British Embassy Astana
Source: gov.uk (2025-11-18)

The British Embassy in Astana (formerly Nur-Sultan) maintains and develops relations between the UK and Kazakhstan.

We provide services to British nationals living in and visiting Kazakhstan.

You can access UK government services while in Kazakhstan (https://www.gov.uk/world/kazakhstan).

If you’re travelling in Kazakhstan, see our Kazakhstan travel advice (https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/kazakhstan).

Getting help

If you cannot get the support you need from local services, the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) can help British people abroad.

We prioritise emergencies and people who are vulnerable, for example, if someone’s:

ill, injured, or involved in a crime

with a British person who’s died

Get help from FCDO (https://www.contact.service.csd.fcdo.gov.uk/posts/kazakhstan/british-embassy-astana)

Get an emergency travel document

You can apply for an emergency travel document (https://www.gov.uk/emergency-travel-document) if you’re abroad and your passport has been lost or stolen (https://www.gov.uk/report-a-lost-or-stolen-passport), damaged or expired, and you can’t get a new or replacement passport (https://www.gov.uk/renew-adult-passport) in time to travel.

Apply online for an emergency travel document (https://www.gov.uk/emergency-travel-document)

If the person needing the emergency travel document is under 16, a parent or guardian should apply on their behalf.

If you are travelling in more than 3 weeks, check if you can get a new or replacement passport (https://www.gov.uk/renew-adult-passport) in time to travel.

If you are not a British citizen or have not had a British passport before

If you’re not sure, check if you’re a British citizen (https://www.gov.uk/check-british-citizen)

If you’re not a British citizen but think you may be eligible, contact us to apply for an emergency travel document (https://www.contact.service.csd.fcdo.gov.uk/posts/kazakhstan/british-embassy-astana).

Other consular services

Notarial and documentary services

See the full list of notarial and documentary services for British people abroad (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/documents-for-british-people-abroad).

Consular fees

See the full list of consular fees (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/consular-services-fees).

Development work in Kazakhstan

The International Development White Paper (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/international-development-in-a-contested-world-ending-extreme-poverty-and-tackling-climate-change) set out how the UK is working with partners to:
- eliminate extreme poverty
- address climate change and biodiversity loss
- increase progress on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030
The UK does this through long-term partnerships tailored to the needs of each country the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office works with, founded on mutual accountability and transparency. The white paper builds on the UK Government’s International Development Strategy (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/international-development-in-a-contested-world-ending-extreme-poverty-and-tackling-climate-change) and the Integrated Review Refresh (IR23) (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/integrated-review-refresh-2023-responding-to-a-more-contested-and-volatile-world). These documents reiterate that sustainable development is central to UK foreign policy, and set out how the UK will go further and faster to reduce poverty.

For information on how the International Development White Paper is being implemented in Kazakhstan, view the UK-Kazakhstan development partnership summary (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-kazakhstan-development-partnership-summary).

For information on the UK’s Official Development Assistance (ODA) programme work in Kazakhstan, view the Development Tracker (https://devtracker.fcdo.gov.uk/countries/KZ/).