Astana (TDI): At the initiative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kazakhstan has introduced a new set of regulations for securing an investor visa. The new visa will take effect ten days from the announcement. The new investor visa is being dubbed by Kazakhstan as the “golden visa.”
Foreign nationals who invest a minimum of 300,000 US dollars in Kazakhstan can make an electronic application for the investor visa. The visa grants up to ten years of residence permit to such investors.
“Such visa programs, widely implemented in countries across Europe, the United States, the UAE, and Singapore, have proven to be effective tools for attracting capital, technology, and business activity. Kazakhstan now joins this global trend by offering its own model of investment residency,” an official statement read.
🔹 Kazakhstan Introduces New Investor Visa
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“The issuance of “golden visas” creates a favorable and predictable environment for foreign investors by providing legal safeguards and strengthening trust in Kazakhstan’s investment climate,” it further said.
The changes in the investor visa regime have been introduced to increase the country’s “investment appeal and to create long-lasting and sustainable “international economic ties.”
The investments must be made “… in the charter capital of Kazakh companies or in local publicly traded securities.”
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Kazakhstan is not the first country to introduce such a visa. Among Central Asian countries, Uzbekistan has already announced investor visa regime which will take effect from 1st June and offers five years residence permit to foreigners and stateless people who make a minimum investment of $200,000 and an additional $100,000 for each family member.
The United States also introduced a similar visa called “gold card” to attract wealthy foreigners toward residency and permanent citizenship of the US via significant investment in the country; a minimum of $5 million.
Countries introduce such visas from time to time in an effort to bring high net-worth individuals in their countries, as economies are highly dependent on wealthy billionaires.
Nuzhat Rana is an Associate Editor at The Diplomatic Insight.
