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How Much Civil Registration Costs in Kazakhstan: Marriage, Divorce and Other Acts

The Tax Code of Kazakhstan has no separate state duty for registering a marriage, a divorce, a birth or other civil status acts: civil registration is not on the list of what state duty is charged for (Article 664(1) of the Tax Code). These services are paid for differently: the amount of payment for state civil status registration services is determined by the authorized body in the field of providing public and socially responsible services, in coordination with the Ministry of Justice and the antimonopoly authority (Article 182(1) of the Code “On Marriage (Matrimony) and Family“). The amounts are set by Order of the Minister of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry of 9 June 2023 No. 175/НҚ, with the annex as amended by Order of 17 February 2026 No. 78/НҚ. Below is what each service costs, who is exempt from payment, when a marriage is dissolved in court and what duty is paid there.

What the services cost

Amounts are taken from the annex to Order No. 175/НҚ: the cost for the service recipient, excluding VAT, in tenge, per document.

Birth

state registration of the birth of a child, including a child born dead and a child who died in the first week of life, a child aged one year or more (registered late), and a minor child born outside Kazakhstan — free of charge;
changes, additions and corrections to a birth record, including in connection with a change of first name, patronymic or surname — 1,725;
changes and additions to a birth record in connection with the establishment of paternity (maternity) — on a joint application of the parents, on the application of a person acknowledging himself as the child’s father in the cases named in the Order (including the death of the mother or her being recognized as missing or incapable), on a court decision establishing paternity, and on the establishment of the fact of acknowledgment of paternity and the fact of paternity; also free of charge — when an earlier court decision establishing paternity is set aside and on a court decision annulling the record of establishment of paternity or recognizing the record as invalid;
changes and additions to a birth record in connection with the adoption of a child, including on a new additional court decision — free of charge;
changes and additions to a birth record, or state registration of a birth, in connection with a change of personal data upon adoption by foreign citizens — 6,900.

Marriage

state registration of marriage (matrimony) — 3,450;
state registration of marriage where the marriageable age has to be lowered — 3,450;
changes, additions and corrections to a marriage record, including in connection with a change of first name, surname or patronymic — 1,725.

Divorce

state registration of dissolution of marriage by mutual agreement — 6,900;
state registration of dissolution of marriage on the basis of a court decision recognizing the spouse as missing, incapable or partially capable, a court sentence convicting the spouse of a crime to deprivation of freedom for a term of not less than three years, or a decision of the criminal prosecution body to place the spouse on the international wanted list, provided the spouse has been wanted for at least three years from the date the court approved that decision — 345;
state registration of dissolution of marriage on the basis of a court decision on divorce made before 10 December 2019, including where an existing divorce record is supplemented — according to the court decision;
changes, additions and corrections to a divorce record, including in connection with a change of first name, surname or patronymic — 1,725.

Death

state registration of death — free of charge;
changes, additions and corrections to a death record — 1,725.

Duplicate certificates and statements

issuance of a duplicate certificate of state registration of a civil status act, except a duplicate death certificate — 3,450;
issuance of a paper statement of state registration of a civil status act, except a death statement — 1,035;
issuance of an electronic statement through the e-government web portal, including a death notification — free of charge;
requesting a civil registration certificate from CIS countries — 1,725;
requesting a certificate from foreign countries other than CIS countries — 3,450.

Restoring, annulling and updating records

restoration of a civil status record on the application of interested persons or on the basis of a court decision — 1,725;
annulment of a civil status record on the application of interested persons or on the basis of a court decision — free of charge;
updating (correcting) information on the registration of a civil status act through the State Corporation “Government for Citizens” or the e-government web portal — free of charge.

The annex has no separate line for a change of surname, first name or patronymic: it is named in the lines on changes to birth, marriage and divorce records — 1,725 tenge per document.

Who is exempt from payment

The following are exempt from payment for state civil registration services (Article 182(2) of the Code on Marriage):

veterans of the Great Patriotic War, veterans equated in benefits to veterans of the Great Patriotic War, and veterans of military operations on the territory of other states, persons awarded orders and medals of the former USSR for dedicated work and exemplary military service in the rear during the Great Patriotic War, persons who worked (served) for at least six months from 22 June 1941 to 9 May 1945 and were not awarded such orders and medals, persons with disabilities, and also one of the parents of a person with a disability since childhood or of a child with a disability, guardians (custodians), upon presentation of supporting documents — for state civil registration and issuance of duplicate certificates and statements of state civil registration;
state organizations — for the issuance of duplicate birth certificates;
individuals — for the state registration of the birth of a child and the issuance of a birth certificate;
individuals — for state registration of death and for the issuance of certificates, duplicate certificates, statements and notifications of death;
individuals — for the annulment of civil registration deeds;
individuals — for issuing certificates to them when civil status records are changed, supplemented, restored or corrected because of errors made during state civil registration;
individuals — for changes and additions to birth registration records in connection with the establishment of paternity or adoption of a child by citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan, and the issuance of duplicate birth certificates in connection with adoption and establishment of paternity.

Divorce: at the registering body or in court

A marriage is dissolved in registering bodies by the mutual agreement of spouses who have no common minors and in the absence of property and other complaints to one another (Article 17(1) of the Code on Marriage). Regardless of whether the spouses have common minors, the marriage is dissolved there on the application of one spouse if the other spouse (Article 17(2)):

is recognized as missing by the court;
is recognized incapable by the court;
is recognized partially capable by the court;
is convicted of a crime to deprivation of freedom for a term of not less than three years;
has been on the international wanted list for more than three years from the date of the court’s approval of the decision of the criminal prosecution body to place the person on the international wanted list.

A marriage is dissolved in a judicial proceeding (Article 19(2)):

where the spouses have common minors, except in the cases of Article 17(2);
where one of the spouses does not agree to the dissolution of marriage;
where one of the spouses, despite having no objections, evades the dissolution of marriage by actions or omissions;
where the spouses have property and other claims to one another.

Disputes arising between spouses on divorce over the division of common property, the upbringing, education and place of residence of minor children, and payments for the maintenance of a disabled spouse and of minor children are resolved through mediation or in court (Article 18).

In court, a state duty is paid: from claims for divorce — 0.3 MCI, and in cases of division of property during divorce the duty is determined based on the price of the claim under Article 665(1)(1) of the Tax Code (Article 665(1)(5)). The MCI in effect on the date of payment applies (Article 664(2)). Other rates are on the page “State duty rates in courts“.

Consular fee

Registration of civil status acts is also listed among the consular actions for which a consular fee is charged (Article 675(7) of the Tax Code). Consular fee rates are approved by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Article 676).

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