Kazakh Visa Free

From the Kazakh Embassy in DC:
"Kazakhstan Announces Unilateral Visa-Free Regime for Citizens of Top 10 Investor nations, including the United States "

At the at the 27th meeting of the Foreign Investors' Council, President Nazarbayev announced visa-free entry for citizens of the United States, the Netherlands, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Malaysia, the UAE, South Korea, and Japan. It should be noted that currently Kazakhstan and the United States issue 5-year visas to citizens of each other. “Today we are unilaterally introducing visa-free entry for citizens of ten nations. All the ten nations have been actively investing into the Kazakhstan’s economy," the President said, emphasizing that “removal of visa barriers is of great importance to expand business ties and international engagement”. The Foreign Investors’ Council (FIC) chaired by the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan is an advisory body established in 1998 to promote direct dialogue between the Government of Kazakhstan and foreign investors in order to efficiently improve business climate and keep Kazakhstan open to the world's best practices in doing business Kazakhstan and South Korea plan to sign an agreement to create a visa- free regime between the two countries, according to Fox News Latino. The signing will take place when the South Korean President, Park Geun-hye visits Kazakhstan from June 19-20.

^ I have some friends in Kazakhstan so it is nice to know I could go visit them without needing to get a visa first. Apparently, this is only a trial period that goes for around a year and in 2015 the Kazakh Government will then see if it was worth it. ^

http://www.kazakhembus.com/in_the_news/kazakhstan-announces-unilateral-visa-free-regime-for-citizens-of-top-10-investor-nations