Border Kazachstan - Kyrgystan | Customs and Immigration

April 8th, 2024 by Daisyapiq

08:30 reach
By motorcycle Kazakhstan to Kyrgyzstan

At Kazakh border managed to beat the queue with the help of soldiers. Make sure you write your vehicle number at the piece of paper they have at the custom counter and ensure that they stamp it to give to the border control area. Pass your passport, your vehicle documents and the piece of paper that you wrote your vehicle number with to the custom officer for him to stamp it.

At kyrgyzstan border
Stamp out of the country within 15 mins and didnt checked ny bags. they didn't give me any TIP papers even after asking them. Hopefully I could exit Osh peacefully.

August 19th, 2023 by lowry.brandt

Went Saturday morning at 8:00, both sides together took only one hour. Generally friendly and easy (also with a dog - Kazakh side wanted to see pet passport). Also got x-ray scanned.

August 17th, 2023 by instagram.com/buscandonuevaruta

Very fast border for us (1h10min) on a Thursday at noon.

Kazakh side 1h and the officers were a bit unfriendly but no further problems. We had to go through x-rays and they also checked the interior of the vehicle, that took a little extra time.

Kyrgyzstan side very fast (10min) and very friendly officers. A small check of the interior of the vehicle and nothing more. The queue to enter the passport register was chaos, cars colliding with each other, slipping, one even collided with the barrier while the officer was lowering it and the officer said nothing... so be patient.

July 26th, 2023 by busleven

Big border complex open to all nationalities. Kyrgyzstan to Kazachstan with a van and dog took 2,5 hours. Not great, not terrible.

We went on a Monday at 16.00, so it was very crowded. I can imagine it all goes way quicker outside rush hours, as we spend most time in a traffic jam in front of the border. Border guards were quick and professional. Passengers have to go separate. Nobody cared about the dog. Only ‘downside’ is that we had to xray, that took some extra time. We heard most foreigners/vans have to, the rest just gets a quick visual inspection of the car. Nothing to pay, we could keep our Kyrgyz import document and didn’t need to import in Kazachstan.

July 19th, 2023 by SvenHedin

Now open for all nationalities.
We did "visa extension" for Kazakhstan here.
We left our camper at the parking lot/autobus stop/taxi station on the NW side of the border post in Kazakhstan (paid 500 Tenge to the guy supervising the parking area upon departure). We then walked through the pedestrian border, out of Kazakhstan, into Kyrgyzstan, then across the street and back out of Kyrgyzstan and into Kazakhstan. Total process around 1 hour 30 minutes on a not so busy Wednesday afternoon.

February 25th, 2020 by sil.timmermans

Currently closed for all nationalities except Kazakh or Kyrgyzian due to renovation works on the building. We don’t know when it opens again. We were sent to the bordercrossing 16km to the east, Karasu.

October 21st, 2019 by stephanie_lohs

We crossed at 12pm on Monday, from Kirgisistan to Kazakhstan! Easy process, no big check, it took 2 hours!

June 27th, 2019 by blue-adventure

attention - warning: no camping trucks !! they send you to next border app 15km east for truck x-ray. no discussion !! had an Iveco 90-16 motorhome for 9 pax - no chance!!
Iveco 90-16

June 11th, 2019 by auntiedory

we got through very easy both sides we was through and riding off within half an hour

May 22nd, 2019 by instagram.com/slowwayaround

Avoid peak hours (ie 16:00 on a weekday). Long queues.
They also seems to pick on foreign cars for a thorough check when entering Kazakhstan. It took us about 3.5 hours to get through from Kyrgyzstan to Kazakhstan.

November 13th, 2018 by leroy_romain92

From Kirghizstan to Kazakhstan it took us 1h30 for all. Rapid check of the van, no scanner. really fast for passenger passeport check. insurance office at the exit of Kazakhstan side, nice people.

November 8th, 2018 by jasminamiika

We crossed thursday at 5pm. I walked through, took 10min both sides. My partner drove, easy. Fast. Quick check of the car. We crossed kaz to kyrgyz.

October 31st, 2018 by aukje.vanmeeteren

Leaving Kazakhstan took a very long time. Maybe this was because it was Sunday evening. There was a long line of cars. And occasionally the gate opened to let in some cars again. Only the driver is allowed to stay at the car, the passengers have to go through the passenger hall. At the passenger hall it was incredibly crowded and everyone was pushing. I felt like a sardine and it took a long time. The car was hardly checked. So if there is a row of cars, I recommend that the passengers try to cross the border allready, because for the passenger it takes longer than the driver.