{"schemaVersion":1,"source":"live","checkedAt":"2026-10-08T03:06:05.901Z","passport":{"code":"KZ","name":"Kazakhstan","slug":"kazakhstan"},"destination":{"code":"ME","name":"Montenegro"},"status":"visa_required","evidenceLevel":"exact","supportsCurrentStatus":true,"reviewedAt":"2026-09-22","allowedStays":[],"policies":[{"id":"pass414-me-kazakhstan-prior-visa-from-october-2","title":"Montenegro: Kazakhstan prior-visa baseline from 2 October 2026","summary":"After the specific seasonal exemption ends on 1 October, the MFA's express Kazakhstan visa requirement and the regulation's Article 4 baseline apply to ordinary passport-only visitors. This confirms the existing future override from 2 October 2026.","status":"visa_required","effectiveFrom":"2026-10-02","conditions":["The visa is issued through a diplomatic or consular mission. The Kazakhstan page identifies the Bulgarian embassy in Kazakhstan as an alternative where the traveller cannot approach a Montenegro mission; no electronic-issuance route is established.","Article 7 separately allows qualifying holders of valid Schengen, Australian, Japanese, Canadian, New Zealand, Irish, US or UK visas, qualifying residence permits, or APEC business travel cards to use its document-conditioned route for up to 30 days and no longer than the supporting document remains valid. This does not make a Kazakh ordinary passport alone visa-free.","Article 12c prevents exemptions being regulated by special government acts from 31 October 2026, and seasonal exemptions from 1 October. It does not expressly replace the specific Kazakhstan decision's endpoint; this policy preserves the published 1 October endpoint and the existing 2 October baseline.","This baseline does not displace the current seasonal route before 2 October or determine special-passport, work, residence or final admission treatment."],"sourceIds":["pass414-me-kazakhstan-current-guidance","pass414-me-kazakhstan-decision-2026","pass414-me-visa-regulation-108-26","pass414-me-visa-issuance-procedure"]},{"id":"pass414-me-kazakhstan-seasonal-waiver-through-october-1","title":"Montenegro: Kazakhstan seasonal waiver through 1 October 2026","summary":"The adopted 2026 decision and current Kazakhstan guidance allow entry, transit and stays up to 30 days without a visa with a valid Kazakh travel document from 1 May through 1 October 2026.","status":"visa_free","effectiveFrom":"2026-05-01","effectiveTo":"2026-10-01","conditions":["This ordinary-passport visitor policy is limited to the stated seasonal window and requires a valid travel document.","The MFA's general document rule requires issuance within the preceding ten years and validity for at least three months after planned departure, subject to its stated emergency exceptions.","The 30-day limit does not establish a right to continue this seasonal exemption beyond 1 October 2026; work, residence and final admission are separate matters."],"sourceIds":["pass414-me-kazakhstan-decision-2026","pass414-me-kazakhstan-current-guidance","pass414-me-visa-issuance-procedure"]}],"conditional":[],"sources":[{"id":"pass414-me-kazakhstan-current-guidance","title":"Kazakhstan: current Montenegro MFA visa regime","url":"https://www.gov.me/diplomatske-misije/ambasade-i-konzulati-crne-gore-u-svijetu/kazahstan","publisher":"Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Montenegro","jurisdiction":"Montenegro","kind":"government-guidance","language":"Montenegrin","reviewedAt":"2026-09-22"},{"id":"pass414-me-kazakhstan-decision-2026","title":"Adopted decision on the 2026 Kazakhstan visa exemption","url":"https://wapi.gov.me/download/1f64b659-0537-4cd9-a370-25397d87b6f7?version=1.0","publisher":"Government of Montenegro, published by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs","jurisdiction":"Montenegro","kind":"law","language":"Montenegrin","reviewedAt":"2026-09-22"},{"id":"pass414-me-visa-regulation-108-26","title":"Visa regulation consolidated through Gazette 108/26","url":"https://www.gov.me/en/documents/7a121553-7780-477b-9117-d57985bfe57b","publisher":"Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Montenegro","jurisdiction":"Montenegro","kind":"law","language":"Montenegrin","reviewedAt":"2026-09-22"},{"id":"pass414-me-visa-issuance-procedure","title":"MFA visa procedure and travel-document validity","url":"https://www.gov.me/en/article/visas","publisher":"Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Montenegro","jurisdiction":"Montenegro","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-09-22"}]}