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Visa policy of Uzbekistan
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Visitors to Uzbekistan must obtain a visa from one of the Uzbekistan diplomatic missions or online unless they come from one of the visa exempt countries.
Uzbekistan's visa and other migration policies are also implemented in accordance with the mobility rights arrangements within the Commonwealth of Independent States.
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Uzbekistan
Visa not required (Indefinite)
Visa not required (60 days, may enter with ID Card)
Visa not required (30 days)
Visa not required (10 days)
eVisa (30 days)
Visa required
Visa exemption
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Citizens of the following countries and territories can visit Uzbekistan without a visa, for stays up to the duration listed:[1]
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Unlimited[2] 60 days 30 days
ID - May enter with an ID card |
Conditional visa-free access
In addition, nationals of the following countries who meet specific criteria such as requirement to hold a return ticket, in certain age groups and as part of an organised tour group may also enter Uzbekistan without a visa, for a stay up to the duration listed below:
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90 days1 |
30 days2 |
10 days4 |
1 - Aged under 16, travelling for tourism and accompanied by a legal guardian.[4][5]
2 - Aged 55 or above.[6][5][4][7]
3 - As part of an organized tour group.
4 - When presenting an air ticket destined to a third country, or a return ticket within the 10 day visa-free validity period.[5][8]
Future changes
Uzbekistan has signed or plans to sign visa exemption agreements with the following countries, but they are not yet in force:
Turkmenistan - residents of Dashoghuz Velayat and Lebap Velayat of Turkmenistan have visa free access to Khorazm Vilayat and Bukhara Vilayat as well as to Amudarya, Khojayli, Shumanay, Qonghirat districts and the Takhiatash city of Karakalpakstan and to Dehkanabad, Guzar, Nishan and Mirishkar districts of Qashqadarya Vilayat and to Sherabad and Muzrabat districts of Surkhandarya Vilayat have visa free access for up to 3 days within any month period. During Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha the access is allowed twice a month, but no more than 7 days.[31]
Visa-free regime also applies to holders of diplomatic passports of Brazil, China, Estonia, Hungary, India (60 days),[32] Kuwait,[33] Poland, South Korea (60 days), Tajikistan, Turkey, United Arab Emirates (90 days) and Vietnam, and also to holders of diplomatic and service passports of Latvia, Romania and Slovakia.
Visa exemption agreements for holders of diplomatic and service passports were signed with Saudi Arabia in April 2024, Oman in June 2024, Albania and Serbia in September 2024 and they are yet to be ratified.[34][35][36][37]
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Visa on arrival
Holders of a Visa Confirmation (stamp), issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan, can obtain a visa on arrival at Tashkent International Airport.[38]
Electronic visa (e-Visa)
Uzbekistan introduced the system of electronic visas for a period of up to 30 days from 15 July 2018.[39] A single or multiple entry visa is valid for 30 days. The cost of obtaining an e-Visa is 20 USD. Travelers have to apply for the e-Visa for Uzbekistan at least three days in advance before their trip.[40]
e-Visa is available to the citizens of the following jurisdictions:[41][42]
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Visa-free transit
Citizens of the following countries and territories do not require a visa for a 5-day stay if they are transiting through the international airports of Uzbekistan.[43] According to the IATA Timatic the outbound flight from Uzbekistan must be on Uzbekistan Airways.
Transit visas are available to all nationalities for a duration of up to 72 hours, for which no invitation letter or tourist voucher is required.
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Reform
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On 2 December 2016 President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed a decree titled "About measures for ensuring the accelerated development of tourist branch of the Republic of Uzbekistan" that envisaged the establishment of a visa-free regime for citizens of 15 countries[44] as well as a visa-free regime for citizens of 12 countries who are older than 55.[45] Those visitors would only be required to pay an entry fee on arrival. This is planned to be in place by 2020.
However, on 22 December 2016 a new decree was adopted by the President of Uzbekistan amending the decree from 2 December 2016, postponing the visa-free regime until 1 January 2021.[46][47] The amending decree also said that the list of countries whose citizens would benefit from the visa-free access may be revised on the basis of dynamics of development of bilateral relations, the situation on the world tourism market and the current situation in the sphere of international and regional security.
Uzbekistan also plans to introduce electronic visas from 2021. Uzbekistan intends to use the electronic visa system of Azerbaijan as a model.[48]
In December 2017 it was announced that Uzbekistan plans to introduce a simplified procedure for citizens of 25 additional countries and to abolish visas altogether for citizens of Japan, South Korea and Singapore.[49] Visa validity period was extended to 30 days.[50] In January 2018 it was announced that Uzbekistan plans to introduce a simplified procedure for citizens of 40 additional countries and to abolish visas altogether for citizens of five countries.[51]
On 10 February 2018 Uzbekistan abolished visa requirements for 7 countries: Israel, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Turkey. On 16 March 2018 Uzbekistan abolished visa requirements for citizens of Tajikistan and on 5 October 2018 visas were abolished for citizens of France.
In December 2018 it was announced that Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan plan to mutually accept visas from February 2019.[52]
In December 2018 it was announced that Uzbekistan plans to expand visa-free access to citizens of additional 22 countries.[53]
In January 2019 visa requirements were removed for nationals of Germany.[13]
In February 2019 citizens of European Union countries, Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, New Zealand, Norway, San Marino, Serbia, Switzerland, Vatican became visa exempt.[14][54]
In March 2019 Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan were reported as "set to launch" a joint visa program that could expand to nearby countries. All approvals are in place with only technical and equipment details to be worked out.[54] As of October 2022 the discussions are still ongoing.[55]
In August 2022 Uzbekistan will exempt the visa requirements for Saudi Arabia for a period of 30 days starting from January 1, 2023.[56][57]
In December 2024 Uzbekistan and China signed visa exception agreement for holders of ordinary passports,[58] with agreement coming into force in 1 June 2025.[59] Additionally there were discussions on possible abolition of visas between Uzbekistan and Macau,[28] and Hong Kong.[27]
In April 2025 The President of Uzbekistan proposed to extend the visa-free period from 10 days to 30 days for the Kuwaiti, Omani and Bahraini citizens, as well as simplify the process of obtaining visas for tourists from India, Pakistan, Egypt and Iran.[60] Additionally, there were discussions of visa-free agreement between Uzbekistan and Vietnam during the meeting between the President of Uzbekistan and the Chairman of the National Assembly of Vietnam.[61]
In May 2025 it was announced that Uzbekistan is considering granting 30 days visa-free access to the US citizens in order to further boost tourism.[62] Additionally, Uzbekistan is considering granting ID card/Internal passport entry for 30 days period to the citizens of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Russia.[63]
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Statistics
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- Total visitors by year
- Visitors by countries
Visitors arriving to Uzbekistan were from the following countries of nationality:
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See also
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Uzbekistan.
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