About 2,000 people in Kazakhstan have
received the Kandas status through a new mechanism of a single service delivery
point implemented within a pilot project. According to the Kazakh Ministry of
Labor and Social Protection of the Population, applications from ethnic Kazakhs
were first accepted by Kazakhstan’s diplomatic missions abroad and then sent to
the local executive bodies for further consideration. The latter is supposed to
provide the places of permanent settlement, employment, and inclusion in the
regional quota. It is worth noting that the mechanism of ethnic Kazakhs admission
was revised within the 2023-2027 Migration Policy Concept.
