The "Civil Registry Office" information system is designed for registration of vital records of the population of the Republic of Kazakhstan during certain events (birth, death, marriage/divorce, adoption, paternity establishment and change of surname/name/patronymic), while information about birth and death of individuals is sent to the "Individuals" state database.

Major goal: Registration, accounting, processing and storage of vital records of the population of the Republic of Kazakhstan (birth, marriage/divorce, paternity establishment, adoption, change of surname/name/patronymic, death), as well as provision of data to the "Individuals" state database and information systems of government agencies.

The Civil Registry Office IS task is to register vital records of the population of the Republic of Kazakhstan during certain events (birth, death, marriage/divorce, adoption, paternity establishment and change of surname/name/patronymic.

System development milestones:

• On August 13, 2007, the Civil Registry Office IS was put into permanent (commercial) operation, including the capability to register vital records on birth;
• On April 14, 2008, the capability to register vital records on adoption, paternity establishment and change of surname/name/patronymic was introduced;
• On May 1, 2008, the capability to register vital records on death was added;
• On June 1, 2008, the capability to register vital records on marriage/divorce was added.

The Civil Registry Office IS is integrated with 25 information systems of departments and government agencies of the Republic of Kazakhstan.