Document certification and verification

If you are planning to study in the UK, you may need to have Kazakhstani documents certified for submission to UK educational institutions and authorities. You may also be interested in professional recognition of your qualifications  following completion of your studies in the UK. We certify all types of educational documents (degrees, transcripts of grades, diploma supplements, certificates etc.) issued by British bodies with recognised academic or professional status in the UK, which you may need to submit to the Kazakhstani authorities.

We can certify the following:

• documents issued by UK institutions of secondary, further and higher education, as well as related official bodies, including medical authorities (medical training), in the UK
• documents issued by Kazakhstani institutions of secondary, further and higher education.

Please note:

• submission of the original document(s) is required
• certification of documents normally takes 1-3 working days (courier dispatch is not included in this).

We only verify documents issued by British bodies that have official or recognised academic or professional status in the UK.

For further information, please read our Code of Practice. 

Please note:

• submission of the original document(s) is required
• we can only verify after we have confirmation of the authenticity of the original document from the issuing body. For this purpose, you may be asked to sign our Consent form
• verification normally takes up to 14 working days (courier dispatch is not included in this).

Express Services for document certification

If you need your documents to be translated/verified immediately, we offer an express service.

Simply bring your original document(s) to our office in Almaty and we will deal with your certification on the same day: we will certify your document(s) while you wait.

Please note that our express service is available for certification of documents only. If you need to get your documents verified with the issuing body, please allow 3-5 working days to get your documents processed.

You can submit and receive your document(s) by visiting our office in Almaty or by sending your document(s) by courier. 

Visit our office in Almaty

• Visit our office in Almaty to submit and/or collect your documents. Before visiting our office, please contact our call centre to book an appointment

Send your document(s) by Courier

Alternatively, you can send your document(s) to either office by Courier. We will contact you to confirm receipt of your document(s) and the overall fee before verification/certification.

Please enclose the following: 

1. Our Request form or a signed letter stating:

• the document holder’s name exactly as it appears on their passport or identity card in both the original language (e.g. Russian/Kazakh) and English 
• the service you require
• your daytime and mobile phone numbers
• your address (if the documents will not be collected by the document holder in person, please also indicate the name of the recipient).

2. The original document(s) you want certified/verified.

3. If you submit a document issued by a UK educational institution, please enclose a signed copy of our Consent form.

Bank payment

Pay by direct deposit to the British Council account:

Name of the Organisation:  British Council (Kazakhstan) Limited Liability Partnership

Bank name: JSC Citibank Kazakhstan

IBAN: KZ3983201T0200445000

SWIFT: CITIKZKA

BIN: 150540016608

KNP: 859

KBE: 17

Important

• In the REFERENCE section of payment include: 'certification / family name' e.g. 'certification / Akhmetov'. Without this information we will not be able to identify your payment.
• Email the bank payment order to this email with the following subject title: 'Bank transfer certification / surname/'.