Kazakhstan Consulate General Frankfurt am Main

Before your visit

The Kazakh Consulate General is at Beethovenstraße 17 in Frankfurt’s Westend.

• E-mail: office.fra@mfa.kz.

About the Kazakh Consulate General in Frankfurt

The consulate general serves Kazakh citizens in Hesse, Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland and is headed by Consul General Taubaldy Umbetbayev. Honorary consuls in Stuttgart and Saarbrücken help locally.

Which Kazakh office is responsible for me?

The German Federal Foreign Office lists Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland under both Bonn and Frankfurt. If you live there, ask which office should handle your case.

Consular services

• Passports and ID cards for Kazakh citizens
• Long-stay visas
• Citizenship matters
• Legalisation and apostilles

Documents checklist

What Kazakh citizens usually need to bring for the most common requests, based on official Kazakh government information:

Passport of Kazakhstan while staying abroad

• Completed application, submitted to the embassy or consulate
• Your current Kazakh passport if you are exchanging it (for a first passport: the old Soviet passport as proof of citizenship)
• Proof of your situation abroad (permanent residence, study, work, marriage or long-term treatment) – original and copy
• Certificate of non-citizenship from the host country, if it issues one
• Proof of payment of the consular fee
• Processing: up to 90 calendar days from receipt of the documents

Sources: eGov Kazakhstan – passport order while staying abroad, eGov Kazakhstan – consular fees abroad (checked October 2026). Requirements and fees can change and individual posts may ask for more – confirm the current list with the consulate before your visit.

Visa information

Short trips to Kazakhstan of up to 30 days need no visa. The QazETA electronic travel authorisation is optional but recommended, and travellers should check any visa they receive for errors straight away.

Other consulates and embassies in Frankfurt

72 other countries are represented in Frankfurt, among them: Latvia (honorary), Lebanon (honorary), Malaysia (consulate general), Maldives (honorary), Mali (honorary), Malta (honorary), Mexico (consulate), Moldova (consulate general), Monaco (honorary), Montenegro (consulate general), Morocco (consulate general), Namibia (honorary), Netherlands (honorary), Nigeria (consulate general), Norway (honorary), Pakistan (consulate general), Paraguay (consulate general), Philippines (consulate general), Rwanda (honorary), South Korea (consulate general). The full list of all 73 missions is on the overview page for Germany.

Closing days

Closed on Hessian public holidays and on Nauryz (21–23 March) and Kazakh Independence Day (16 December).

Emergency assistance

Kazakh citizens in the district can contact the consulate general in emergencies. Germans in Kazakhstan can turn to the German Embassy in Astana.

Kazakh missions in Germany

Measured in a straight line from Frankfurt am Main, the nearest other Kazakh office is the Embassy Branch Office in Bonn (about 130 km). Distances in brackets are straight-line distances from Frankfurt am Main.

• Berlin (420 km) – Embassy of Kazakhstan
• Bonn (130 km) – Embassy Branch Office (North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland)
• Frankfurt am Main – Consulate General (Hesse, Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland) (this page)
• Munich (300 km) – Consulate General (Bavaria and Thuringia)
• Hamburg (390 km) – Consulate General (Hamburg, Bremen, Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein)
• Dortmund (180 km) – Honorary Consulate
• Hanover (260 km) – Honorary Consulate (Lower Saxony)
• Magdeburg (310 km) – Honorary Consulate (Saxony-Anhalt)
• Rostock (500 km) – Honorary Consulate (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein)
• Saarbrücken (160 km) – Honorary Consulate (Saarland)
• Stuttgart (150 km) – Honorary Consulate (Baden-Württemberg)