Full procedure Open a bakery with a tandoor in a courtyard

Register as a sole trader

Registration at the district office of the Register of Firms on Form RF-1, then the statistical code and the Tax Inspectorate.

1. 1. Collect the census confirmation slip (business census 2026)
   Where: Territorial Statistics Office
   A person who is not yet a business answers the census questionnaire (Form TSO-26) as a business that is about to exist. The Register of Firms does not accept applications without the slip until 30 November.
   Bring: ID card or passport of the applicant
   You receive: Census confirmation slip (business census 2026)
   Time: 20–90 min in the queue, 25–40 min at the counter, 1–3 days until the next step
2. 2. Pay the fee at Talasbank
   Where: Talasbank (any branch)
   Cost: registration of a sole trader, IS 150
   Time: 20–60 min in the queue, 5–10 min at the counter, 0–1 days until the next step
3. 3. Submit Form RF-1 and sign in front of the registrar
   Where: Register of Firms (district offices)
   Under “Activity” write “baking and sale of bread (nan) in a tandoor”. “Bakery” alone is entered as an industrial bakery, which needs a building of its own and a building permit.
   Bring: ID card or passport of the applicant, Census confirmation slip (business census 2026), Extract from the land register
   You receive: Certificate of registration of the firm
   Time: 30–120 min in the queue, 20–30 min at the counter, 1–3 days until the next step
4. 4. Register as a taxpayer
   Where: District Tax Inspectorate
   Bring: Certificate of registration of the firm, ID card or passport of the applicant
   You receive: Taxpayer registration card
   Time: 30–120 min in the queue, 10–20 min at the counter, 3–5 days until the next step

Obtain the consent of the neighbours

Notice signed by the street committee and notarised consent of the households around the courtyard, at the State Notary Office No. 1.

5. 5. Have the street committee sign the notice to the neighbours
   Where: Street committee (köchö komiteti)
   The notice states the place of the tandoor in the courtyard, the hours of baking and the fuel. Baking may begin at 5:00; a notice that gives an earlier hour is not signed.
   Bring: ID card or passport of the applicant, Extract from the land register
   You receive: Notice to the neighbours, signed by the street committee
   Time: 0 min in the queue, 20–60 min at the counter, 1–7 days until the next step
6. 6. Have the consents of the neighbouring households notarised
   Where: State Notary Office No. 1
   The consent covers smoke, not the queue at the gate. A household whose windows face the courtyard signs even if its plot does not adjoin; a household living abroad signs before a notary of its country, and the signature is translated and certified at window 1.
   Bring: Notice to the neighbours, signed by the street committee, ID card or passport of the applicant
   You receive: Notarised consent of the owners of all adjoining plots
   Cost: certification of each household's consent, IS 45 per household
   Time: 40–150 min in the queue, 15–30 min at the counter, 0–1 days until the next step

Have the tandoor inspected by the State Fire Inspectorate

Inspection of the tandoor in the courtyard by the fire station of the district.

7. 7. Request the inspection of the tandoor
   Where: State Fire Inspectorate
   The application is accompanied by a sketch of the courtyard showing the tandoor, every wooden structure, the gas pipe and the boundary of the plot, with distances in metres.
   Bring: Certificate of registration of the firm, Extract from the land register, Application form (from the counter, filled in by hand in blue ink)
   Time: 15–60 min in the queue, 10–15 min at the counter, 5–15 days until the next step
8. 8. Receive the inspector in the courtyard
   Where: State Fire Inspectorate (In the courtyard)
   The tandoor stands at least 4 m from any wooden structure, 6 m from a gas pipe and 2 m from the boundary of the plot, measured from its outer wall. A wood-fired tandoor has beside it a box of 0.5 m³ of dry sand and a shovel with a red handle. A gas-fired tandoor needs in addition the act of the gas service, which the gas service issues for stoves and boilers.
   You receive: Fire-safety inspection report on the tandoor
   Cost: inspection, each tandoor, IS 150 per tandoor
   Time: 0 min in the queue, 30–60 min at the counter, 2–5 days until the next step

Have the flour certificates recognised

Recognition by Iradstandart of the mill's certificate of quality for each batch of flour, under IST 19-94.

9. 9. Present the certificate of each batch for the recognition stamp
   Where: Iradstandart, State Agency for Standards, Metrology and Certification
   Flour from Kazakhstan comes with a Kazakh certificate, which Iradstandart recognises by stamping it. Flour bought at the bazaar by the sack is recognised only if the label sewn into the sack carries the batch number; flour poured into another sack is flour without a batch.
   Bring: Certificate of registration of the firm, Invoice of the foreign supplier
   You receive: Certificate of quality for each batch of flour, recognised by Iradstandart
   Cost: IS 35
   Cost: recognition stamp, per sack of 50 kg, IS 0.80 per sack
   Time: 30–90 min in the queue, 10–20 min at the counter, 1–3 days until the next step

Obtain medical books for the bakers

Medical commission and hygiene course at the city polyclinic, Ministry of Health.

10. 10. Pass the medical commission
    Where: City polyclinic (medical commissions)
    The commission is followed by the hygiene course for food workers on Wednesdays at 14:00; attendance is stamped in the medical book, and a book without the stamp is not valid.
    Bring: ID card or passport of the applicant, Two photographs, 3.5 × 4.5 cm
    You receive: Medical books of the staff
    Cost: each baker, IS 140 per person
    Time: 30–120 min in the queue, 60–120 min at the counter, 3–7 days until the next step

Sign a contract for the removal of ash

Contract with the city sanitation enterprise (Tazalık) for ash from the tandoor.

11. 11. Sign the contract at the depot
    Where: City sanitation enterprise (Tazalık)
    Ash is removed as construction waste, not as household waste, in metal bins collected on Thursdays. Ash may not be placed in the household bins of the street even when cold.
    Bring: Certificate of registration of the firm, ID card or passport of the applicant
    You receive: Contract for the removal of ash as construction waste
    Cost: IS 110
    Time: 20–60 min in the queue, 10–20 min at the counter, 0–2 days until the next step

Obtain a sanitary certificate for a food business

Inspection of the courtyard, the flour store and the selling window by the City Sanitary Inspectorate.

12. 12. Apply and receive the inspection
    Where: City Sanitary Inspectorate
    The inspector checks the flour store (sacks on pallets 15 cm above the floor), the water (from the city mains, or from a well with a laboratory report), the tandoor cloths (one set per baker, changed daily) and the selling window, which has a ledge of non-absorbent material. Nan is sold unwrapped; nan wrapped in newspaper is packaged food and needs a label registered at the Department of Public Information.
    Bring: Certificate of registration of the firm, Fire-safety inspection report on the tandoor, Notarised consent of the owners of all adjoining plots, Certificate of quality for each batch of flour, recognised by Iradstandart, Medical books of the staff, Contract for the removal of ash as construction waste
    You receive: Sanitary certificate for a food business
    Cost: IS 220
    Time: 30–90 min in the queue, 40–90 min at the counter, 7–14 days until the next step

Buy the patent for baking and selling nan

Fixed annual patent of the District Tax Inspectorate, by the number of tandoors.

Choose the tax regime. Other option: Register a cash register.

13. 13. Pay the fee at Talasbank
    Where: Talasbank (any branch)
    Cost: patent, per tandoor per year, IS 900 per tandoor
    Time: 20–60 min in the queue, 5–10 min at the counter, 0–1 days until the next step
14. 14. Collect the patent at the Tax Inspectorate
    Where: District Tax Inspectorate
    The patent is bought for the calendar year by the number of tandoors. A second tandoor lit once during the year is a tandoor for the whole year. Samsa baked in the same tandoor is included; boorsok fried on the same premises is not.
    Bring: Certificate of registration of the firm, Taxpayer registration card, Sanitary certificate for a food business
    You receive: Patent for baking and selling nan
    Time: 30–120 min in the queue, 10–20 min at the counter, 0–1 days until the next step

Obtain a signboard permit

Permit of the Architecture and Planning Department, then registration of the sign text at the Department of Public Information.

15. 15. Submit Form CH-44 with the design of the sign ★ optional
    Where: Architecture and Planning Department, City Hall
    A board reading only “Nan” is a sign. A nan hung on the gate is not.
    Bring: Certificate of registration of the firm, Extract from the land register
    Cost: IS 150
    Time: 30–120 min in the queue, 10–20 min at the counter, 10–20 days until the next step
16. 16. Register the sign text at the Department of Public Information ★ optional
    Where: Department of Public Information: registration of printed matter
    You receive: Signboard permit
    Cost: IS 150
    Time: 30–120 min in the queue, 10–15 min at the counter, 10–20 days until the next step