Kazakhstan Emigration and Immigration

Finding the Town of Origin in Kazakhstan
If you are using emigration/immigration records to find the name of your ancestors' town in Kazakhstan, see Kazakhstan Finding Town of Origin for additional research strategies.

Kazakhstan Emigration and Immigration
"Emigration" means moving out of a country. "Immigration" means moving into a country. Emigration and immigration sources list the names of people leaving (emigrating) or arriving (immigrating) in the country. These sources may be passenger lists, permissions to emigrate, or records of passports issued. The information in these records may include the emigrants’ names, ages, occupations, destinations, and places of origin or birthplaces. Sometimes they also show family groups.