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Kazakhstan passport

Rank #70 · Strength 75 destinations (visa-free + on arrival + eTA) · score 28.7

Kazakhstan passport

Citizens of Kazakhstan can reach 75 of 248 destinations without applying for a consular visa in advance — 46 visa-free, 23 visa on arrival and 6 eTA. Ranked #70 for passport strength worldwide.

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46Visa-free
23Visa on arrival
6eTA
49e-⁠Visa
123Visa required

Kazakhstan passport: where it stands

This passport is stronger than 44% of the 198 passports in the Passport Index. Within Asia it ranks 22 of 51; the strongest in the region is Singapore, with 209 destinations. Across 6 major destinations: the Schengen Area, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and Japan require a consular visa; Australia issues an e-⁠Visa online. Beyond those 75 destinations, 49 issue an e-⁠Visa online and 123 require a consular visa; e-⁠Visas do not count towards passport strength.

Visa-free (46)

Albania Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Azerbaijan Barbados Belarus Brazil China Colombia Cook Islands Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Georgia Haiti Hong Kong Indonesia Iran Kyrgyzstan Macao Malaysia Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Nicaragua Oman Palestine Philippines Qatar Russia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa Serbia Tajikistan Thailand Tunisia Turkey Tuvalu Ukraine United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Western Sahara

Visa on arrival (23)

Bahrain Bangladesh Burundi Cambodia Comoros Grenada Guinea-Bissau Jordan Laos Madagascar Maldives Marshall Islands Mauritius Namibia Nepal Palau Pitcairn Islands Rwanda Saudi Arabia Tanzania Timor-Leste Zambia Zimbabwe

eTA — electronic travel authorisation (6)

Kenya Seychelles South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands South Korea Sri Lanka Suriname

e-⁠Visa — applied for online in advance (49)

Angola Australia Bahamas Benin Bhutan Botswana Burkina Faso Cameroon Chad Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cuba Côte d’Ivoire DR Congo Djibouti El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eswatini Ethiopia Fiji Gabon Ghana Guinea Heard Island and McDonald Islands India Iraq Liberia Libya Malawi Mauritania Mozambique Myanmar New Zealand Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island Pakistan Papua New Guinea Saint Kitts and Nevis Sao Tome and Principe Sierra Leone Solomon Islands Somalia South Sudan Togo Trinidad and Tobago Uganda Vanuatu Venezuela

Visa required (123)

Afghanistan Algeria American Samoa Andorra Anguilla Aruba Austria Belgium Belize Bermuda Bolivia Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba Bosnia and Herzegovina Bouvet Island British Indian Ocean Territory British Virgin Islands Brunei Bulgaria Canada Cape Verde Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chile Congo Costa Rica Croatia Curaçao Cyprus Czechia Denmark Egypt Eritrea Estonia Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Gambia Germany Gibraltar Greece Greenland Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guyana Honduras Hungary Iceland Ireland Isle of Man Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Kiribati Kuwait Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Mali Malta Martinique Mayotte Mexico Monaco Montserrat Nauru Netherlands New Caledonia Niger North Korea North Macedonia Northern Mariana Islands Norway Panama Paraguay Peru Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Romania Réunion Saint Barthélemy Saint Helena Saint Lucia Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon San Marino Senegal Singapore Sint Maarten Slovakia Slovenia South Africa Spain Sudan Svalbard and Jan Mayen Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Tokelau Tonga Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands United Kingdom United States United States Minor Outlying Islands United States Virgin Islands Uruguay Vatican City Wallis and Futuna Yemen Åland Islands

What the index measures

  • 248 destinations, countries and territories
  • Strength = visa-free + visa on arrival + eTA; e-⁠Visa is not taken into account.
  • Passports with the same score share a rank

Data sources

  • Government portals of each destination.
  • Immigration authorities, foreign ministries, and official e-⁠Visa and eTA portals.
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Method

  • How each entry condition is classified
  • The limits of the data and how to check official sources
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