Border Crossing Kazakhstan

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For us, a Dutch German couple is when you stay less the 30 days no extra paperwork necessary.

In October 2024 we passed the Karkyra-avtodorožnyj border from Kyrgyzstan to Kazakhstan. For the first time since 2 years everything was checked bij both sides of the border including our boxes on the roof. Did never happened and they checked with dogs asking if we had drugs.

All together the passage went very fast, we did not even need 30 minutes.

Our passports got stamped and we had to show the car passport and that was all there was to it. No extra papers, nonpayments, nothing

The borders are open whole year (since 2024) and every day of the week. Be aware of the time difference between one side of the border and the other. The Kazakhstan border is open from 07:00-17:00.

And then…

There are no facilities at the border, no atm and no place to buy your insurance.

There is corruption in Kazakhstan. We got pulled over by the police and they tolled me I broke a rule and they would take my drivers license for 6 months. But… because I was nice they could help. I needed to pay 50.000 (euro 100,-) cash. We have a little wallet with almost no money and i showed them we hade no cash. After half an hour they let us go without paying. We heard different stories and they especially pull you over in areas without cellphone coverage.

Insurance and road tax

In Kazakhstan there is no road tax for foreigners and we also do not have to pay on the toll road around Almaty.

The insurance you need to buy in the major cities. We bought a 2 months insurance from Nomad insurance for 55.000,- T = euro 100,- Nomad is also English spoken available via Whatsapp