Day of the Migration Service of Kazakhstan (05/04)

Migration Police Day of Kazakhstan is celebrated in the Republic annually on April 5. This date was timed to coincide with a historical event.

As a result of the adoption by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Kazakhstan of Resolution №256 of April 5, 1993 — « Regulations on the passport system in the Republic of Kazakhstan» —, the passport and visa service of the Republic was reorganized. The reorganization was a direct consequence of the changes that occurred in Kazakhstan in accordance with the requirements of the time.

In 1999, the passport and visa service was renamed the migration police. The tasks and functions of the service and its structure have changed. Due to the increase in the number of foreign citizens arriving in Kazakhstan, there was a need to regulate the procedure for their stay.

Temporary registration, registration for permanent residence, registration of citizenship, issuance of certificates and passports — state-important and necessary matters. By presidential decree, special attention was paid to those arriving in Kazakhstan to their historical homeland.

To combat illegal migration, suppress violations of the stay of foreign citizens in Kazakhstan, drug smuggling, and weapons across the border, a platoon of the unified barrier system «Rubezh» was created in April 2002.

In 2022, the migration police of the Republic of Kazakhstan was reorganized into the Migration Service and became part of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic.

The Migration Service operates in accordance with the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan «On internal affairs bodies», «On population migration», «On the legal status of foreigners», «On citizenship of the Republic of Kazakhstan» and other regulatory legal acts, interstate agreements (agreements), as well as departmental instructions regulating official activities.

Traditionally, on their professional holiday, employees of the migration service of Kazakhstan receive congratulations from management and colleagues, ceremonial events are held in all departments of the service, and state awards and prizes are awarded to the best employees.

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