Driving license can be issued to individuals of the following ages:
- "AI" subcategory of vehicles can be provided to 16-year old individuals;
- "A", "B" categories of vehicles and "B1", "C1" subcategories can be provided to 18-year old individuals;
- "C" category of vehicles and "D1" subcategory can be provided to 21-year old individuals whose length of service as drivers is no less than 3 years, including experience in driving "C1" category vehicles for no less than 1 year;
- "D", "Tm" and "Tb" categories of vehicles can be provided to 25-year old individuals whose length of service as drivers is no less than 5 years, including experience in driving "D1" category vehicles for no less than 3 years;
- "BE", "CE", "DE" categories of vehicle combinations can be provided to individuals who have been driving "B", "C" and "D" categories of vehicles for no less than 12 months;
- "C1E", "D1E" categories of vehicle combinations can be provided to individuals who have been driving "C", "D" categories or "C1", "D1" subcategories for no less than 12 months.
Also, national driving license can be obtained by foreign citizens and stateless individuals, who have registration at a permanent place of residence in the Republic of Kazakhstan.
A new sample of driving license came into effect on March 03, 2015 and has the following types of categories:
1."А", "A1": two-wheeled motorcycle;
2."В": automobiles gross laden weight of which does not exceed 3.500 kg and the number of seats, exclusive of driver`s seat, does not exceed 8, and also which can gather speed of no less than 100 km/h based on technical capabilities;
3."B1": tricycles or 4-wheelers;
4."С", "C1": trucks gross laden weight of which exceeds 3.500 kg;
5."D": buses with no less than 28 seats and with length of no less than 7 m;
6."D1": buses with no more than 28 seats and with length of no less than 7 m;
7."BE": automobiles gross laden weight of which does not exceed 3.500 kg and the number of seats, exclusive of driver`s seat, does not exceed 8, and also which can gather speed of no less than 100 km/h based on technical capabilities with trailer gross laden weight of which does not exceed 1000 kg and gross laden weight of vehicle combination should not exceed 3 500 kg;
8."СЕ", "C1E": trucks gross laden weight of which exceeds 3.500 kg with trailer that has no less than two axis with distance between them over 1 m or semitrailer;
9."DE", "D1E": articulated buses or buses with no less than 28 seats and with length of no less than 7 m with trailer, gross laden weight of which should be no less than 1.000 kg;
10."Tm": tram;
11."Tb": trolleybus.