COVID-19 Information
U.S. citizens are urged to enroll in the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP) to receive alerts from the Embassy and Consulate. Ensure you have added…
Health Alert – U.S. Mission Kazakhstan (April 3, 2020)
Location: Kazakhstan Event: COVID-19 and Travel Update U.S. citizens are urged to enroll in the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP) to receive alerts from the Embassy and…
United States commits more than 365 million tenge to combat COVID-19 in Kazakhstan
April 2, 2020, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan – The U.S. government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has committed approximately 365 million tenge (more than…
U.S. Foreign Assistance in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Kazakhstan: More than $800,000 in health assistance will help prepare laboratory systems, activate case-finding and event-based surveillance, support technical experts for response and preparedness, bolster risk…
Voices from Xinjiang: Then I’ll ask, how is the weather?
Magira is the oldest of three children. Her mother died a month before the family immigrated to Kazakhstan. Her father later remarried, but the stepmother…
Secretary of State Pompeo: Statement on the Celebration of Nowruz
MARCH 19, 2020 Share I join President Trump in wishing a happy, healthy, and prosperous Nowruz to all who celebrate this tradition across the world.…
Voices from Xinjiang: We trusted what the officials told us
That’s my family in the pictures. My wife and our three children. It’s been two and a half years. Here, this is our daughter Ulnur.…
Global Level 4 Health Advisory
Information for visa applicants regarding novel coronavirus
Information for visa applicants regarding novel coronavirus: As of March 19, 2020, the United States Embassy in Nur-Sultan and Consulate General in Almaty are cancelling routine immigrant and nonimmigrant…
The United States supports Kazakhstan’s efforts to contain the coronavirus outbreak
March 17, 2020, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan— Today, the United States through its Agency for International Development (USAID) handed over personal protective equipment (PPE) to the City…
Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant program (2021-2022 Academic Year)
The Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant Program (FLTA) helps U.S. universities strengthen Kazakh language instruction, while providing current or future teachers of English in Kazakhstan…
Voices from Xinjiang: I don’t know—probably he already died
I’ll tell you a story that describes my father well. I met and fell in love with a girl from Kazakhstan. We planned to move…
2019 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Kazakhstan
The annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices – the Human Rights Reports – cover internationally recognized individual, civil, political, and worker rights, as set…
Notice of Funding Opportunity – Annual Program Statement 2020
The U.S. Embassy Nur-Sultan and U.S. Consulate General Almaty Public Affairs Sections (PAS) of the U.S. Department of State are pleased to announce funding is…
Fulbright Foreign Student Program (2021-2022 Academic Year)
The Fulbright Foreign Student program offers graduate students and young professionals the opportunity to study in the United States and earn a master’s degree. For…
Ambassador Moser Promotes American Agricultural Companies at AgriTek in Nur-Sultan.
Ambassador Moser Opens the USA Pavilion at AgriTek: “Kazakhstan holds tremendous potential for agribusiness and U.S. companies. The United States is the world’s largest food…
Voices from Xinjiang: We were burning everything at night
How did we meet? It was in a café in Almaty. March 8—International Women’s Day! [Laughs] He’d been living in Kazakhstan for a year. We…
Voices From Xinjiang: Eating with the students and sleeping in the classrooms at night
ZHEMISGUL: I’m a hairdresser in Taldy-Kurgan. Makeup, hair, skincare. SUNGKAR: I’m in college in Almaty. I’m a philosophy student. But I was still a schoolboy when our…
Kazakhstan Judicial Program Works On Improving Investment Proceedings And Intellectual Property Righ
Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan – On February 28, ABA ROLI within the Kazakhstan Judicial Program, supported by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), in cooperation with…
