In 2024, 16,535 ethnic Kazakhs returned to their historical homeland and received the status of Kandas. A total of 1 million 144.9 thousand ethnic Kazakhs have returned to the republic since 1991.
45.9% of the Kandas who have arrived in Kazakhstan since the beginning of this year are from China, 39.2% from Uzbekistan, 5.8% from Mongolia, 5.2% from Turkmenistan, 2.8% from Russia and 1.1% from other countries.
As of November 1, 2024, the number of ethnic migrants of working age is 57.4%, underage citizens – 33.2% and pensioners – 9.4%.
Of the working-age Candace, 17.8% have higher education, 24.8% have specialized secondary education, 54.4% have general secondary education and 3% have no education.
The ethnic Kazakhs who arrived settled in various regions of the republic.
At the same time, the following labor-deficient regions have been identified for the settlement of Kandases: Akmola, Abai, Kostanay, Pavlodar, East and North Kazakhstan regions.
The quota for admission of Candace in the regions of settlement for 2024 is 3,033 people. As of November 1, 2024, 2,841 Candace have been resettled in the resettlement regions.
Kandas settling in the above–mentioned regions are provided with state support measures in the form of a subsidy for relocation – at a time in the amount of 70 MCI (258.4 thousand tenge) per head and each family member; for housing and utilities - monthly for one year in the amount of 15 to 30 MCI (from 55.3 to 110.7 thousand tenge). tg).
Since the beginning of the year, various support measures have been provided to 2,390 Kandas. In particular, 763 people were employed permanently.
At the same time, in order to increase the effectiveness of voluntary resettlement, institutional measures have been taken to support employers involved in the resettlement of citizens to the northern regions. A certificate of economic mobility has been introduced for the purchase, construction of housing or to cover part of the down payment on mortgage housing loans at a time on a gratuitous and irrevocable basis in the amount of 50% of the cost of housing or up to 4.28 million tenge per family.
Recall that last year, a mechanism for assigning the status of candace on the principle of "one window" through the embassies of Kazakhstan was implemented in a pilot mode. Within the framework of the pilot, it is possible to resolve the issue of visiting our country, place of work, housing opportunities and obtain the status of a candace without entering the territory of the republic. To date, 21,166 applications from ethnic Kazakhs have been accepted in the new format.

Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/enbek/press/news/details/889235