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      Footnote. Title – in the wording of the order of the Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 30.04.2025 № 225 (shall enter into force upon expiry of ten calendar days after the day of its first official publication).

      In accordance with subparagraph 31) of paragraph 15 of the Regulation on the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan, approved by the Decree of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated August 19, 2022 № 580, I hereby ORDER:

      1. Approve the attached Rules for the recognition of documents on higher and postgraduate education.

      2. the Committee for quality assurance in science and higher education of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the procedure prescribed by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan to ensure:

      1) state registration of this order in the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

      2) place this order on the Internet resource of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan after its official publication;

      3) within ten working days after state registration of this order, submission to the Legal Department of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan of information on the implementation of the measures provided for in subparagraph 1) and 2) of this paragraph.

      3. Control over the execution of this order shall be entrusted to the supervising vice-minister of science and higher education of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

      4. This order shall enter into force upon expiry of ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication.

      "APPROVED"
Ministry of Digital Development,
Innovation and Aerospace
Industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan
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dated _______"__" 2023

Rules for recognition of documents on higher and postgraduate education

      Footnote. Title- in the wording of the order of the Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 30.04.2025 № 225 (shall enter into force upon expiry of ten calendar days after the day of its first official publication).

Chapter 1. General provisions

      1. These Rules for recognition of documents on higher and postgraduate education (hereinafter referred to as the Rules)has been developed in accordance with subparagraph 1) of Article 10 of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On public services" (hereinafter referred to as the Law on Public Services), in accordance with subparagraph 31) of paragraph 15 of the Regulation on the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan, approved by the Decree of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated August 19, 2022 № 580 and shall determine the procedure for recognizing of documents on higher and postgraduate education of individuals, educated in foreign educational organizations, including their branches, as well as in research centres and laboratories.

      2. The Rules shall be used in the following concepts:

      1) certification case - a package of documents sent for recognition of a document on awarding an academic degree received abroad by citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan, foreigners and stateless persons;

      2) recognition of documents on education - official confirmation of documents on education issued by foreign educational organizations, including their branches, as well as research centers and laboratories;

      3) Unified contact-center - a legal entity designated by the authorized body in the field of public services, performing the functions of an information and reference service for providing information to service recipients on the provision of public and other services, as well as information to state bodies on the provision of information and communication services;

      4) dissertation - qualifying scientific work defended in a specific specialty/educational program for the preparation of a doctor of philosophy (PhD), doctor in profile, candidate of sciences, doctor of sciences, habilitated doctor;

      5) expert assessment - an official establishment of the equivalence of a foreign document on education, taking into account national legislation, and granting it to the holder of academic and (or) professional rights in order to access continuing education and (or) employment;

      6) Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Doctor in profile - degrees awarded to individuals who have mastered the doctoral program in the scientific and pedagogical direction or the corresponding field of professional activity and defended their dissertation in the Republic of Kazakhstan or abroad, recognized in the procedure prescribed by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

      7) digital document service - an object of the information and communication infrastructure of "electronic government," assigned to the operator and intended for displaying and using documents in electronic form, formed on the basis of information from informatization objects.

      3. Recognition of documents on education shall be carried out in relation to an individual (hereinafter referred to as the service recipient).

      4. The public service "Recognition of documents on higher and postgraduate education" (hereinafter referred to as the public service) shall be provided by the Republican State Enterprise under the right of economic management "National centre for the development of higher education" of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan (hereinafter referred to as the service provider).

      The decision of recognition the education document shall be made by the service provider.

      5. The service provider shall ensure that information on the stage of the public service provision shall be entered into the information system for monitoring the public service provision in accordance with subparagraph 11) of paragraph 2 of Article 5 of the Law on public services.

      6. The authorized body in the field of science and higher education of the Republic of Kazakhstan within 3 (three) working days notifies service providers, the non-profit joint-stock company " State corporation "Government for citizens" (hereinafter referred to as the State Corporation), the operator of the information and communication infrastructure of the "electronic government," as well as the Unified Contact Centre, about the introduction of amendments and additions to these Rules.

Chapter 2. Procedure for recognition of documents on higher and postgraduate education

      Footnote. Title of the Chapter 2– in the wording of the order of the Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 30.04.2025 № 225 (shall enter into force upon expiry of ten calendar days after the day of its first official publication).

      7. To receive the public service, the service recipient sends the service provider an application in the form in accordance with Annex 1 to the Rules with the attachment of the documents specified in subparagraph 1) of paragraph 8 of subparagraph 1) of the basic requirements for the provision of public services through the web portal of "electronic government" (hereinafter referred to as the portal) or through the State corporation.

      When a service recipient applies for a public service through the State Corporation, an employee of the State Corporation accepts documents and issues a receipt to the service recipient for accepting the relevant documents, if the service recipient provides an incomplete package of documents, as well as expired documents, shall refuse to accept documents and shall issue a receipt in accordance with Annex 2 to the Rules. The day of acceptance of applications and documents shall not be included in the term for the public service provision.

      When sending an application through the portal, an employee of the service provider's office registers the application on the day of receipt and forwards it to the supervising deputy head, who shall determine the responsible employee within 1 (one) working day. When sending an incomplete package of documents, the responsible employee of the service provider shall refuse to accept/further consideration of the application of the service recipient.

      8. The list of basic requirements for the public service provision (hereinafter referred to as the List of basic requirements), including the characteristics of the process, form, content and result of the provision, as well as other information, taking into account the specifics of the public service provision, shall be reflected in Annex 3 to the Rules.

Paragraph 1. Procedure for recognition of documents on higher and postgraduate education

      9. Documents on higher and postgraduate education of individuals educated in other states and in international or foreign educational institutions, including their branches, as well as in research centres and laboratories, shall be recognized.

      Recognition of a degree document shall be in accordance with paragraph 2 of the Rules.

      Recognition of documents on education shall be carried out by establishing the authenticity of the document on education, establishing that the educational organization (scientific centre, laboratory) that issued the document on education has the right to carry out relevant educational activities at the time of its issuance, and conducting an expert assessment, if necessary.

      10. When the service provider shall receive a full package of documents for the recognition of legalized or apostilled documents on education through the portal or the State Corporation:

      1) an employee of the service provider's office registers the application on the day of receipt and forwards it to the supervising deputy head, who shall determine the responsible employee within 1 (one) working day;

      2) the responsible employee of the service provider within 8 (eight) working days shall carry out the procedure for recognizing education documents in accordance with international treaties (agreements) on the recognition of education documents that have legal force in the Republic of Kazakhstan.

      Upon receipt of documents on religious education, the responsible employee of the service provider shall attract specialists from the relevant industry.

      In the absence of international treaties, shall conduct the recognition procedure through an expert assessment of the education document for compliance with the requirements of the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, if necessary, shall attract specialists from the relevant industries;

      3) based on the recognition/expert assessment of the responsible employee of the service provider, an order shall be issued within 2 (two) working days to recognize the education document, or a reasoned response shall be given to refuse to provide public services in accordance with paragraph 9 of the List of basic requirements;

      4) on the basis of the order on recognition of the education document, a certificate of recognition of the education document in the form in accordance with Annex 4 or 5 to the Rules shall be issued within 2 (two) working days;

      5) the result of the public service provision:

      when applying through the portal, an electronic certificate of recognition of a document of education shall be sent to the "personal account" of the service recipient or an authorized representative on the basis of an electronic copy of the power of power of attorney in the form of an electronic document signed by an electronic digital signature;

      when applying through the State Corporation, the responsible employee of the responsible structural subdivision shall prepare a covering letter and shall send a certificate of recognition of the education document to the State corporation. At the same time, the service provider shall ensure the delivery of the result of the public service to the State corporation no later than one day before the expiration of the period for the public service provision.

      11. When the service provider receives a full package of documents for the recognition of non-legalized or apostilled documents on education through the portal or the State corporation:

      1) an employee of the service provider's office shall register the application on the day of receipt and forwards it to the supervising deputy head, who shall determine the responsible employee within 1 (one) working day.

      2) the responsible employee of the service provider within 1 (one) working day from the date of receipt of the application shall send an official request to a foreign educational organization, research centre or laboratory in order to obtain confirmation of the fact of issuing a document on education and the education organization that issued the document on education has the right to carry out educational activities;

      3) the responsible employee of the service provider, from the moment of sending an official request, within 8 (eight) working days of waiting for a response, shall carry out the procedure for recognizing education documents in accordance with international treaties (agreements) on the recognition of education documents that shall be legally recognized as valid in the Republic of Kazakhstan.

      Upon receipt of documents on religious education, the responsible employee of the service provider shall attract specialists from the relevant industry.

      In the absence of international treaties, shall conduct the recognition procedure through an expert expert assessment of the education document for compliance with the requirements of the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, if necessary, shall attract specialists from the relevant industries;

      4) if the educational organization, research centre or laboratory that issued the education document does not submit a response to the official request of the service provider (by e-mail or officially) within 20 (twenty) working days, the responsible employee of the service provider shall draw up a reasoned response to the refusal to provide public services in accordance with paragraph 9 of the List of basic requirements;

      5) upon receipt of a response based on the recognition/expert assessment of the responsible employee of the service provider, an order shall be issued within 2 (two) working days to recognize the education document, or a reasoned response shall be given to refuse to provide public services in accordance with paragraph 9 of the List of basic requirements;

      6) on the basis of the order on recognition of the education document, a certificate of recognition of the education document in the form in accordance with Annex 4 or 5 to the Rules shall be issued within 2 (two) working days.

      7) the result of the public service provision:

      when applying through the portal, an electronic certificate of recognition of a document of education shall be sent to the "personal account" of the service recipient or an authorized representative on the basis of an electronic copy of the power of power of attorney in the form of an electronic document signed by an electronic digital signature;

      when applying through the State corporation, the responsible employee of the responsible structural subdivision shall prepare a covering letter and shall send a certificate of recognition of document of education to the State corporation. At the same time, the service provider shall ensure the delivery of the result of the public service to the State corporation no later than one day before the expiration of the period for the public service provision.

      12. Documents on education issued by organizations of higher and (or) postgraduate education (hereinafter referred to as OHPE), included in the three international academic ratings and among the first 250 (two hundred and fifty) positions of two or more of them (world ranking of the best universities in the world QS Quacquarelli Symonds (QS World University Rankings), academic ranking of world universities Academic Ranking of World Universities, ranking of the best universities in the world according to the Times (Times Higher Education World University Rankings), shall be recognized only by establishing the authenticity of the education document.

      Documents on the formation of OHPE specified in the first part of this paragraph shall be recognized only by establishing the authenticity of the document on the formation at the time of issue.

      Based on the recognition by the service provider, a certificate shall be issued according to the form in accordance with Annex 4 to the Rules.

      13. The following persons shall not pass the procedure for recognizing educational documents:

      1) holders of the international scholarship "Bolashak";

      2) holders of documents on the formation of educational organizations of countries that have signed the following documents and (or) international treaties (agreements) exempting from recognition:

      2-1) Agreement of the Commonwealth of Independent States "On cooperation in the field of education" dated May 15, 1992 (while documents on education issued by the CIS member states after May 15, 1992 shall be undergoing the recognition procedure in the prescribed manner);

      2-2) Treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union dated May 29, 2014 (shall apply to migrant workers working in the territory of member states);

      2-3) Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Government of the Russian Federation on the functioning of the Kazakhstan branch of M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University dated November 9, 2017;

      3) holders of documents on higher and (or) postgraduate education issued by branches of foreign organizations of higher and (or) postgraduate education and foreign educational institutions operating in the Republic of Kazakhstan on the basis of international treaties or by decision of the authorized body in the field of science and higher education.

      14. Documents on the formation of countries that have signed international treaties (agreements) on mutual recognition shall be recognized as follows:

      1) establishing the authenticity of the education document if the education document is not legalized or apostilled;

      2) establishing whether the educational organization (scientific centre, laboratory) that issued the education document has the right to carry out relevant educational activities at the time of its issuance.

      Recognition of documents on the formation of countries that have signed international treaties (agreements) on mutual recognition shall be carried out on the basis of the issuance by the service provider of a certificate in the form in accordance with Annex 4 to the Rules.

      15. In the absence of international treaties (agreements) on mutual recognition, educational documents shall be recognized with an expert assessment in the following order:

      1) establishing the authenticity of the education document if the education document is not legalized or apostilled;

      2) establishing whether the educational organization (scientific centre, laboratory) that issued the education document has the right to carry out relevant educational activities at the time of its issuance;

      3) assessment of the level of education and (or) qualifications;

      4) evaluation of training periods;

      5) assessment of the terms and form of training;

      6) determination of the equivalence of academic and (or) professional rights granted to the holder of a document on education in the state in which this document has been issued, rights that shall be granted to the relevant documents on education of the established form in the Republic of Kazakhstan;

      7) determination of the availability of additional education (when identifying differences in the level of education, periods of training, terms and form of training);

      8) determination of the availability of practical skills and work experience in the specialty or educational program (when identifying differences in the level of education, training periods, terms and form of training).

      16. When conducting an expert assessment and identifying differences in the level of education, periods of training, terms and form of training, the recognition of the education document shall be carried out taking into account documents confirming training and additional education, the availability of practical skills and experience in the declared specialty or educational program for more than 5 years.

      If the education document issued by a foreign educational organization, research centre or laboratories shall indicate qualifications that shall not be in the classifiers of areas of training or qualifications, specialties by levels of education of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the determination of the content of education shall be carried out according to the related direction of training or qualifications, specialties.

      17. Based on the results of the procedure for recognition of educational documents, the service provider shall make one of the following decisions:

      1) on recognition of a document on education in accordance with the submitted document on education with the provision of the right to continue education and (or) employment for the category of documents specified in paragraph 14 of the Rules;

      2) on the recognition of a document on education in the corresponding level/degree of education, specialty or educational program/direction of personnel training, qualifications with the provision of the right to continue training and (or) employment for the category of documents specified in paragraph 15 of the Rules;

      3) a motivated response to the refusal to provide public services.

      18. If there are grounds for refusing to provide a public service provided for in paragraph 9 of the List of Basic Requirements, the service provider shall notify the service recipient of the preliminary decision to refuse to provide a public service, as well as the time, place and method of hearing to enable the service recipient to express a position on the preliminary decision. The notification (notification) shall be sent by text message to the subscriber's cellular number or e-mail address or using other means of communication that ensure the fixation of the notification or call.

      Notice of hearing shall be sent at least three (3) working days prior to the decision on reasoned refusal.

      The objection of the service recipient by a preliminary decision shall be accepted by the service provider within 2 (two) working days from the date of its receipt.

      Based on the results of the hearing, the service provider shall make a decision on the public service provision, or shall form a motivated refusal.

      19. A certificate of recognition, a motivated response to the refusal to provide a public service is issued through the State Corporation personally to the service recipient or a third party under a notarized certified power of attorney, or sent to the "personal account" of the service recipient in the form of an electronic document signed by an electronic digital signature (hereinafter referred to as the EDS) of the head or authorized person of the service provider.

Paragraph 2. Procedure for recognition of degree awarding documents

      20. Recognition of documents on awarding an academic degree received abroad by citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan, foreigners and stateless persons shall be carried out in two stages:

      1) authentication of the degree award document;

      2) examination of dissertation and scientific publications.

      21. The stage of examination of dissertations and scientific publications specified in subparagraph 2) of paragraph 20 of the Rules shall not be carried out for the following categories of persons:

      1) for persons who defended dissertations in OHPE, which shall be among the first 250 (two hundred and fifty) positions in one of three international academic rankings (world ranking of the best universities in the world by QS Quacquarelli Symonds (QS World University Rankings,), academic ranking of world universities (Academic Ranking of World Universities), ranking of the best universities in the world according to the Times (Times Higher Education World University Rankings) at the time of the dissertation;

      2) for persons who defended their dissertations in OHPE and research centres, laboratories included in the list of organizations recommended for training holders of the “Bolashak” international scholarship;

      3) for foreign citizens invited by OHPE as part of labor migration;

      4) for persons aimed at training under programs for the training of scientific and scientific-pedagogical personnel by the Ministry of Défense of the Republic of Kazakhstan, national security agencies, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the General Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Kazakhstan, as well as persons who defended dissertations containing state secrets state secrets;

      5) persons who have received diplomas of a second-level master or doctor of philosophy (PhD), a doctor in profile for the highest degree of performing arts in foreign organizations in the field of art;

      6) for persons who have received diplomas of a habilitated doctor (Dr. Habil).

      22. Holders of the international scholarship "Bolashak," aimed at training in professional educational programs of postgraduate studies, doctoral studies, shall not undergo the procedure of recognition of documents on awarding a degree.

      23. The list of necessary documents, as well as other information, taking into account the specifics of the public service provision, shall be reflected in subparagraph 2) of paragraph 8 of the List of Basic Requirements.

      24. When the service provider receives a full package of documents for the recognition of legalized or apostilled documents on the award of an academic degree specified in paragraph 21 of the Rules through the portal or the State Corporation:

      1) an employee of the service provider's office shall register the application on the day of receipt and shall forward it to the supervising deputy head, who shall determine the responsible employee within 1 (one) working day;

      2) based on the positive conclusion of the responsible employee of the service provider, an order on recognition of the education document shall be issued within 2 (two) working days;

      3) on the basis of the order, within 2 (two) working days, a certificate of recognition of the document on the award of an academic degree in the form in accordance with Annex 6 to the Rules shall be issued;

      4) the result of the public service provision:

      when applying through the portal, an electronic certificate of recognition of a document on the award of an academic degree is sent to the "personal account" of the service recipient or an authorized representative on the basis of an electronic copy of the power of attorney in the form of an electronic document signed by the EDS;

      when applying through the State Corporation, the responsible employee of the responsible structural subdivision shall prepare a cover letter and send a certificate of recognition of the degree award document to the State Corporation. At the same time, the service provider ensures the delivery of the result of the state service to the State Corporation no later than one day before the expiration of the period for the provision of state service.

      25. When the service provider receives a full package of documents for the recognition of non-legalized or apostilled documents on the award of an academic degree specified in paragraph 21 of the Rules through the portal or the State Corporation:

      1) an employee of the service provider's office shall register the application on the day of receipt and shall forward it to the supervising deputy head, who shall determine the responsible employee within 1 (one) working day;

      2) the responsible employee of the service provider within 1 (one) working day from the date of receipt of the application shall establish the fact of issuing a document on education through a foreign database on issued documents on education;

      3) if there is no information about the document in the foreign database, the responsible employee of the service provider within 1 (one) working day shall send an official request to a foreign educational organization, scientific centre or laboratory, authorized body in order to obtain confirmation of the fact of issuing a document on awarding a degree and the educational organization that issued the document on awarding a degree has the right to carry out educational and scientific activities;

      4) if the educational organization, research centre or laboratory that issued the education document does not submit a response to the official request of the service provider (by e-mail or officially) within 22 (twenty-two) working days, the responsible employee of the service provider shall draw up a reasoned response to the refusal to provide public services in accordance with paragraph 9 of the List of Basic Requirements;

      5) upon receipt of a positive response based on the conclusion of the responsible employee of the service provider, an order on recognition of the education document shall be issued within 2 (two) working days;

      6) on the basis of the order, within 2 (two) working days, a certificate of recognition of a foreign education document shall be issued in the form in accordance with Annex 6 to the Rules;

      7) the result of the public service provision:

      when applying through the portal, an electronic certificate of recognition of a document on the award of an academic degree shall be sent to the "personal account" of the service recipient or an authorized representative on the basis of an electronic copy of the power of attorney in the form of an electronic document signed by an electronic digital signature;

      when applying through the State Corporation, the responsible employee of the responsible structural subdivision shall prepare a cover letter and shall send a certificate of recognition of the degree award document to the State Corporation. At the same time, the service provider shall ensure the delivery of the result of the public service to the State Corporation no later than one day before the expiration of the period for the public service provision.

      26. When the service provider receives a full package of documents for the recognition of legalized or apostilled documents on the award of a degree not specified in paragraph 21 of the Rules through the portal or the State Corporation:

      1) the employee of the service provider's office shall register the application on the day of receipt and shall forward it to the supervising deputy head, who determines the responsible employee within one working day;

      2) when the service recipient submits the full package of documents, the responsible employee of the service provider within 2 (two) working days shall send the certification file of the service recipient for examination to the Expert Council under the Committee for Quality Assurance in Science and Higher Education of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan (hereinafter referred to as the Expert Council).

      3) the term of consideration of the dissertation in the Expert Council shall be no more than 48 (forty-eight) working days. The examination shall be carried out in accordance with paragraph 18 of the Rules for awarding degrees approved by the order of the Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated March 31, 2011 № 127 (registered in the Register of State Registration of Regulatory Legal Acts under № 6951) (hereinafter referred to as the Rules for Awarding Degrees);

      4) the conclusion of the Expert Council shall be sent to the service provider within three (3) working days from the date of the meeting of the Expert Council;

      5) based on the conclusion of the Expert Council, the service provider shall issue an order within 2 (two) working days on the recognition of the degree award document or a reasoned response on the refusal to provide public services in accordance with paragraph 9 of the List of Basic Requirements;

      6) based on the positive decision of the Expert Council, the service provider within 2 (two) working days shall draw up a certificate of recognition of a foreign document on the award of an academic degree in the form in accordance with Annex 6 to the Rules;

      7) the result of the public service provision:

      when applying through the portal, an electronic certificate of recognition of a document on the award of an academic degree shall be sent to the "personal account" of the service recipient or an authorized representative on the basis of an electronic copy of the power of attorney in the form of an electronic document signed by an electronic digital signature;

      when applying through the State Corporation, the responsible employee of the responsible structural subdivision shall prepare a cover letter and shall send a certificate of recognition of the degree award document to the State Corporation. At the same time, the service provider shall ensure the delivery of the result of the public service to the State Corporation no later than one day before the expiration of the period for the public service provision.

      27. Upon receipt by the service provider of a full package of documents for recognition of non-legalized or apostilled documents on awarding an academic degree not specified in paragraph 21 of the Rules through the portal or the State Corporation:

      1) an employee of the service provider's office shall register the application on the day of receipt and shall forward it to the supervising deputy head, who shall determine the responsible employee within 1 (one) working day;

      2) the responsible employee of the service provider within 1 (one) working day from the date of receipt of the application shall establish the fact of issuing a document on education through a foreign database on issued documents on education;

      3) if there is no information about the document in the foreign database, the responsible employee of the service provider within 1 (one) working day shall send an official request to a foreign educational organization, scientific centre or laboratory, authorized body in order to obtain confirmation of the fact of issuing a document on awarding a degree and whether the educational organization, scientific centre or laboratory that issued the document on education has the right to carry out educational and scientific activities;

      If the educational organization, research centre or laboratory that issued the degree award document does not submit a response to the official request of the service provider (by e-mail or officially) within 14 (fourteen) working days, the responsible employee of the service provider shall issue a reasoned response to the refusal to provide public services in accordance with paragraph 9 of the List of Basic Requirements;

      4) upon receipt of a positive response, the responsible employee of the service provider shall send the certification file of the service recipient for examination to the Expert Council within 1 working day;

      5) the term of consideration of the dissertation in the Expert Council shall be no more than 48 (forty-eight) working days. In this case, the examination shall be carried out in accordance with paragraph 18 of the Rules for awarding degrees;

      6) the conclusion of the Expert Council shall be sent to the service provider within three (3) working days from the date of the Expert Council meeting;

      7) based on the conclusion of the Expert Council, the service provider shall issue an order within 2 (two) working days on the recognition of the degree award document or a reasoned response on the refusal to provide public services in accordance with paragraph 9 of the List of Basic Requirements;

      8) based on the positive decision of the Expert Council, the service provider within 2 (two) working days shall draw up a certificate of recognition of a foreign document on the award of an academic degree in the form in accordance with Annex 6 to these Rules;

      9) the result of the public service provision:

      when applying through the portal, an electronic certificate of recognition of a document on the award of an academic degree shall be sent to the "personal account" of the service recipient or an authorized representative on the basis of an electronic copy of the power of attorney in the form of an electronic document signed by an electronic digital signature;

      when applying through the State Corporation, the responsible employee of the responsible structural subdivision shall prepare a cover letter and shall send a certificate of recognition of the degree award document to the State Corporation. At the same time, the service provider shall ensure the delivery of the result of the public service to the State Corporation no later than one day before the expiration of the period for the public service provision.

      28. A certificate of recognition of a document on awarding an academic degree or a motivated response on refusal to provide a public service shall be issued through the State Corporation personally to the service recipient or a third party under a notarized certified power of attorney or sent to the "personal account" of the service recipient in the form of an electronic document signed by the EDS of the head or authorized person of the service provider.

      29. If the service recipient disagrees with the reasoned response to the refusal to provide the public service of the Rules, adopted on the basis of a negative decision of the Expert Council, the service recipient shall submit an appeal in any form to the service provider. The application for appeal shall be submitted within ninety (90) calendar days from the date of receipt of the refusal of recognition. The appellate application shall be considered in the manner specified in paragraphs 28 and 29 of the Rules for awarding degrees.

Chapter 3. Procedure for issuing duplicate certificates of recognition of documents on higher and postgraduate education

      30. When changing the surname, name or patronymic (if any), loss, damage of the certificate of recognition of the document of education, a duplicate of the certificate of recognition shall be issued (hereinafter referred to as the duplicate).

      31. To receive a duplicate, the service recipient shall send an application to the service provider through the State Corporation or portal in the form in accordance with Annex 7 to the Rules with the attachment of the documents specified in subparagraph 3) of paragraph 8 of the List of Basic Requirements.

      32. On the issued form of the certificate in the upper right corner there shall be an entry "Duplicate."

      33. When the service provider receives a full package of documents for issuing duplicate certificates of recognition of educational documents through the portal or the State Corporation:

      1) an employee of the service provider's office shall register the application on the day of receipt and shall forward it to the supervising deputy head, who shall determine the responsible employee within 1 (one) working day.

      2) an employee of the structural subdivision shall confirm the fact of issuing a certificate of recognition within 3 (three) working days and shall forward it to the responsible employee of the service provider;

      3) the responsible employee of the service provider shall draw up a duplicate certificate of recognition of the education document or a reasoned response to the refusal to provide public services in accordance with paragraph 9 of the List of Basic Requirements within 2 (two) working days;

      4) the head of the service provider shall sign a duplicate certificate of recognition of the education document or a reasoned response to the refusal to provide public services in accordance with paragraph 9 of the List of Basic Requirements within 1 (one) working day;

      5) the result of the public service provision:

      when applying through the portal, the electronic duplicate of the certificate of recognition of the education document shall be sent to the "personal account" of the service recipient or an authorized representative on the basis of an electronic copy of the power of attorney in the form of an electronic document signed by an electronic digital signature;

      when applying through the State Corporation, the responsible employee of the responsible structural subdivision shall prepare a cover letter and shall send a duplicate certificate of recognition of the education document to the State Corporation. At the same time, the service provider shall ensure the delivery of the result of the public service to the State Corporation no later than one day before the expiration of the period for the public service provision.

Chapter 4. Procedure for appealing decisions, actions (inactions) of service providers and (or) their officials, state corporation and (or) their employees regarding the public service provision

      34. A complaint about the decision, actions (inactions) of the service provider on the public service provision may be submitted to the head of the service provider, to the authorized body for assessment and control over the quality of public services, in accordance with the Administrative Procedural and -Processual Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Law on public services.

      The complaint of the service recipient received by the service provider in accordance with paragraph 2 of Article 25 of the Law on public services shall be subject to consideration within 5 (five) working days from the date of its registration.

      The complaint of the service recipient received by the authorized body for assessment and control over the quality of public services, in accordance with paragraph 2 of Article 25 of the Law on public services, shall be subject to consideration within 15 (fifteen) working days from the date of its registration.

      A complaint about the action (inaction) of employees of the State Corporation when providing services through the State Corporation shall be submitted to the head of the State Corporation or to the authorized body in the field of informatization.

      In cases of disagreement with the results of the public service provision, the service recipient shall apply to the court in the manner prescribed by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

      35. The complaint shall be submitted to the administrative body, to the official whose administrative act, administrative action (inaction) shall be appealed.

      The administrative body, the official whose administrative act, administrative action (inaction) shall be appealed, no later than three working days from the date of receipt of the complaint, shall send it and the administrative case to the body considering the complaint.

      At the same time, the administrative body, the official whose administrative act, administrative action (inaction) shall be appealed, has the right not to send a complaint to the body considering the complaint, if he accepts a favourable administrative act within three working days, shall commit an administrative action that fully satisfies the requirements specified in the complaint.

      36. Unless otherwise provided by the law, an appeal to a court shall be allowed after a pre-trial appeal.

Application

      I hereby would ask you*_____________________________________________________

      (recognize education)

      Purpose * ________________________________________________________________

      (employment, continued training)

      ________________________________________________________________________

      Type, series and number of the education document * _____________________________

      ________________________________________________________________________

      (certificate, diploma, certificate)

      Issued by * _______________________________________________________________

      (full name of the organization of education, country)

      specialty/area * __________________________________________________________

      (full name)

      Qualification/degree * ______________________________________________________

      ________________________________________________________________________

      (full name)

      ________________________________________________________________________

      ________________________________________________________________________

      I hereby agree to the use of information constituting a secret protected by the Law,

      contained in information systems.

      ________________ "___ ",_ 20

      _______________________________

      (signature)

      * - must be filled in.

Receipt of refusal to accept documents

      Guided by the paragraph 2 of Article 20 of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On Public Services," the non-profit joint-stock company "State Corporation "Government for Citizens" refuses to accept documents for the public service provision due to your submission of an incomplete package of documents in accordance with the list provided for by the Rules, as well as expired documents, namely:

      Name of missing documents:

      1. ___________________________________;

      2. ___________________________________;

      3.…….

      This receipt shall be made in two copies, one for each party.

      _______________________________________________________________________

      Full name, patronymic (if any)

      of the employee of the State Corporation (signature)

      Telephone number: _______________

      received: _____________________________________________________________________

      Full name, patronymic (if any)/signature of the service recipient
____________"___", 20____.

      Footnote. Annex 3 as amended by the order of the Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 30.04.2025 № 225 (shall enter into force upon expiry of ten calendar days after the day of its first official publication).

Republican state enterprise on the right of economic leading the “National
center for the development of higher education”
of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan CERTIFICATE
on recognition of a foreign document on education

      (valid with original education document and its notarized

      attested translation)

      БТ № _____

      This is to certify that the education document ___________________________________

      ________________________________________________________________________

      (document name, series, number and date of issue)

      issued in the name of ______________________________________________________

      (surname, first name, patronymic (if any)

      organization _____________________________________________________________

      (name of organization of education, scientific centre, laboratory,

      issuing the education document, country)

      ________________________________________________________________________

      ________________________________________________________________________

      recognized in the Republic of Kazakhstan with granting to its holder the right

      ________________________________________________________________________

      (continued training and/or employment)

      Grounds: ________________________________________________________________

      (number and date of decision of the service provider)

      Place of sealing

      Head of ______________________

      (signature)

      Registration №__________

      ______________ _____"___", _ 20

Republican state enterprise on the right of economic leading the "National centre for the development of higher education" of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan CERTIFICATE
on recognition of a foreign document on education

      (valid with original education document and its notarized

      attested translation)

      БТ I № _______________

      This is to certify that the education document ____________________________________

      _________________________________________________________________________

      (document name, series, number and date of issue)

      issued in the name of _______________________________________________________

      (surname, first name, patronymic (if any)

      organization ______________________________________________________________

      (name of organization of education, scientific centre, laboratory,

      issuing the education document, country)

      _________________________________________________________________________

      _________________________________________________________________________

      recognized in the Republic of Kazakhstan (level/degree of education, specialty or

      educational program/direction of personnel training, qualification)

      _________________________________________________________________________

      _________________________________________________________________________

      _________________________________________________________________________

      granting it to the holder of the right ___________________________________________

      _________________________________________________________________________

      (continued training and/or employment)

      Grounds: ________________________________________________________________

      (number and date of decision of the service provider)

      Place of sealing

      Head of ______________________

      (signature)

      Registration №_____________

      _______________ __"____", ____ 20

Republican state enterprise on the right of economic leading the "National centre for the development of higher education" of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan CERTIFICATE
on the recognition of a foreign document on the award of an academic degree

      (valid with original education document and its notarized

      attested translation)

      БТ ІІ № _______________

      This is to certify that the degree document

      ______________________________________________________________________

      (document name, series, number and date of issue)

      issued in the name of ____________________________________________________

      ______________________________________________________________________

      full name (if any)

      organization ___________________________________________________________

      (name of organization of education, scientific centre, laboratory,

      issuing the education document, country)

      _______________________________________________________________________

      _______________________________________________________________________

      _______________________________________________________________________

      recognized as corresponding to level 8 (eight) of the National Qualification Framework

      Republic of Kazakhstan,

      ________________________________________________________________________

      (doctorate degree/PhD)

      in the area of __________________________________________________ preparation

      ________________________________________________________________________

      Grounds: ________________________________________________________________

      (number and date of decision of the service provider)

      Place of sealing

      Head of __________________________

      (signature)

      Registration № ______________

      _______________ _ "____" ,___ 20

Application

      I hereby would ask you* _______________________________________________

      (issue a duplicate certificate of recognition of the education document)

      Reason for __________________________________________________________

      (due to loss/damage of certificate, etc.)

      Type, series and number of the education document * ________________________

      ___________________________________________________________________

      (diploma, certificate, identity card, certificate)

      Issued by * _________________________________________________________

      (full name of the organization of education, country)

      specialty/area * ______________________________________________________

      ____________________________________________________________________

      (full name)

      Qualification/Degree * _________________________________________________

      ____________________________________________________________________

      (full name)

      I hereby agree to the use of information constituting a secret protected by the Law,

      contained in information systems.

      ________________ "___ ", ___ 20

      _______________________________

      (signature)

      * - obligatory to fill in.