

Peter Anderson-Stewart
@NucMed
Australian °µÍø½ûÇø in Kazakhstan
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105
About me
Australian
Lives in Ust-Kamenogorsk
Registration: 02 August 2013
Activity


Coming to Kazakhstan by Teresateacher
I will arrive soon in Kazakhstan. What should I bring that you wish you would have brought?

As Bhvana has mentioned, check my earlier post (perhaps too, consider replying to this comment on the other article rather than to this one here). What you will require in clothing (especially during winter) will depend very much on where you will ... Read More


Foreign woman staying at Kazakh Male Friend’s house ok? by Tabi
Hi, I’m planning to go visit my friend who is a Kazakh male (I’m a white foreign female) and he’s invited me to stay with him at his place. It will just be the two of us, we are both now single and it will likely be a ...

The 600 subclass tourist visa is AU$140, at least when I last did three in June this year and the visa is electronic, so there is no need to send the passport to Moscow. They need to make sure that when they apply, they include as much information ... Read More


Foreign woman staying at Kazakh Male Friend’s house ok? by Tabi
Hi, I’m planning to go visit my friend who is a Kazakh male (I’m a white foreign female) and he’s invited me to stay with him at his place. It will just be the two of us, we are both now single and it will likely be a ...

"I saw on the travel doctor website there’s a vaccine for ticks, do you think it would be effective against them?" Yes, it's effective, but you would probably be better off avoiding those areas or if you are hell-bent on being ... Read More


Foreign woman staying at Kazakh Male Friend’s house ok? by Tabi
Hi, I’m planning to go visit my friend who is a Kazakh male (I’m a white foreign female) and he’s invited me to stay with him at his place. It will just be the two of us, we are both now single and it will likely be a ...

Spring? You need to be careful (again, depending on where you are) with clothing but this time, mostly because of ticks (encephalitis, haemorrhagic fever and Lyme disease) and fleas carrying Y. pestis, the plague bacteria. Don't accept any meat ... Read More


Foreign woman staying at Kazakh Male Friend’s house ok? by Tabi
Hi, I’m planning to go visit my friend who is a Kazakh male (I’m a white foreign female) and he’s invited me to stay with him at his place. It will just be the two of us, we are both now single and it will likely be a ...

Oh, and if you are going in the next few months, make sure you have appropriate clothing and footwear (ice on the pavements and roads is a particular problem with many hospitalisations and worse every year) for the weather and conditions. You ... Read More


Foreign woman staying at Kazakh Male Friend’s house ok? by Tabi
Hi, I’m planning to go visit my friend who is a Kazakh male (I’m a white foreign female) and he’s invited me to stay with him at his place. It will just be the two of us, we are both now single and it will likely be a ...

Not really a problem, more try to act normally, not overtly. Hand holding, just fine, all over each other, well, not so much. Whilst Kazakhstan is a Muslim nation, it is not generally so "observant", so unless the family is particularly ... Read More


Foreign woman staying at Kazakh Male Friend’s house ok? by Tabi
Hi, I’m planning to go visit my friend who is a Kazakh male (I’m a white foreign female) and he’s invited me to stay with him at his place. It will just be the two of us, we are both now single and it will likely be a ...

Should not be a problem in Almaty, public displays of affection are common, but perhaps it needs to be age appropriate and not too overt. Perhaps just act normally? Little village? ... hmmm ... Read More


Traffic in Kazakhstan by Priscilla
Hello everyone, Which city or area do you live in in Kazakhstan, and how do you find the traffic? How long does it take to commute to work or run errands? Is there a rush hour in your city? What times of the day would you recommend people ...

Dangerous and diabolical. Parking is wherever people stop their cars. If you have an accident (even with little or no damage), you will wait for hours to have it resolved and be able to move off. People are often given their licence with their car ... Read More


Getting married in Kazakhstan by Armand
Hi all, We invite all the ones who got married in Kazakhstan or who are about to get married in Kazakhstan to participate in this thread :) What are the formalities to get married in Kazakhstan? Is it the same for a couple of foreigners of for ...

From memory, I got the translation of the apostilled passport in Ust-Kamenogorsk and that was notarised. The certificate of no impediment to marriage was translated and apostilled in Australia. Read More


Getting married in Kazakhstan by Armand
Hi all, We invite all the ones who got married in Kazakhstan or who are about to get married in Kazakhstan to participate in this thread :) What are the formalities to get married in Kazakhstan? Is it the same for a couple of foreigners of for ...

"The only thing that was offered to me, is the apostile on an untranslated copy of my passport. I wonder, if it would be enough to get the apostiled copy translated in Kz instead of getting the translation of the copy apostiled in ... Read More


Getting married in Kazakhstan by Armand
Hi all, We invite all the ones who got married in Kazakhstan or who are about to get married in Kazakhstan to participate in this thread :) What are the formalities to get married in Kazakhstan? Is it the same for a couple of foreigners of for ...

"So it means that i have to go there, apply, come back to Canada, and go back to Almaty for the celebration." You don't have to go back to Canada, just leave KZ before the 30 days is up, perhaps catch KC109 to Bishkek, walk off the ... Read More


Getting married in Kazakhstan by Armand
Hi all, We invite all the ones who got married in Kazakhstan or who are about to get married in Kazakhstan to participate in this thread :) What are the formalities to get married in Kazakhstan? Is it the same for a couple of foreigners of for ...

"I missed the fact, that the passport also needs to have an apostille! You mean, they will put an apostille in the passport itself? I am glad that you pointed that out to me! Up to now people only mentioned to me that an identity document of me ... Read More


Getting married in Kazakhstan by Armand
Hi all, We invite all the ones who got married in Kazakhstan or who are about to get married in Kazakhstan to participate in this thread :) What are the formalities to get married in Kazakhstan? Is it the same for a couple of foreigners of for ...

Hi, I don't know if you've seen my original post from a few years ago ... Below are the documents and procedure you need to follow ... Translated and notarised passport with apostille Translated and notarised Certificate of No Impediment ... Read More


Do you speak Kazakh? by Priscilla
Hi everyone, It is widely agreed that speaking Kazakh is essential for a successful integration in Kazakhstan. Do you agree? Share your experience! Do you speak Kazakh? If so, where did you learn this language? Where can one attend a language ...

"It is widely agreed ..." Is it? When a reasonable proportion of the citizens do not speak it at all well (even the president takes longer to make a speech in Kazakh than in Russian, making the requirement that you must have good Kazakh ... Read More


Dealing with homesickness in Kazakhstan by Priscilla
Hello everyone, Being an °µÍø½ûÇø in Kazakhstan can turn out to be a wonderful human, social or professional adventure... with potential moments of nostalgia and homesickness along the way. What are your personal tips to prevent ...

I've never suffered homesickness (although I don't deny that many suffer from it) perhaps because having been sent to boarding school from the age of 5 until 17, you learn to cope with separation and lack of the familiar very early ... Read More