A few years ago, an agreement on the Common Economic Space was signed between Russia and Kazakhstan. Thanks to this, it has become much easier to cross the state border of these two countries, and the rules for staying in these states have been greatly simplified.
General Provisions
The main thing that Russians entering Kazakhstan should know is that a visa is not required. Citizens of countries that are members of the Single Economic Community can transit without any problems, move freely around the territory of Kazakhstan, and enter and leave. When crossing the border between Russia and Kazakhstan, no fee will be charged for crossing it. These rules also apply to Kazakhs who come to the territory of the Russian Federation.
Required documents
The border of Kazakhstan with Russia has a simplified version of the paperwork. Travelers will only need to provide proof of identity. It should indicate that a person has Russian citizenship. These documents include:
- internal passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation;
- service passport;
- diplomatic certificate;
- sailor's passport.
It is only necessary to monitor the validity of the document, according to which a person travels to a foreign country, since leaving with an expired passport will be extremely problematic.
If the border is crossed by a minor child who does not yet have an internal passport, it is necessary to take a birth certificate. This document must necessarily indicate that the child is a citizen of Russia.
Citizens of Kazakhstan, crossing the border of the Russian Federation, must also present only a document that confirms their identity and citizenship.
Entry rules
If the border of Kazakhstan with Russia crosses, it should be noted that there are no strict entry rules, you only need to present a document that confirms your identity and citizenship. After the customs officer sees the paper of interest to him, he will put a stamp on his passport that allows him to enter the country.
It is also necessary to fill out a migration card, it should be completed before the start of passport control. It contains passport details, purpose of arrival and date of departure. After all the procedures, you can continue your journey to Kazakhstan, you can stay in the country for three months. Before joining the Customs Union, this period was only five days.
You can fill out a migration card in one of such languages as:
All the time you are in Kazakhstan it is necessary to keep a migration card, when you leave the state the border guard will pick it up.
Car entry
What is the border of Russia with Kazakhstan? Not everyone knows this, but the rules of crossing will not hurt anyone to learn. If the border crosses on your own car, the migration card is filled in exactly the same way as when crossing the state line in any other way.
The driver of the car is the first to passport control, he must present a driver’s license, documents for the car. Then all passengers pass control. If everything is in order with the documents, the customs inspection procedure begins. It is necessary to show not only personal things, but the whole car. In the absence of queues at the border, the whole procedure takes about 10 minutes. Russian customs are passed, if you drive a little further, there will be a neutral territory and the Kazakh side of the customs.
They also ask for documents and ask for the purpose of arrival and the exact date of departure from the country. All this has already been written on the migration card, but the customs officer wants to check if the data is not divergent, and he will also have some opinion about the person entering the country. Then, again, inspection of the car, if there are no complaints from the border guards, the border of Kazakhstan with Russia has been crossed.
However, first you need to get insurance, you can do this directly at the border at the kiosk, the cost of this document is about 500 rubles.
Penalties for traffic violations
Kazakhstan has very high fines for violating traffic rules, so it’s better to go by the rules so as not to attract the attention of local law enforcement agencies.
Type of violation and cost of the fine:
- turn signal is not included when rebuilding - 3000 rubles;
- no insurance (which is purchased at the border) - 3000 rubles;
- when the representative of the traffic police stopped, and without his permission you got out of the car - 3000 rubles;
- excess of speed by 10 km / h - 6000 rubles.
And other rather high fines. Russian citizens who drive a right-hand drive car are not fined.
Customs clearance
Thanks to the CU, the border between Russia and Kazakhstan is a kind of convention, passing customs takes literally several minutes. Previously, it was necessary to fill out a customs declaration, then checked the veracity of what was written and so on. Now all this is not there. Customs officers (border guards and customs officers are not the same thing) check documents, and nothing else needs to be filled out.
Customs vehicles are separately, cars separately. The only thing that can drag out the whole process is a bus with passengers standing in line in front of you, then you will have to wait 30-60 minutes.
Rules of stay
If you managed to cross the Kazakhstan-Russia border, you should think about how much you can be in a foreign country. For citizens of the Russian Federation and Kazakhstan, the same rules of stay apply. Foreigners can stay in another country for 30 days without registering. If you need to stay in the country up to three months, then you need to make a temporary registration, it is given for a maximum of 90 days.
Three-month registration can be extended only in one case: if the foreigner has got a formal job and has an employment contract. In this case, the right to stay in the country is extended for the entire period of the contract with the employer.
Border crossing
On the way back, the rules for crossing the Kazakhstan-Russia border are even simpler than they were at the entrance, you do not need to fill out a migration card, you just need to give the tear-off root from it. Only documents proving the identity of the person are checked, whether he has expired the time spent in the country and his car. The whole procedure takes just a few minutes.
conclusions
Citizens of Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation do not need a visa or a foreign passport to cross their state border. The border of Kazakhstan with Russia has a simplified form of travel, thanks to the vehicle. It is only necessary to fill out a migration card and purchase an insurance policy (if the state border is crossed by your own car). The process of passing customs, if there is no line, takes no more than five minutes.