Full procedure Register a newspaper, magazine or website

Check the title

Title check at window 2 of the Department of Public Information.

1. 1. Submit the proposed title for a check
   Where: Department of Public Information: registration of printed matter
   A title may not repeat or resemble the title of a registered, suspended or closed periodical. The register of closed titles is kept since 1994 and checked by hand. Titles containing “Irad”, “State” or “National” are referred to the head of the Department.
   Bring: Certificate of registration of the firm, Application form (from the counter, filled in by hand in blue ink)
   You receive: Title check result (title available)
   Cost: IS 60
   Time: 30–120 min in the queue, 10–15 min at the counter, 5–10 days until the next step

Have the editor-in-chief's qualifications confirmed

Certificate of good conduct of the Records Department, Ministry of Internal Security, and notarised copies of the diploma and work-record book.

2. 2. Request the certificate of good conduct (Form MIS-22)
   Where: Records Department, Ministry of Internal Security
   The editor-in-chief applies in person; the founder may not apply on the editor's behalf. The certificate is valid for three months and must be valid on the day the Department decides, not on the day the application is submitted.
   Bring: ID card or passport of the applicant
   You receive: Certificate of good conduct of the editor-in-chief (Form MIS-22)
   Cost: state duty, IS 40
   Time: 30–120 min in the queue, 10–15 min at the counter, 10–14 days until the next step
3. 3. Have the diploma and the work-record book notarised
   Where: State Notary Office No. 1
   The editor-in-chief holds a higher education diploma and has worked at least three years at a registered periodical or broadcaster, as shown in the work-record book. One person may be editor-in-chief of no more than three registered periodicals.
   Bring: ID card or passport of the applicant
   You receive: Notarised copy of the editor-in-chief's diploma and work-record book
   Cost: certification of each copy, IS 45 × 2
   Time: 40–150 min in the queue, 10–15 min at the counter, 0–1 days until the next step

Sign a contract with a licensed printing house

Contract with a printing house on the Department's list of licensed printing houses.

Printing or hosting. Other option: Declare the website's address and server.

4. 4. Sign the contract with the printing house
   Where: Licensed printing houses
   The contract states the print run, the format, the paper and the day of printing. A printing house may not print an issue whose run differs from the contract by more than 10%; a larger run is printed as a separate edition, with its own run in the imprint.
   Bring: Certificate of registration of the firm, Title check result (title available)
   You receive: Contract with a licensed printing house, stating the print run
   Time: 0 min in the queue, 30–60 min at the counter, 1–5 days until the next step

Register the periodical with the Department of Public Information

Registration of a periodical at window 2 of the Department of Public Information; certificate with a PI-P number.

5. 5. Pay the fee at Talasbank
   Where: Talasbank (any branch)
   Cost: registration fee, IS 1,200
   Cost: each language of publication, IS 300 per language
   Time: 20–60 min in the queue, 5–10 min at the counter, 0–1 days until the next step
6. 6. Submit the application at window 2
   Where: Department of Public Information: registration of printed matter
   The application gives the title, the founder, the editor-in-chief, the languages, the frequency, the print run, the territory of distribution and the subjects, with a one-page programme of the periodical. The certificate is issued for a title, a language and a frequency: a weekly that becomes a daily registers again.
   Bring: Certificate of registration of the firm, Charter of the firm, Title check result (title available), Certificate of good conduct of the editor-in-chief (Form MIS-22), Notarised copy of the editor-in-chief's diploma and work-record book, Contract with a licensed printing house, stating the print run, Two specimen pages of the first issue in each language, Application form (from the counter, filled in by hand in blue ink)
   Time: 60–240 min in the queue, 20–40 min at the counter, 30–45 days until the next step
7. 7. Answer the Department's request for further documents ★ optional
   Where: Department of Public Information: registration of printed matter
   The Department considers the application within 30 working days of the day the file is complete. It may ask once for further documents, and the 30 days then run again from the day they are received.
   Time: 30–120 min in the queue, 10–15 min at the counter, 30–45 days until the next step
8. 8. Collect the certificate of registration
   Where: Department of Public Information: registration of printed matter
   The number has the form PI-P 0118/2009: a serial number and the year of registration. It is printed in the imprint of every issue with the names of the founder, the editor-in-chief and the printing house, the print run and the date of signing for press. A periodical that has not published its first issue within six months of registration is struck off.
   You receive: Certificate of registration of a periodical (PI-P number)
   Time: 30–120 min in the queue, 5–10 min at the counter, 0–2 days until the next step

Register the title for legal deposit

Registration with the Legal Deposit Section of the State Archives of Irad; one LD number for the title.

9. 9. Register the title at the deposit window
   Where: Legal Deposit Section, State Archives of Irad
   A periodical receives one LD number for the title, not for each issue. Irad has no ISSN centre; the LD number is printed in the imprint beside the PI-P number.
   Bring: Certificate of registration of a periodical (PI-P number), Certificate of registration of the firm
   You receive: Legal deposit registration of the title (LD number)
   Cost: IS 50
   Time: 20–90 min in the queue, 10–15 min at the counter, 3–7 days until the next step

Deliver the copies of each issue

Control copies to the Department of Public Information and legal deposit copies to the State Archives.

10. 10. Deliver the control copies to window 2
    Where: Department of Public Information: registration of printed matter
    Two copies of each issue are delivered on the day of publication, before distribution. A website delivers, on the first working day of each month, a printout of its front page as it stood on the last day of the month before, signed by the editor-in-chief.
    Bring: Certificate of registration of a periodical (PI-P number)
    Time: 20–90 min in the queue, 5–10 min at the counter, 0–10 days until the next step
11. 11. Deliver the legal deposit copies of the issue
    Where: Legal Deposit Section, State Archives of Irad
    Three copies of each issue within ten days of publication: one is kept by the Archives and two are forwarded to the National Library. Copies may be delivered by hand on deposit days or sent by registered post.
    Bring: Legal deposit registration of the title (LD number)
    You receive: Receipt of the State Archives for the legal deposit copies of each issue
    Time: 10–60 min in the queue, 5–10 min at the counter, 0 days until the next step
12. 12. Send the legal deposit copies by registered post ★ optional
    Where: Irad Pochtasy (registered mail)
    Bring: Legal deposit registration of the title (LD number)
    Cost: registered parcel, each issue, IS 6 per issue
    Time: 10–40 min in the queue, 3–5 min at the counter, 0 days until the next step

Enter the periodical in the subscription catalogue

Contract with Irad Pochtası for the annual subscription catalogue, from which readers subscribe on Form P-21.

13. 13. Sign the catalogue contract at the head post office ★ optional
    Where: Irad Pochtasy (registered mail) (Talas, head post office, subscription department)
    The contract for the following year is signed by 1 September. A periodical registered after 1 September enters the catalogue of the year after next.
    Bring: Certificate of registration of a periodical (PI-P number), Legal deposit registration of the title (LD number)
    Cost: IS 400
    Time: 20–60 min in the queue, 20–40 min at the counter, 0 days until the next step