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International Information Technology University

International Information Technology University, in Almaty, Kazakhstan, has 18 undergraduate courses and 8 master's courses listed on StudyPath. IITU publishes its own accommodation prices, from KZT 35,000 per month. Every figure above was read from IITU's own published pages and last checked on 1 October 2026.

No QS World University Rankings position is recorded: QS’s own profile page for this university could not be read. The Kazakh institution already carried here with a QS place is Nazarbayev University.

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courses

26 courses

Bachelor's degree · 4 years · Software Engineering

International tuition

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Tuition not published in a form we could verify

What this actually costs

IITU publishes an itemised per-credit and per-year tuition table, keyed to the Kazakhstani Ministry of Education’s national classifier group codes rather than to named programmes, and its own discount-policy document states that foreign nationals pay under the same tenge-based structure as Kazakhstani citizens, with no separate international rate. Two things stop that table being used here. The most recent one published on either the English or the Russian site prices students ADMITTED in 2024 — 2021 to 2024 are the only years present, with nothing for 2025 or 2026 — and the page titled “Bachelor’s prices” carries no figures at all, only bank-app payment instructions. More decisively, that table is keyed to the PREVIOUS generation of the classifier (В042, В044, В046, В057, В058, В059) while this programme’s own page carries a current-generation code (B061). Matching the two needs the ministry’s crosswalk, which is not an IITU source, so no programme-specific figure can be cited without guessing which row applies.

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Computer Science

Bachelor's degree · 4 years · Computer Science

International tuition

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Tuition not published in a form we could verify

What this actually costs

IITU publishes an itemised per-credit and per-year tuition table, keyed to the Kazakhstani Ministry of Education’s national classifier group codes rather than to named programmes, and its own discount-policy document states that foreign nationals pay under the same tenge-based structure as Kazakhstani citizens, with no separate international rate. Two things stop that table being used here. The most recent one published on either the English or the Russian site prices students ADMITTED in 2024 — 2021 to 2024 are the only years present, with nothing for 2025 or 2026 — and the page titled “Bachelor’s prices” carries no figures at all, only bank-app payment instructions. More decisively, that table is keyed to the PREVIOUS generation of the classifier (В042, В044, В046, В057, В058, В059) while this programme’s own page carries a current-generation code (B061). Matching the two needs the ministry’s crosswalk, which is not an IITU source, so no programme-specific figure can be cited without guessing which row applies.

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Data Science

Bachelor's degree · 4 years · Data Science & AI

International tuition

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Tuition not published in a form we could verify

What this actually costs

IITU publishes an itemised per-credit and per-year tuition table, keyed to the Kazakhstani Ministry of Education’s national classifier group codes rather than to named programmes, and its own discount-policy document states that foreign nationals pay under the same tenge-based structure as Kazakhstani citizens, with no separate international rate. Two things stop that table being used here. The most recent one published on either the English or the Russian site prices students ADMITTED in 2024 — 2021 to 2024 are the only years present, with nothing for 2025 or 2026 — and the page titled “Bachelor’s prices” carries no figures at all, only bank-app payment instructions. More decisively, that table is keyed to the PREVIOUS generation of the classifier (В042, В044, В046, В057, В058, В059) while this programme’s own page carries a current-generation code (В061). Matching the two needs the ministry’s crosswalk, which is not an IITU source, so no programme-specific figure can be cited without guessing which row applies.

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English
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What you'll study

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Bachelor's degree · 4 years · Data Science & AI

International tuition

Not verified

Tuition not published in a form we could verify

What this actually costs

IITU publishes an itemised per-credit and per-year tuition table, keyed to the Kazakhstani Ministry of Education’s national classifier group codes rather than to named programmes, and its own discount-policy document states that foreign nationals pay under the same tenge-based structure as Kazakhstani citizens, with no separate international rate. Two things stop that table being used here. The most recent one published on either the English or the Russian site prices students ADMITTED in 2024 — 2021 to 2024 are the only years present, with nothing for 2025 or 2026 — and the page titled “Bachelor’s prices” carries no figures at all, only bank-app payment instructions. More decisively, that table is keyed to the PREVIOUS generation of the classifier (В042, В044, В046, В057, В058, В059) while this programme’s own page carries a current-generation code (В061). Matching the two needs the ministry’s crosswalk, which is not an IITU source, so no programme-specific figure can be cited without guessing which row applies.

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What you'll study

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Bachelor's degree · 4 years · Engineering (General)

International tuition

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Tuition not published in a form we could verify

What this actually costs

IITU publishes an itemised per-credit and per-year tuition table, keyed to the Kazakhstani Ministry of Education’s national classifier group codes rather than to named programmes, and its own discount-policy document states that foreign nationals pay under the same tenge-based structure as Kazakhstani citizens, with no separate international rate. Two things stop that table being used here. The most recent one published on either the English or the Russian site prices students ADMITTED in 2024 — 2021 to 2024 are the only years present, with nothing for 2025 or 2026 — and the page titled “Bachelor’s prices” carries no figures at all, only bank-app payment instructions. More decisively, that table is keyed to the PREVIOUS generation of the classifier (В042, В044, В046, В057, В058, В059) while this programme’s own page carries a current-generation code (B061). Matching the two needs the ministry’s crosswalk, which is not an IITU source, so no programme-specific figure can be cited without guessing which row applies.

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What you'll study

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Bachelor's degree · 4 years · Electrical & Electronic Engineering

International tuition

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Tuition not published in a form we could verify

What this actually costs

IITU publishes an itemised per-credit and per-year tuition table, keyed to the Kazakhstani Ministry of Education’s national classifier group codes rather than to named programmes, and its own discount-policy document states that foreign nationals pay under the same tenge-based structure as Kazakhstani citizens, with no separate international rate. Two things stop that table being used here. The most recent one published on either the English or the Russian site prices students ADMITTED in 2024 — 2021 to 2024 are the only years present, with nothing for 2025 or 2026 — and the page titled “Bachelor’s prices” carries no figures at all, only bank-app payment instructions. More decisively, that table is keyed to the PREVIOUS generation of the classifier (В042, В044, В046, В057, В058, В059) while this programme’s own page carries a current-generation code (B062). Matching the two needs the ministry’s crosswalk, which is not an IITU source, so no programme-specific figure can be cited without guessing which row applies.

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English, Russian or Kazakh
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What you'll study

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Subjects taught at IITU

Each one opens every course in that subject, at every university we hold, with the same verified fees.

Where these figures come from

18 sentences from IITU's own site each back several figures above. Each is quoted once here; every course that uses one still opens it and links to its own source page.

  1. Used for cost note on 10 courses

    “БАКАЛАВРИАТ ОЧНОЕ ОТДЕЛЕНИЕ (4 ГОДА ОБУЧЕНИЯ / 240 КРЕДИТОВ) Группа образовательных программ за первый курс / за 1 кредит (стоимость, в тенге) за второй курс / за 1 кредит (стоимость, в тенге) за третий курс / за 1 кредит (стоимость, в тенге) за четвертый курс / за 1 кредит (стоимость, в тенге) Всего стоимость за обучение (стоимость, в тенге) В057 – Информационные технологии 1 338 000 / 22 300 1 410 000 / 23 500 1 479 000 / 24 650 1 530 000 / 25 500 5 757 000”
    ПО ВОПРОСАМ ОПЛАТЫ ОБУЧЕНИЯ СТУДЕНТОВ (Cost of Payment, 2024 Admission Year) | IITUiitu.edu.kzread 5 Sept 2026
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  2. Used for teaching language on 5 courses

    “LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION ENGLISH, RUSSIAN”
    The same sentence appears on 5 pagesiitu.edu.kzread 1 Oct 2026
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  3. Used for course length on 5 courses

    “DURATION OF STUDY 4 YEARS”
    The same sentence appears on 5 pagesiitu.edu.kzread 1 Oct 2026
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  4. Used for course length on 5 courses

    “DURATION OF STUDY 2 YEARS”
    The same sentence appears on 5 pagesiitu.edu.kzread 1 Oct 2026
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  5. Used for teaching language on 3 courses

    “LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION ENGLISH, RUSSIAN, KAZAKH”
    The same sentence appears on 3 pagesiitu.edu.kzread 1 Oct 2026
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  6. Used for teaching language on 3 courses

    “ЯЗЫК ОБУЧЕНИЯ АНГЛИЙСКИЙ”
    The same sentence appears on 3 pagesiitu.edu.kzread 1 Oct 2026
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  7. Used for course length on 3 courses

    “ДЛИТЕЛЬНОСТЬ ОБУЧЕНИЯ 2 ГОДА”
    The same sentence appears on 3 pagesiitu.edu.kzread 1 Oct 2026
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  8. Used for teaching language on 2 courses

    “ЯЗЫК ОБУЧЕНИЯ АнглиЙский”
    The same sentence appears on 2 pagesiitu.edu.kzread 1 Oct 2026
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  9. Used for course length on 2 courses

    “ДЛИТЕЛЬНОСТЬ ОБУЧЕНИЯ 4 ГОДА”
    The same sentence appears on 2 pagesiitu.edu.kzread 1 Oct 2026
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  10. Used for course length on 1 course, teaching language on 1 course

    “6B06101 COMPUTER SCIENCE DEGREE BACHELOR'S DEGREE DEPARTMENT MATHEMATICAL AND COMPUTERING MODELING FACULTY COMPUTER TECHNOLOGIES AND CYBERSECURITY ABOUT THE PROGRAM SPECIALIZED SUBJECTS (UNT) MATHEMATICS+ INFROMATICS DURATION OF STUDY 4 YEARS MODE OF STUDY FULL-TIME LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION ENGLISH”
    Computer Science (6B06101) — Faculty of Computer Technologies and Cybersecurity | IITUiitu.edu.kzread 27 Aug 2026
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  11. Used for course length on 1 course, teaching language on 1 course

    “6B06107 Cyber-Physical Systems DEGREE BACHELOR'S DEGREE DEPARTMENT COMPUTER ENGINEERING FACULTY COMPUTER TECHNOLOGIES AND CYBERSECURITY ABOUT THE PROGRAM SPECIALIZED SUBJECTS (UNT) Mathematics + Computer Science DURATION OF STUDY 4 YEARS MODE OF STUDY FULL-TIME LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION ENGLISH , RUSSIAN”
    Cyber-Physical Systems (6B06107) — Faculty of Computer Technologies and Cybersecurity | IITUiitu.edu.kzread 27 Aug 2026
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  12. Used for course length on 1 course, teaching language on 1 course

    “6B06301 Компьютерная безопасность СТЕПЕНЬ БАКАЛАВР КАФЕДРА кибербезопасность ФАКУЛЬТЕТ КОМПЬЮТЕРНЫЕ ТЕХНОЛОГИИ И КИБЕРБЕЗОПАСНОСТЬ О ПРОГРАММЕ ПРОФИЛЬНЫЕ ПРЕДМЕТЫ ЕНТ математика+информатика ДЛИТЕЛЬНОСТЬ ОБУЧЕНИЯ 4 ГОДА ФОРМА ОБУЧЕНИЯ ОЧНАЯ ЯЗЫК ОБУЧЕНИЯ АНГЛИЙСКИЙ”
    Computer Security (6B06301) — Faculty of Computer Technologies and Cybersecurity | IITUiitu.edu.kzread 27 Aug 2026
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  13. Used for course length on 1 course, teaching language on 1 course

    “6В06112 Data Science DEGREE BACHELOR'S DEGREE DEPARTMENT MATHEMATICAL AND COMPUTER MODELING FACULTY COMPUTER TECHNOLOGIES AND CYBERSECURITY ABOUT THE PROGRAM SPECIALIZED SUBJECTS (UNT) MATHEMATICS + COMPUTER SCIENCE DURATION OF STUDY 4 YEARS MODE OF STUDY FULL-TIME LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION ENGLISH”
    Data Science (6В06112) — Faculty of Computer Technologies and Cybersecurity | IITUiitu.edu.kzread 27 Aug 2026
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  14. Used for course length on 1 course, teaching language on 1 course

    “6В06121 MATHEMATICAL AND COMPUTER MODELING DEGREE BACHELOR'S DEGREE DEPARTMENT MATHEMATICAL AND COMPUTER MODELING FACULTY COMPUTER TECHNOLOGIES AND CYBERSECURITY ABOUT THE PROGRAM SPECIALIZED SUBJECTS (UNT) MATHEMATICS + COMPUTER SCIENCE DURATION OF STUDY 4 YEARS MODE OF STUDY FULL-TIME LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION ENGLISH”
    Mathematical and Computer Modeling (6В06121) — Faculty of Computer Technologies and Cybersecurity | IITUiitu.edu.kzread 27 Aug 2026
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  15. Used for course length on 1 course, teaching language on 1 course

    “6В06120 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE DEGREE BACHELOR'S DEGREE DEPARTMENT MATHEMATICAL AND COMPUTER MODELING FACULTY COMPUTER TECHNOLOGIES AND CYBERSECURITY ABOUT THE PROGRAM SPECIALIZED SUBJECTS (UNT) MATHEMATICS + COMPUTER SCIENCE DURATION OF STUDY 4 YEARS MODE OF STUDY FULL-TIME LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION ENGLISH”
    Artificial Intelligence (6В06120) — Faculty of Computer Technologies and Cybersecurity | IITUiitu.edu.kzread 27 Aug 2026
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  16. Used for course length on 1 course, teaching language on 1 course

    “6B06201 Telecommunication Systems and Networks DEGREE BACHELOR'S DEGREE DEPARTMENT RADIO ENGINEERING, ELECTRONICS and TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACULTY COMPUTER TECHNOLOGIES AND CYBERSECURITY ABOUT THE PROGRAM SPECIALIZED SUBJECTS (UNT) PHYSICS + MATHEMATICS DURATION OF STUDY 4 YEARS MODE OF STUDY FULL-TIME LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION ENGLISH, RUSSIAN, KAZAKH”
    Telecommunication Systems and Networks (6B06201) — Faculty of Computer Technologies and Cybersecurity | IITUiitu.edu.kzread 27 Aug 2026
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  17. Used for course length on 1 course, teaching language on 1 course

    “Computer Systems and Software Engineering DEGREE BACHELOR'S DEGREE DEPARTMENT COMPUTER ENGINEERING FACULTY COMPUTER TECHNOLOGIES AND CYBERSECURITY ABOUT THE PROGRAM SPECIALIZED SUBJECTS (UNT) Mathematics + Computer Science DURATION OF STUDY 4 YEARS MODE OF STUDY FULL-TIME LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION ENGLISH, RUSSIAN”
    Computer Systems and Software Engineering — Faculty of Computer Technologies and Cybersecurity | IITUiitu.edu.kzread 26 Aug 2026
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  18. Used for course length on 1 course, teaching language on 1 course

    “6B06302 Аппаратные средства защиты информации СТЕПЕНЬ БАКАЛАВР КАФЕДРА кибербезопасность ФАКУЛЬТЕТ КОМПЬЮТЕРНЫЕ ТЕХНОЛОГИИ И КИБЕРБЕЗОПАСНОСТЬ О ПРОГРАММЕ ПРОФИЛЬНЫЕ ПРЕДМЕТЫ ЕНТ математика+информатика ДЛИТЕЛЬНОСТЬ ОБУЧЕНИЯ 4 ГОДА ФОРМА ОБУЧЕНИЯ ОЧНАЯ ЯЗЫК ОБУЧЕНИЯ АНГЛИЙСКИЙ”
    Hardware Information Security (6B06302) — Faculty of Computer Technologies and Cybersecurity | IITUiitu.edu.kzread 27 Aug 2026
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More about IITU

About & contact

Almaty, Kazakhstan· view on Google Maps ↗iitu.edu.kz ↗

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Accommodation

KZT 35,000per month

IITU's own Student Guide (Путеводитель студента) lists the on-campus-affiliated Dom Studentov "Royal House" hostel in Almaty — a section with two 4-person rooms, private bathroom with shower and washing machine, kitchen area, Wi-Fi, canteen, 24-hour security. Rate is per person per month plus utilities, paid in full for one semester; bedding is bought separately by the resident.

Published by the university itself, not a live listings price. Actual cost depends on room type, availability and when you apply.

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“ИНФОРМАЦИЯ ПО ОБЩЕЖИТИЯМ Дом студентов «Royal House», г. Алматы, ул. Молдабекова, 76 Условия проживания: — Секция с двумя 4-х местными комнатами — Собственный санузел с душем и стиральной машиной — Кухонная зона с плитой и холодильником — Wi-Fi, столовая — Круглосуточная охрана и видеонаблюдение Стоимость проживания — 35 000 тенге в месяц + коммунальные услуги. Оплата производится единовременно за один семестр. Постельные принадлежности приобретаются проживающими самостоятельно.”
Путеводитель студента - IITU (Student Guide)iitu.edu.kz
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After you graduate

Rules read 19 Aug 2026. Check the current rules, this may be out of date

What Kazakhstan's own immigration authority currently publishes. Not a ranking, not a guarantee, and not the same as what any agent or forum will tell you. Whether someone actually obtains residence depends on occupation, points, funds and policy that can change between application and graduation.

Work during study

Kazakhstan's Law No. 477-IV 'On Migration of Population' (22 July 2011), in its official English translation published by the Ministry of Justice's ' ƌdіlet' legal information system, sets out a dedicated Chapter 5 ('Immigration for the Purpose of Receiving Education') covering students admitted to general secondary, technical/professional, post-secondary, higher and post-graduate educational programmes. Article 33's list of what education-purpose immigrants 'shall' do contains only the obligations quoted below — general immigrant obligations, and an obligation to leave Kazakhstan on completing the full course of study or professional training absent other legal grounds to stay — with no clause granting a right to work. This is a contrast the Law itself draws elsewhere: Article 29, covering a different immigrant category (family-reunification immigrants), explicitly states conditions under which those immigrants 'shall have the right to carrying out of labour activity.' No equivalent labour-activity right is stated anywhere in Chapter 5 for education-purpose immigrants; work in Kazakhstan is instead organised as its own separate immigration purpose entirely, under Chapter 6 ('Immigration for the Purpose of Carrying out of Labour Activity'), covering labour immigrants who arrive specifically for self-employment in professions in demand or for work under an employer's foreign-labour quota.

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✓ Word for wordRead 19 Aug 2026
“2. Immigrants arrived for the purpose of receiving education shall: 1) incur obligations provided by the Laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan in respect of immigrants stayed in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan; 2) obliged to leave the Republic of Kazakhstan upon completion of the full course of studies and (or) professional training, if there are no legal grounds for the further stay.”
On Migration (unofficial English translation of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 22 July 2011 No. 477-IV, "On Migration of Population") - Informational and Legal System of Regulatory Legal Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan "ƌdіlet", Ministry of Justiceadilet.zan.kz
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Route to citizenship

Kazakhstan's Law 'On Citizenship of the Republic of Kazakhstan' (20 December 1991, as amended), published by the Ministry of Justice's official legal-information system, sets out in Article 16 who may be admitted to Kazakhstani citizenship: persons lawfully and permanently residing in Kazakhstan for not less than 5 years, or persons married to a citizen of Kazakhstan for not less than 3 years. That 5-year/3-year residence requirement is waived for minors, legally incapacitated persons, and people who either have special services to Kazakhstan or hold a profession meeting requirements on a list set by the President, along with their family members. A separate, unconditional route exists for citizens of former union republics who arrived to permanently reside in Kazakhstan and have a close relative (child, spouse, parent, sibling, or grandparent) who is a Kazakhstani citizen, regardless of how long they have resided in Kazakhstan. On dual nationality, the Law's Article 3 states the country's position without qualification: 'citizenship of another state is not recognised for a citizen of the Republic of Kazakhstan' — Kazakhstan does not recognise or permit dual citizenship.

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✓ Word for wordRead 19 Aug 2026
“Статья 16. Условия приема в гражданство Республики Казахстан В гражданство Республики Казахстан могут быть приняты: 1) лица, постоянно проживающие на территории Республики Казахстан на законных основаниях не менее пяти лет либо состоящие в браке с гражданами Республики Казахстан не менее трех лет.”
О гражданстве Республики Казахстан (Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On Citizenship of the Republic of Kazakhstan", 20 December 1991 No. 1017-XII) - ИПС "ƌділет" (Informational and Legal System of Regulatory Legal Acts "ƌdіlet"), Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstanadilet.zan.kz
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New entry added 19 August 2026. One Kazakhstani government domain accepted as a government source here: adilet.zan.kz (the ƌdіlet Informational and Legal System, run by the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan — the country's official legislative-text repository, which conveniently also hosts an official unofficial English translation of the Migration Law used directly above). postStudyWork and residencyRoute are left null: StudyPath found no distinct post-study job-search visa in the Migration Law, and while Article 16 of the Citizenship Law states the 5-year permanent-residence threshold for naturalisation, StudyPath did not locate the specific chapter/article of the Migration Law (or a separate implementing regulation) describing how a foreign graduate would convert from the temporary residence permit issued for study (Article 32) into the qualifying 'permanent residence' status itself — this is recorded as an absence of found information, not a confirmed 'no', and a future collector could pursue Chapter 4 of the Migration Law (immigration for permanent residence) directly. egov.kz, Kazakhstan's citizen-services portal, was also checked (its 'How to get a residence permit' article and Migration Committee page) but returned a JavaScript-rendered redirect this project's fetcher and browser fallback could not capture as static text. inDemandOccupations is left null: Article 34 of the Migration Law references labour immigrants arriving for 'self-employment in professions in demand in priority sectors of the economy,' but StudyPath did not trace that reference to a specific, currently published shortage-occupation list. naturalisationStatus set to 'published-route': the Citizenship Law publishes real, numbered residence-length and marriage-length criteria, and states Kazakhstan's no-dual-citizenship position in plain, unqualified terms — per the doc comment on ResidencyPathway.naturalisationStatus this field records only whether criteria are published, not how demanding the underlying permanent-residence prerequisite is to reach. citizenshipTerms records the Article 16 general condition of 5 years’ lawful permanent residence. dualCitizenshipAllowed is false on Article 3, which states without qualification that citizenship of another state is not recognised for a citizen of Kazakhstan.

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