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Top 10 Questions to a Lawyer on business registration in Kazakhstan in 2024

Aigerim Massatbayeva, 
Legal advisor 
law firm Qazlegal Consult

Due to the geopolitical situation in the region and the consequences of anti-Russian sanctions over the past few years, many foreign companies are considering business registration in Kazakhstan.

BIN application for non-residents

Business Identification Number (BIN) is automatically assigned to all local companies upon their registration in Kazakhstan. However, the Tax Code provides cases in which tax authorities should assign BIN to a foreign company. According to paragraph 2 of Article 75 of the Tax Code, information is entered into the state database of taxpayers regarding:

Rules and features of obtaining a C5 visa for the founder of an LLP and C3 work visa

Single entry C5 visa for business immigrants

A business immigrant is a foreign citizen who arrives in Kazakhstan with the purpose of engaging in entrepreneurial activities.

Business registration in Kazakhstan

Due to the geopolitical situation in the region and the imposition of sanctions by Western countries in the last few years, many foreign companies have been relocating their business to Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan and Russia are part of a customs union and Kazakhstan has an infrastructure for doing business; many government services operate online.

Bank account opening in Kazakhstan for a foreign company

Due to the geopolitical situation in the region, there has been a sharp increase in interest in opening a corporate account in Kazakhstan by foreign legal entities lately.

  • Since April 2022, Kazakhstani banks have been conducting more thorough compliance checks regarding the opening of accounts for foreign legal entities.

Loan agreement or increase of the charter capital of the LLP as tools to increase working capital of the Company in Kazakhstan

In practice founders of the Companies doing business seek to fund legally their company’s working capital. Replenishment of LLP working capital from the founders is possible in the form of a loan agreement concluded between the LLP and the founder (founders) or an increase in the authorized capital of the LLP.

When a foreign employee, working remotely (online) abroad in the company, registered and located in Kazakhstan, how to conclude an employment contract with such employee? Does he need to obtain a work permit and work visa? What currency should the salary

Due to the geopolitical situation in the region, interest in the labor market of Kazakhstan from foreign employees, including working remote, has sharply increased.