Getting a police certificate from Kazakhstan as a non-citizen and non-resident

[ML12 8]

Hey all!

 

I have petitioned for my Russian parents to obtain IR-5 visas as I am a US citizen. Now we are required to submit police reports for them from everywhere they lived starting at 16 y.o. and my parents used to live in Kazakhstan when it was part of USSR and some time after USSR fell apart. It seems that the online platform for obtaining the police report (http://Egov.kz) requires an ID that only is assigned to Kazakh citizens, which my parents are not. How can they obtain the police reports without those IDs? 

 

Many thanks!!🙏

[powerpuff 6,598]

I would reach out to the consulate of Kazakhstan in Russia to see what they might suggest. 

[Ineska 26]

On 5/30/2023 at 2:35 PM, ML12 said:

Hey all!

 

I have petitioned for my Russian parents to obtain IR-5 visas as I am a US citizen. Now we are required to submit police reports for them from everywhere they lived starting at 16 y.o. and my parents used to live in Kazakhstan when it was part of USSR and some time after USSR fell apart. It seems that the online platform for obtaining the police report (http://Egov.kz) requires an ID that only is assigned to Kazakh citizens, which my parents are not. How can they obtain the police reports without those IDs? 

 

Many thanks!!🙏

Hey ML12- we also talked to the KZ Embassy in Moscow back in Feb and requested it. Their official quoted time was 3-6 months and we got it in late May with a date stamped of March. It is in Russian/KZ and we got one with appostile which is in KZ (not sure if apostile is required). Heads up since you’ll need to have it translated. I am still working on finding a translator as I type.

 

One side note if your parents are planning on going to KZ for the visa apt- they need to be sure they dont have KZ citizenship. If they still do once they land in KZ they’ll have to pay a fine of 1/2 million tenge (~$1K)- new rule as of a year ago- we were told by a KZ lawyer. 
 

 My mom thought she gave up her KZ citizenship ~25 years ago but it wasnt officially showing up in the system so we had to do an extra step but it didnt interfere with the KZ embassy getting her the paper in 3 months. But I think there is a simplier way to do it with the Kz Embassy we weren’t aware of it at the time. Just something to be aware of.

 

I am hoping to submit all docs by no later than 6/28 and to get an IL fairly quick 🤞🏻.

 

I know someone who is from Russia got DQ’d in Feb but got IL in May for Almaty transfer for late June.

 

Please share your timeline if you dont mind.

[ML12 8]

On 6/24/2023 at 8:52 AM, Ineska said:

Hey ML12- we also talked to the KZ Embassy in Moscow back in Feb and requested it. Their official quoted time was 3-6 months and we got it in late May with a date stamped of March. It is in Russian/KZ and we got one with appostile which is in KZ (not sure if apostile is required). Heads up since you’ll need to have it translated. I am still working on finding a translator as I type.

 

One side note if your parents are planning on going to KZ for the visa apt- they need to be sure they dont have KZ citizenship. If they still do once they land in KZ they’ll have to pay a fine of 1/2 million tenge (~$1K)- new rule as of a year ago- we were told by a KZ lawyer. 
 

 My mom thought she gave up her KZ citizenship ~25 years ago but it wasnt officially showing up in the system so we had to do an extra step but it didnt interfere with the KZ embassy getting her the paper in 3 months. But I think there is a simplier way to do it with the Kz Embassy we weren’t aware of it at the time. Just something to be aware of.

 

I am hoping to submit all docs by no later than 6/28 and to get an IL fairly quick 🤞🏻.

 

I know someone who is from Russia got DQ’d in Feb but got IL in May for Almaty transfer for late June.

 

Please share your timeline if you dont mind.

Hi Ineska, thanks for the info. My parents were able to request it and they were given the same turnaround time of up to 6 months. Now I am wondering - am I obligated to wait for the document to upload it with the visa application or is there any way that I can write a note on the CEAC site that my parents will be brining the document with them to the interview since it takes such a long time to get it? Thanks!

[Ineska 26]

21 hours ago, ML12 said:

Hi Ineska, thanks for the info. My parents were able to request it and they were given the same turnaround time of up to 6 months. Now I am wondering - am I obligated to wait for the document to upload it with the visa application or is there any way that I can write a note on the CEAC site that my parents will be brining the document with them to the interview since it takes such a long time to get it? Thanks!

Hi ML12- not sure if you can make a note of it in the NVC docs. When I was uploading the docs to NVC it specifically had a line for each doc to be uploaded- i.e. Letter from KZ, but it also had a note box for explanations. Maybe you can try that and say that you’ll have it for the interview? Hope you can get QD’d soon. 

 

I submitted everything on 6/27/23 and got DQ’d on 7/11. But been waiting for the IL since. 
 

On another thought, you originally posted on this topic in May, did you parents get a ticket to check the status online? Maybe it’s already done? Ours had a date of March after applying in Feb and if you didnt ask for apostile 🤞🏻
 

Good luck and keep us posted.