Article 1. The basic concepts used in this Law of the Law on Migration of the Population

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The following basic concepts are used in this Law:

1) Ata Zholy card is a document of the prescribed form issued to business immigrants or persons with sought-after professions from among ethnic Kazakhs for a period of up to ten years, but not more than the validity period of the passport of the country of citizenship in accordance with the procedure established by the authorized body on migration;

1-1) former compatriot – a person who was born or previously held citizenship of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic or the Republic of Kazakhstan and permanently resides abroad;

2) adaptation and integration services - a set of services (informational, legal, social, medical and educational) provided to Candace and their family members for the purpose of adaptation and integration into society;

3) entry and exit permit (hereinafter referred to as visa) - a mark of authorized state bodies of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the migrant's passport or a document replacing it, or a mark of authorized state bodies of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the information system that grants the right to enter the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan, travel through its territory, stay there and departure from the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan for the time, for the purposes and under the conditions specified in the visa;

4) labor migration is the temporary movement of individuals from other states to the Republic of Kazakhstan and from the Republic of Kazakhstan, as well as within the state to carry out labor activities.;

4-1) a permit for a labor immigrant is a document of the prescribed form issued to a labor immigrant to perform work (provide services) for individual employers in the household;

4-2) private employment agency – an individual or legal entity providing labor mediation, registered in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

5) illegal immigration - entry into the Republic of Kazakhstan and stay of foreigners or stateless persons in the Republic of Kazakhstan in violation of the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan regulating the procedure for entry and stay, as well as transit through the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

6) illegal immigrant – a foreigner or a stateless person who has entered the Republic of Kazakhstan and is staying in the Republic of Kazakhstan in violation of the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan regulating the procedure for entry and stay, as well as transit through the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

6-1) an intra–corporate transfer is a temporary transfer for a period specified in an employment contract, but not more than three years, with the right to extend it for one year by a foreigner or a stateless person working as a manager, manager or specialist in a legal entity established in the country. – a member of the World Trade Organization located and operating outside the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan, to branches, subsidiaries, representative offices of this legal entity established in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

7) immigration - entry of foreigners or stateless persons into the Republic of Kazakhstan for temporary or permanent residence;

8) immigrant - a foreigner or a stateless person who has arrived in the Republic of Kazakhstan for temporary or permanent residence;

8-1) registration of an immigrant – a note by the internal affairs bodies of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the information system of information about the place and duration of the temporary stay of the immigrant;

9) migration is the permanent or temporary, voluntary or forced movement of individuals from one state to another, as well as within the state;

10) migrant - a person who entered the Republic of Kazakhstan and left the Republic of Kazakhstan, as well as resettling within the Republic of Kazakhstan, regardless of the reasons and duration;

10-1) receiving person – a citizen of the Republic of Kazakhstan, a foreigner and a stateless person permanently residing in the Republic of Kazakhstan, or a legal entity registered in the Republic of Kazakhstan, applying for the invitation of immigrants to the Republic of Kazakhstan for temporary residence and (or) providing a place for their residence;

11) foreign institutions of the Republic of Kazakhstan - diplomatic and equivalent representative offices located abroad, as well as consular offices of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

12) migrant – an internal migrant who has moved to the regions designated by the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

12-1) the regional quota for the admission of displaced persons is the maximum number of displaced persons or members of their families arriving for permanent residence in regions designated by the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan, which are provided by state support measures provided for participants in active employment promotion measures in accordance with the Social Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan.;

13) kandas is an ethnic Kazakh and (or) members of his family of Kazakh nationality who had not previously been citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan and received the appropriate status in accordance with the procedure established by the authorized body on migration issues.;

13-1) the Kandas Adaptation and Integration Center is a legal entity established by the local executive body of regions, cities of republican significance, and the capital in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan and intended to provide adaptation and integration services and temporary residence to the Kandas and their family members;

13-2) the regional quota for admission of Candace is the maximum number of Candace or Candace and their family members arriving for permanent residence in regions designated by the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan, which are provided by state support measures provided for participants in active employment promotion measures in accordance with the Social Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan.;

13-3) information database on the Kandas, ethnic Kazakhs – a collection of data on ethnic Kazakhs, Kandas and their family members, their movements across the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan, as well as state support measures provided to them;

13-4) certificate of qualification for self–employment is a document of the prescribed form, issued in accordance with the procedure determined by the authorized body on population migration to a foreign employee who meets the requirements of qualifications and level of education for self-employment in the Republic of Kazakhstan in professions in demand in priority sectors of the economy (types of economic activity);

13-5) readmission is the transfer (return) in accordance with an international treaty ratified by the Republic of Kazakhstan by the competent authorities of one state and the reception by the competent authorities of another state of persons who have entered or are in the territory of one state in violation of legislation on the entry, exit, stay or residence of foreigners and stateless persons.;

14) excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 11/24/2015 No. 421-V (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication);

15) excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 11/24/2015 No. 421-V (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication);

16) excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 10.12.2013 No. 153-V (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication);

17) permanent residence permit - a document issued by the internal affairs bodies to foreigners and stateless persons in compliance with the requirements established by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, and granting them the right to permanent residence in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan.;

17-1) place of temporary stay (residence) – a building, room, or dwelling with an address that is not a place of residence and in which a person resides (resides) temporarily;

18) temporary accommodation center – a dwelling intended for temporary residence of ethnic Kazakhs and displaced persons, as well as members of their families;

19) temporary residence permit - a document issued by the internal affairs bodies to immigrants in compliance with the requirements established by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, and granting them the right to reside for a certain period of time in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan, depending on the purpose of stay;

19-1) excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 07/14/2022 No. 141-VII (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication);

20) the authorized body on population migration issues is the central executive body that, within its competence, provides leadership in the field of population migration, regulates migration processes, coordinates work and implements state policy in the field of population migration;

20-1) excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 04/16/2018 No. 147-VI (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication);

21) inviting person - a person residing in the Republic of Kazakhstan and facilitating the entry of family members to the Republic of Kazakhstan for the purpose of family reunification in accordance with this Law;

22) the quota for attracting foreign labor is the maximum allowable amount of foreign labor allowed by an employer to engage in labor activity in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan.;

23) a permit to attract foreign labor is a document of the prescribed form issued by a local executive body to an employer in order to attract foreign labor to the Republic of Kazakhstan.;

24) excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 24.11.2015 No. 421-V (effective from 01.01.2017);

25) internal migration - relocation of individuals within the Republic of Kazakhstan for permanent or temporary residence;

26) internal migrant – a person who moves within the Republic of Kazakhstan independently for permanent or temporary residence;

27) excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 11/24/2015 No. 421-V (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication);

28) ethnic Kazakh is a foreigner or a stateless person of Kazakh nationality.

The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated July 22, 2011 No. 477-IV.

This Law regulates public relations in the field of population migration, defines the legal, economic and social foundations of migration processes.

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