According to the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan legal entity is considered to be legally established from the moment of its state registration. All legal entities, branches and representative offices established in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan, regardless of the purpose of their creation, type and nature of their activities, the composition of the shareholders (participants) should pass the procedure of state registration. Activity as a legal entity without state registration is not allowed.

The main normative-legal acts regulating the registration procedure of legal entities are the Law of RK "On State Registration of Legal Entities and Registration of Branches and Representative Offices" dated 17 April 1995 and Instruction On State Registration of Legal Entities and Registration of Branches and Representative Offices approved by Order of the Minister of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 12 April 2007.

The state registration of legal entities includes:

  • verification of compliance with the documents submitted for state registration to the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
  • issuance of their certificate of state registration with assignment of business identification number (BIN);
  • inclusion of information on legal entities in to the National Registry of business identification numbers.

Below is a summary table with the list of required documents, amounts of state fees and terms of registration of legal entities and branches and representative offices:

Small business entities (simplified registration procedure) Subjects of medium-sized and large business entities Branches and representatives(registration)
Documents for state registration notice on starting of entrepreneurial activities in the "Electronic Government" web portal
  1. application (3 copies);
  2. charter (if used amodel charter approved by Ministry of Justice, - submission of the charter is not required) (3 copies in Kazakh and Russian languages);
  3. foundation agreement (if founding shareholder is one person – decision of single founding shareholder) (3 copies);
  4. for state registration of legal entity subject of activity of which is financial services – permission of the National Bank of RK;
  5. for entities of market occupying dominant or monopolistic position on the relevant market, as well as state-owned enterprises, legal entities of which more than fifty percent of shares are owned by the state - the consent of the antimonopoly body.
  1. application;
  2. Regulations on the Branch (Representative Office) (3 copies in Kazakh and Russian languages);
  3. apostilled or legalised copy of the charter (articles of association with certified translation);
  4. power of attorney of the legal entity.
Additionally documents in the case of foreign participation
  1. legalized extract from the trade register or other legalized document certifying that the founder - foreign legal entity is a legal entity under the laws of a foreign country, with a notarized translation into Kazakh and Russian languages;
  2. copy of passport or other document certifying the identity of foreign founder, with a notarized translation into Kazakh and Russian languages.
  1. legalized extract from the trade register or other legalized document certifying that the founder - foreign legal entity is a legal entity under the laws of a foreign country, with a notarized translation into Kazakh and Russian languages;
  2. document, confirming the tax registration of foreign legal entity in the country of incorporation, with the number of tax registration with notarized translation into Kazakh and Russian languages
Registration fees no for subjects of medium-sized business entities– no, for large – yes

(6,5 МCI – 6,5 * 2 121 = 13 787 KZT )
yes

(6,5 МCI – 6,5 * 2 121 = 13 787 KZT )
Return of registration fees - possible, only if the fee was paid before submission of relevant documents to the registration bodies
Terms of state registration through «Electronic Government» web-portal during the one hour from the moment of submission no later than one working day following the day of submission of the application, except for the JSC, their branches (representative offices), operating on the basis of the charter, which is not a model
Terms of providing the certificate of state registration on the following working day after submission of the application

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