Within the Republic of Kazakhstan citizens are required to use internal Kazakh identity card which can also be used for travel to the Russian Federation, Kyrgyzstan and Albania.The Kazakh Ministry of Justice started issuing biometric passports on 5 January 2009.[1] Kazakh passports have cerulean colour cover with the words “ПАСПОРТ” (Kazakh) and “PASSPORT” (English) at the bottom with the Republic of Kazakhstan coat of arms in the middle of the front cover.The first page contains inscription in two languages as follows: Паспорт Қазақстан Республикасының меншiгi болып табылады, ал оның иесi Қазақстан Республикасының қорғауында болады – in Kazakh (Cyrillic script) Pasport Qazaqstan Respublikasynyñ menşıgı bolyp tabylady, al onyñ ıesi Qazaqstan Respublikasynyñ qorğauynda bolady' – in Kazakh (Latin script) This passport is the property of the Republic of Kazakhstan and its owner is under protection of the Republic of Kazakhstan – in English When Kazakhstan was within the USSR, Soviet passports were issued.A Kazakhstani Passport includes the following data: The information page ends with a machine-readable zone.