Last year, 85% of people who abandoned the citizenship of Kazakhstan moved to Russia. This is stated in the response of the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic to the official request of the Kazinform agency.
“In 2024, 19,888 people abandoned the citizenship of Kazakhstan, most of which moved to the Russian Federation (16,941 people), Turkey (725), USA (462), Canada (260) and Great Britain (168),” the report said.
At the same time, in January 2025, 1513 people abandoned the citizenship of Kazakhstan, most of whom moved to the Russian Federation (1165 people), USA (51), Turkey (41), Canada (27) and Great Britain (26).
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Meanwhile, a little more than 20 thousand foreigners received citizenship of Kazakhstan in 2024.
“last year, 20.2 thousand people received citizenship of Kazakhstan. Of these, 15.6 thousand, or 77%, make up canaches. This is 25% less compared to 2023. In 2023, 26,828 people received citizenship of Kazakhstan, of which 20.5 thousand are kandasa” – the report said.
According to the agency, the largest number of people who received the citizenship of Kazakhstan came from Uzbekistan, China, Russia, Turkmenistan and Kyrgyzstan.
According to the Law of Kazakhstan, citizens of the republic are prohibited by second citizenship.