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Kazakhstan: Knowledge Base profile

This document contains information about Kazakhstan to help HM Passport Office staff process passport applications.

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This document contains useful information about Kazakhstan which will assist HM Passport Office staff process passport applications.

This document includes information about:

  • names
  • nationality
  • adoption
  • surrogacy
  • gender recognition
  • civil partnerships and marriage
  • documents from Kazakhstan

Updates to this page

Published 28 July 2025
Last updated 23 September 2026 — Show all updates
  1. This Knowledge base profile has been updated in the Names section to show when HM Passport Office will add an observation to the British passport referencing the name shown in the customer's foreign passport.

  2. First published.

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