigrant fails the post-entry obligations, the period of stay is reduced to the time needed for voluntary departure. The official source does not state renewal or a longer-term residence direction.

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Limits of the record
  • Renewal mechanics are not stated.
  • No longer-term residence direction is stated.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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