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Offices to Contact

Contacts of the Vital Recоrds departments

State corporation, mayors of Nur-Sultan, Almaty and Shymkent cities, districts and cities of regional significance, districts in the city, cities of district significance, akims of towns, villages, rural districts[1]

State registration of death

Background

By the mid-19th century, Russia nominally ruled Kazakhstan and freed all of the slaves the Kazakhs captured in 1859. In 1936, it became the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic in the Soviet Union. In 1991, Kazakhstan declared independence from the Soviet Union.

Coverage and Compliance

Information Recorded in the Records

Birth Records

  • Name of child
  • Place and date of birth
  • Number and date of registration of the birth record
  • Name and nationality of parents
  • Name of the issuing civil registry office

Birth records are written in Kazakh and Russian.[2]

Marriage Records

  • Names
  • Dates and places of birth
  • Date and place of marriage
  • Surnames after marriage
  • Date and place of registration[3]

Divorce Records

  • Names
  • Places of birth
  • Citizenship
  • Nationality
  • Divorce registry
  • Grounds for divorce
  • Surnames after divorce
  • Place of registration
  • Date[4]

Death Records

  • Name
  • Date of death
  • Age
  • Registration date and place
  • Cause of death
  • Place of death[5]

References

  1. Kazakhstan, Register of state services, (accessed 2 September 2022).
  2. Apostille.Today, International Centre of Documents Legalization, Birth certificate in Kazakhstan, (accessed 2 September 2022).
  3. U.S. Certified Translations, Marriage Certificate - Kazakhstan, (accessed 2 September 2022).
  4. U.S. Certified Translations, Divorce Certificate - Kazakhstan, (accessed 2 September 2022).
  5. U.S. Certified Translations, Certificate of death, (accessed 2 September 2022).