Overview
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Region | Asia (West, South & Central) |
| ISO 3166-1 | KZ / KAZ |
| Registry | Ministry of Justice / egov.kz |
| Last updated | 2026-05-06 |
Identifiers
Collect two identifiers from each business customer in Kazakhstan and submit them as strings on the application body.| API field | Local name | Issuer |
|---|---|---|
businessInfo.taxId | BIN | State Revenue Committee (SRC), MoF |
businessInfo.businessEntityId | BIN | State Revenue Committee (SRC), MoF |
Sector regulators
NBK · ARDFM · AFSA · AFM/CDFT
Legal structures
| Local name | Abbreviation | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Жауапкершілігі шектеулі серіктестік (Limited Liability Partnership) | TOO / LLP | Most common commercial vehicle; charter capital divided into participation interests held by members; liability limited to capital contribution. Equivalent to a US LLC. |
| Толық жауапкершілікпен серіктестік (Additional Liability Partnership) | — | Closely-held quota company similar to TOO but participants also bear additional personal liability up to a pre-agreed multiple of their contribution. Equivalent to a US LLC (with contractual personal guarantee overlay). |
| Акционерлік қоғам (Joint Stock Company) | AO / JSC | Issues shares; required for banks, insurers, and listed entities; minimum charter capital 50,000 MCI (~USD 465k at 2026 rates); shareholders’ liability limited to share value. Closest US equivalent: C-Corp. |
| Толық серіктестік (General Partnership) | — | Two or more partners jointly and severally liable with all personal property for partnership obligations; profits and losses shared per agreement. Closest US equivalent: General Partnership (GP). |
| Коммандиттік серіктестік (Limited Partnership / Commandite) | — | Has one or more general partners with unlimited personal liability and one or more limited partners (commanditists) whose liability is capped at their contribution. Closest US equivalent: Limited Partnership (LP). |
| Жеке кәсіпкер (Individual Entrepreneur / Sole Proprietorship) | IP / ИП | Natural person conducting registered business activity without forming a legal entity; unlimited personal liability; registered with the tax authority within one business day. Equivalent to a US Sole Proprietorship. |
| AIFC Private Company | — | Closely-held company limited by shares registered with AFSA under English-common-law-modeled AIFC Companies Regulations; shares are restricted from public transfer; the standard SME vehicle in the AIFC. Equivalent to a US LLC (single-member or multi-member). |
| AIFC Public Company | — | Company limited by shares registered with AFSA; shares may be offered to the public and listed on the Astana International Exchange (AIX); requires at least two directors. Closest US equivalent: C-Corp. |
| AIFC Limited Liability Partnership | LLP (AIFC) | Member-based limited-liability vehicle registered with AFSA under AIFC LLP Regulations; requires at least two members; liability limited to agreed contribution. Equivalent to a US LLC. |
| AIFC General Partnership | — | Partnership of two or more persons registered with AFSA in which all partners bear unlimited joint and several liability; governed by AIFC General Partnership Regulations. Closest US equivalent: General Partnership (GP). |
| AIFC Limited Partnership | — | AFSA-registered partnership with one or more general partners (unlimited liability) and one or more limited partners (liability capped at contribution); governed by AIFC Limited Partnership Regulations. Closest US equivalent: Limited Partnership (LP). |
| Branch (Филиал) | — | Registered subdivision of a foreign or domestic legal entity; not a separate legal entity; head acts under notarized power of attorney from the parent company. Closest US equivalent: Branch/Rep Office. |
| Representative Office (Өкілдік / Представительство) | — | Registered presence of a foreign legal entity permitted only to represent and protect the parent’s interests; may not conduct commercial transactions directly; not a separate legal entity. Closest US equivalent: Branch/Rep Office. |
How documents combine
For each evidence area, this table shows whether the listed documents are alternatives (any one of) or a bundle (all required). The artifact-by-artifact lookup follows below.| Evidence area | Documents needed |
|---|---|
| Legal Registration | Certificate of State Registration |
| Constitutive Documents | All required: Ustav + Founding Agreement |
| Tax Registration | Any one of: BIN Certificate · SRC Taxpayer Print-Out |
| Ownership Records | Any one of: Participants Register TOO · Share Register AO |
| Governance Records | All required: Charter + Director Appointment Order + Executive Body Appointment |
| Signing Authority | Board Resolution (Протокол) |
| Address | Any one of: Договор аренды · Квитанция за коммунальные услуги · Выписка с банковского счета |
| Good Standing | Anyqtama (Справка о зарегистрированном юридическом лице) |
Documents to collect
The physical documents you’ll collect from your customer, with the evidence area each one proves. One document can prove multiple areas — for example, Brazil’s Cartão CNPJ covers both tax and business-registration proof, so it appears once with both areas listed.| Document | Proves |
|---|---|
| Certificate of State Registration (egov.kz extract) | Legal Registration |
| Ustav (Charter) | Constitutive Documents |
| Founding Agreement (multi-founder TOO only) | Constitutive Documents |
| BIN Certificate | Tax Registration |
| SRC Taxpayer Print-Out | Tax Registration |
| Participants Register (ТОО — Товарищество с ограниченной ответственностью) | Ownership Records |
| Share Register (АО — Акционерное общество) | Ownership Records |
| Charter | Governance Records |
| Director Appointment Order | Governance Records |
| Executive Body Appointment (AO) | Governance Records |
| Board Resolution (Протокол) | Signing Authority |
| Договор аренды | Address |
| Квитанция за коммунальные услуги (≤90 дней) | Address |
| Выписка с банковского счета (≤90 дней) | Address |
| Anyqtama from State Database “Legal Entities” (egov.kz) | Good Standing |
| Sector-Specific License | NBK license, ARDFM license, AFSA License |
Collection notes
- Legal Registration: Issued electronically; also verify via State DB “Legal entities” on egov.kz.
- Constitutive Documents: Single charter suffices for sole-founder TOO and AO. AIFC entities use Memorandum & Articles under AIFC Companies Regulations.
- Tax Registration: BIN is the tax ID; no separate tax registration certificate issued — use SRC search result or the registration certificate showing BIN.
- Sector-Specific License: NBK for banks/payments; ARDFM for securities/insurance; AFSA for AIFC financial services.
- Governance Records: AO must have board of directors (min. 3 members) plus executive body.
- Signing Authority: Branch head acts solely on notarized POA from parent company.
- Address: Conduit universal policy: lease (no time bound) OR utility bill OR bank statement, with utility/bank dated within 90 days. Same evidence satisfies both registered-address and operating-address checks.
- Good Standing: Issued by the Ministry of Justice via egov.kz as an electronic reference (Anyqtama) carrying current status, BIN, registered address and director on a specified date. Digitally signed; verify QR code. Request a certificate dated within 30 days of submission.
Person roles
When you submit a person on the application body, set theirrole to one of Conduit’s canonical BusinessPersonRole values. Use this table to map a local corporate-governance title onto the right canonical role.
| Local role | Canonical API role | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Директор / Sole Executive Director (TOO) | CONTROLLING_PERSON | Sole executive body of TOO; day-to-day authority, binds entity. |
| Басқарма Төрағасы / Management Board Chair (AO) | CONTROLLING_PERSON | Head of management board (executive body) of JSC; operational authority. |
| Директорлар Кеңесінің Мүшесі / Board of Directors Member (AO) | CONTROLLING_PERSON | Non-executive governance board of JSC; min. 3 members required. |
| Филиал Басшысы / Branch Head | LEGAL_REPRESENTATIVE | Appointed by parent; acts solely under notarized POA; not an officer of a separate entity. |
| Өкіл / Attorney-in-fact (POA holder) | LEGAL_REPRESENTATIVE | Holder of notarized доверенность authorizing specific acts. |
Notes
- Single identifier: BIN serves as both the registry number and the corporate tax ID — collect one certificate; both
businessInfo.taxIdandbusinessInfo.businessEntityIdtake the same value. - BIN = TIN: Kazakhstan uses a single 12-digit BIN as both the corporate registry number and tax identification number. Do not request a separate “tax certificate” document — request the BIN extract from kgd.gov.kz or the registration certificate.
- AIFC bifurcation: Entities registered with AFSA (publicreg.myafsa.com) are governed by English-common-law-modeled AIFC Acts, not Kazakh civil law. Their constitutive documents, share registers, and compliance filings differ from mainland entities; verify whether an entity is AIFC-registered before applying mainland document requirements.
- No general municipal operating license: Unlike most CIS jurisdictions, Kazakhstan does not issue a general municipal trade permit. The e-license (elicense.kz) covers only ~500 regulated activity types; for unregulated businesses the Operating Permit field is genuinely N/A.
- Kazakhstan is an Apostille Convention party (HCCH Status Table — confirmed as of 2026-05-06); foreign documents for branch registration must be apostilled and translated into Kazakh and Russian.