Visa to Uzbekistan

In conformity with the regulation of the Republic of Uzbekistan, foreign citizens and stateless persons can cross the threshold Uzbekistan and transit over its territory only with entry visas.

Visas to foreign citizens and stateless persons are allotted at diplomatic missions in addition to consular offices of the Republic of Uzbekistan abroad on the basis of visa support (approval of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan).

Visa support is allotted on the basis of the application of inviting legal entities, permanently or temporarily located in Uzbekistan, succumbed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The documents for inviting foreigners by legal entities:

• A visa application for company letterhead of the organization issued in the established form;
• Electronic application (click here, please) mfa.uz;
• Copies of the passports of the invited person, the head of the organization and the authorized person of the organization, for the applying of documents;
• Copies of documents for the organization (license, certificate and other);
• Copies of orders to the head and authorized person;
• A copy of trusted organizations to an authorized person;
• When applying for a visa at Tashkent Airport, you must also be responsible for copies of airline tickets or reservations;
• Certificate of employment of the invited person.

Note: the term for consideration of legal applications by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is 10 business days, subject to the established procedure for submitting documents.

To obtain a visa, foreign citizens and stateless persons must submit the following documents to the diplomatic mission or consular office of Uzbekistan abroad:

• passport or document of a stateless person whose validity period must exceed the validity period of the visa by at least 3 months;
• completed visa application form in 2 copies;
• 2 color passport size photo;

To obtain a transit visa, foreign citizens and stateless persons, in addition to the above documents, must also have a visa from the destination state and travel documents with a confirmed date of departure from Uzbekistan to the destination country. The term for consideration of visa documents in this case is 3 days.

Foreign citizens and stateless persons intending to arrive in Uzbekistan from a country where there is no diplomatic mission or consular office of Uzbekistan can obtain visas upon arrival in the visa support sector of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan at the Tashkent International Airport. For this, the inviting legal entity located in the territory of Uzbekistan must contact the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan in advance in the prescribed manner, receive the relevant confirmation (stamp) of the visa support department of the Consular Department and send it to the invited person. This confirmation is presented by the invited person when purchasing a ticket, passing through passport control in the host country and on the basis of it a visa is issued upon arrival in the visa support sector of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan at the Tashkent International Airport.

For registration and issuance of visas the legislation of the Republic of Uzbekistan provides for the following tariffs of consular fees:

Single entry visas:

• Up to 7 days – 40 US dollars;
• Up to 15 days – 50 US dollars;
• Up to 30 days – 60 US dollars;
• Up to 3 months – 80 US dollars;
• Up to 6 months – 120 US dollars;
• Up to 1 year – 160 US dollars.

Note: for each additional visa multiplicity, the tariff rate increases by 10 US dollars.

Multiple visas:

• Up to 6 months – 150 US dollars;
• Up to 1 year – 250 US dollars.

Transit visas:

• Up to 72 hours – 40 US dollars;
• For a double transit visa – 50 US dollars.

Group visas (the group must have at least 5 people, excluding children under 16 years of age):

• Up to 15 days – $ 15 per person;
• Up to 30 days – 25 US dollars per person.

Note: when issuing visas, fees are also levied on the reimbursement of actual costs associated with obtaining visas. The amount of such fees depends on the place of issuing visas (regardless of the citizenship of the applicant).

Note: for citizens of states with which there are relevant bilateral agreements and arrangements, a different procedure for issuing entry visas to the Republic of Uzbekistan may be provided.

The list of categories of entry, exit and transit visas of the Republic of Uzbekistan (not e-visa)

• Т (a tourist entry visa is issued for a period of up to 1 month to foreign citizens visiting the Republic of Uzbekistan for tourist purposes).
• TG (a group tourist entry visa is issued for a period of up to 1 month to foreign citizens visiting the Republic of Uzbekistan for tourist purposes as part of a tourist group in the amount of at least 5 people).
• TRAN (a transit visa is issued for a period of up to 3 days to foreign citizens, following transit through the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan).
• EXIT (an exit visa is issued for a period of up to 1 month to foreign citizens to leave the Republic of Uzbekistan, in case they delay their entry visas).

The list of countries for which citizens have a visa-free regime in the Republic of Uzbekistan

Open-ended:

Azerbaijan
Georgia
Armenia
Belarus
Kazakhstan
Moldova
Russia
Ukraine

Up to 60 days:

Kyrgyzstan

Up to 30 days:

Not more than 7 days:

China, including Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

Additional information:

• Based on bilateral international treaties and parity, a bilateral visa-free regime has been established with Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan (up to 60 days) and Tajikistan (up to 30 days).
• In relation to other countries not mentioned in the previous information, the Republic of Uzbekistan unilaterally introduced a visa-free regime for a period of 30 days.
• A visa-free regime applies to citizens of the above countries, owners of all categories of passports (diplomatic, business and general) planning to visit the Republic of Uzbekistan, regardless of the purpose of their trip. To enter the country, a person must have a valid national passport or other replacement document used during trips to foreign countries, the validity of which must be at least 6 months for applying for a visa. A visa-free regime does not apply to stateless persons permanently residing in the territories of these countries. The 30-day and 60-day visa-free regime begins to operate from the moment of crossing the state border of the Republic of Uzbekistan and as it expires, a foreign citizen must leave the republic.
• For citizens of countries Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Grenada, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica, Cuba, Nicaragua, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, El Salvador, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Bahamas, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Jamaica a visa-free regime for a period of 30 days is established from January 1, 2020.
• A visa-free regime of entry to the Republic of Uzbekistan for a period of not more than 7 days through the country's international airports for citizens of China, including the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is established from January 1, 2020 and subject to the availability of a return airline ticket, which timely provides the units of the Border Troops of the State Security Service of the Republic of Uzbekistan preliminary passenger information.
• Visa-free entry to the Republic of Uzbekistan has been established for foreign citizens under 16 years of age, accompanied by legal representatives and the presence of a biometric travel document, for the duration of the visa of the accompanying person, but not more than 90 days from the date of entry into the country.
• Hungary, China, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan (up to 30 days), Vietnam, India and Korea (up to 60 days), Brazil, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Singapore, Slovakia, Estonia, Kuwait and Turkey (up to 90 days) visa-free regime for holders of diplomatic passports. Citizens of these countries (except India) who hold diplomatic passports and are accredited as employees of diplomatic missions or consular offices of their countries located in Uzbekistan, as well as members of their families, have the right to enter and stay without visas for the entire period of work.
• The system of issuing electronic entry visas (e-visa.gov.uz) for foreign citizens has been introduced and a list of countries whose citizens have the opportunity to obtain electronic entry visas to the Republic of Uzbekistan has been approved.
• Starting March 15, 2019, a system for issuing the following types of electronic entry visas with a validity period of 30 days is introduced:

- double, with a consular fee of $ 35;

-multiple, with a consular fee of $ 50.

• A short-term visa-free entry to the Republic of Uzbekistan for a period of not more than five days has been established for citizens of a number of states (Appendix 2) traveling in transit through the international airports of the Republic of Uzbekistan, provided they have an Uzbekistan Airways to a third country ticket. This procedure applies to transit passengers who wish to explore the sights of Uzbekistan.
• Uzbekistan and Japan issue visas on a reciprocal basis without consular fees.

The list of countries whose citizens are able to obtain an electronic entry visa (e-visa.gov.uz) or obtain tourist visas at Uzbek consulates in Uzbekistan in a simplified manner.

Note: if necessary, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan has the right to establish a restriction on obtaining an electronic entry visa for citizens of certain countries for up to 30 days.

The list of countries according to whose citizens the procedure for visa-free transit entry, temporary stay and departure from the Republic of Uzbekistan is introduced: