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Passenger taxi licence

Vehicle and driver requirements and the city quotas.

Responsible body: Department of Infrastructure and Communications

Guide to this service

A passenger taxi licence is issued for a year by the Department of Infrastructure and Communications, within the quota of each city. Taxis carry a roof sign and a yellow and black chequered stripe, and a taximeter sealed by Iradstandart.

Who can apply

  • Sole traders and firms on the Register of Firms, with a vehicle no older than 15 years and no more than eight passenger seats.
  • Drivers with at least three years' driving experience.

What to bring

  1. Form DIC-3
  2. The vehicle registration certificate and technical inspection certificate
  3. The taximeter's Iradstandart seal certificate
  4. The compulsory motor policy and the passenger insurance
  5. Registration as a sole trader or firm
  6. A lease or ownership of a parking place off the street
  7. The receipt for the state duty

Fees and state duty

Passenger taxi licenceIS 500 a year

How long it takes

  • Talas's quota is often issued in full early in the year; applications for the next year are accepted from 1 December.
  • Applications are decided in 15 working days in the online submission pilot.

Where to go

  • Department of Infrastructure and Communications, transport licensing counter, Liberty Boulevard 14, Talas: Monday to Wednesday, 9:00–12:00.

Common reasons for refusal or return

  • The quota for the city is used up.
  • The vehicle is more than 15 years old.
  • The taximeter seal is overdue.
  • No off-street parking place.

Online submission (pilot)

This service is in the e-Irad online submission pilot. Form DIC-3 can be submitted on the Applications online page instead of at the counter; the receiving body's term is 15 working days. Originals are presented when the result is collected.

Forms for this service

Print on A4 paper and complete by hand in block capitals, in black or blue ink. Forms printed from e-Irad are accepted at every counter.

Legal basis

  • Passenger Road Transport Act 2012 (№ 12-07) taxi licences
  • Executive Directive 2023/18 colour and markings of taxis
  • Tax Code of the ISEZ 2009 (№ 09-11) state duty, budget code 142161

See also

Text checked on 2 November 2026. Iradi and Russian versions of this guide are in preparation. Questions: e-Government Service Centre, +996-39-2-27-14-14, help@e-irad.org.