The name, patronymic, and surname are changed by the registration authorities upon the personal application of a person who has reached the age of sixteen and wishes to change his name and (or) patronymic, surname.
The name, patronymic, and surname are changed for the following valid reasons:
1) the discordance of the name, patronymic, surname;
2) difficulty pronouncing first name, patronymic, last name;
3) the desire of the spouse to share a common surname with the spouse if, during the state registration of marriage (matrimony), they remained on premarital surnames or the spouse changed the surname to another after the state registration of marriage (matrimony).;
4) the desire to bear a premarital surname, if this is not stated at the dissolution of the marriage (matrimony);
5) the desire to bear a surname shared with children from a previous marriage (matrimony);
6) the desire to bear a premarital surname in the event of the death of a spouse;
7) the desire to share a surname with children in the event of the death of a spouse, and if the applicant was on a premarital surname;
8) the desire to bear the name and (or) surname corresponding to the nationality of one of the parents chosen by the applicant (for different nationalities of the parents);
9) the desire to bear a name that has actually developed in life, different from the name in the documents;
10) the desire to bear a premarital surname if the spouse's surname was adopted at the time of marriage (matrimony);
11) the desire to bear the family name of the father or grandfather according to national traditions;
12) the desire to bear the surname and (or) patronymic of the person who actually raised the applicant;
13) the desire to bear the name, patronymic, and surname corresponding to the chosen gender during surgical sex reassignment.

In case of loss or unsuitability for use of the primary certificate of state registration of an act of civil status on paper on the basis of an act record by the registering authorities, the foreign institution of the Republic of Kazakhstan issues a repeated certificate of state registration of an act of civil status (hereinafter referred to as the repeated certificate). Repeated certificates of registration of acts of civil status are issued by any registration authority, regardless of the place of state registration of the act of civil status.
To obtain a repeated certificate of civil registration, the service recipient applies to the State Corporation, if desired, in writing or electronically via the portal egov.kz .

According to paragraph 4 of Article 186 of the Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On Marriage (Matrimony) and Family", Registration of marriage (matrimony), dissolution of marriage (matrimony) on the basis of a joint application of the spouses, change of surname, first name, patronymic and amendments and additions to the record of state registration of birth when establishing paternity on the basis of joint applications from the child's parents through a representative are not allowed.

A certificate of marital capacity is issued to citizens who permanently reside or previously resided in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan for state registration of marriage (matrimony) outside the Republic of Kazakhstan.
A certificate of marital legal capacity is issued by any registration authority, a foreign institution of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the basis of information from the information system of acts of civil status.
Verification of the existence of an official record of the state registration of marriage (matrimony) is carried out from the age of sixteen.
To obtain a certificate, the applicant must submit the following documents:
1) an identity document;
2) a certificate, certificate or court decision on the dissolution of marriage (matrimony) or a certificate or certificate of death of a spouse issued outside the Republic of Kazakhstan if the applicant was previously married.

The information of the civil status act is updated at the request of the person concerned within 1 (one) business day. If there is no record in the registry office and the registration authority, the application is sent to the territorial body of justice of the region. The verification is carried out within 2 (two) business days. If there is an entry in the archive of the territorial body of justice, measures are taken within 2 (two) working days to record the act of civil status in the registry office.

To update (correct) information on the registration of a civil status act, the service recipient applies electronically through the portal egov.kz or through a State corporation.

The State Corporation is the registration authority. JSC National Information Technologies (hereinafter - JSC NIT) acts as the operator of system maintenance and maintenance of Internet resources of state bodies and objects of information and communication infrastructure of "electronic government".
Thus, NIT JSC is responsible for the technical interaction of information systems of departments and the correct display of information in them.
In this regard, regarding the display of information, it is necessary to contact JSC NIT.

Based on the court's decision on the dissolution of marriage (matrimony), issued after December 10, 2019 (the date of amendments to the Code), the record of the dissolution of marriage (matrimony) is not registered, a note on the dissolution of marriage (matrimony) is placed in the record of the marriage (matrimony). In this case, no certificate of divorce is issued, and the court's decision is considered equivalent.
On the basis of a court decision on the dissolution of marriage (matrimony) issued before December 10, 2019, any registration authority registers an official record of the dissolution of marriage (matrimony), or supplements the existing official record of the dissolution of marriage (matrimony) and a note on the dissolution of marriage (matrimony) is necessarily affixed to the official record of the marriage (matrimony). If necessary, the recipient can obtain a certificate of divorce.

Upon joint application of the persons entering into marriage, if there are valid reasons (pregnancy, birth of a child, immediate threat to the life of one of the parties and other special circumstances), confirmed by relevant documents (certificate of the medical qualification commission on pregnancy, certificate of health status, certificates confirming other special circumstances), the head of the registration authority at the place of state registration of marriage (matrimony) reduces the period of state registration of marriage (matrimony) until the expiration of fifteen calendar days or increases this period, but not more than fifteen calendar days.
In some cases, an increase in the waiting period for the state registration of marriage (matrimony) is possible on the initiative of the registering authority only if there are circumstances that prevent the state registration of marriage (matrimony).

Marriage (matrimony) is registered in the presence of persons wishing to enter into marriage (matrimony) on the fifteenth calendar day, which is calculated from the next business day after submitting a joint application for marriage (matrimony).
If the end of the term falls on a non-working day, then the next working day is considered to be the day of the end of the term.
The amount of payment is 3,864 tenge.