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.

Citizens of the following countries and territories can visit Uzbekistan without a visa, for stays up to the duration listed:^[1]

Date of visa changes

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (December 2017) Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Georgian, Kazakhstani, Moldovan, Russian and Ukrainian citizens have never needed a visa to gain access to Uzbekistan 12 February 2007: Kyrgyzstan[2] (resumed) 10 February 2018: Israel, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Turkey[3] 16 March 2018: Tajikistan[4] (resumed) 5 October 2018: France[citation needed] 15 January 2019: Germany[5] 1 February 2019: European Union countries (except France and Germany), Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, New Zealand, Norway, San Marino, Serbia, Switzerland, Vatican[6] 20 March 2019: United Arab Emirates[7] 1 January 2020: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago[8] 1 March 2021: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, China, Hong Kong, Macao[9] 1 January 2023: Saudi Arabia[10] Cancelled: 11 October 1993: Poland[11] (was resumed in 2019) 7 November 1999: Turkmenistan 1 August 2000: Kyrgyzstan[12][13] (was resumed in 2007) 11 September 2000: Tajikistan[14][15] (was resumed in 2018)

 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.^[16]

Visa-free regime also applies to holders of diplomatic passports of Brazil, China, Estonia, Hungary, India (60 days),^[17] Kuwait,^[18] 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 and Serbia in September 2024 and for diplomatic passports only with Albania in September 2024 and they are yet to be ratified.^{[19][20][21][22]}

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.^[23]

Uzbekistan introduced the system of electronic visas for a period of up to 30 days from 15 July 2018.^[24] 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.^[25]

e-Visa is available to the citizens of the following jurisdictions:^[26][27]

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.^[28] 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.

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^[29] as well as a visa-free regime for citizens of 12 countries who are older than 55.^[30] 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.^[31][32] 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.^[33]

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.^[34] Visa validity period was extended to 30 days.^[35] 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.^[36]

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.^[37]

In December 2018 it was announced that Uzbekistan plans to expand visa-free access to citizens of additional 22 countries.^[38]

In January 2019 visa requirements were removed for nationals of Germany.^[5]

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.^[6][39]

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.^[39]

In August 2022 Uzbekistan will exempt the visa requirements for Saudi Arabia for a period of 30 days starting from January 1, 2023.^[40][41]

Total visitors by year

Year	Total
1992—1994	No data
1995	92,000[42]
1996	173,000[42]
1997	960,000[42]
1998	811,000[42]
1999	487,000[42]
2000	302,000[42]
2001	345,000[42]
2002	332,000[42]
2003	231,000[42]
2004	262,000[42]
2005	242,000[42]
2006	560,000[42]
2007	903,000[42]
2008	1,069,000[42]
2009	1,215,000[42]
2010	975,000[42]
2011	1,200,000[42]
2012	1,895,000[43]
2013	1,968,000[43]
2014	1,938,000[43]
2015	2,034,253[43]
2016	2,157,000[44]
2017	2,847,000[45]
2018	6,433,000[46]
2019	6,748,512[47]
2020	1,504,100[48]
Total (1995—2020)	More 37,125,000

Visitors by countries

Visitors arriving to Uzbekistan were from the following countries of nationality:

Nationality	2019[49]	2018[50]	2017[51]	2016[52]	2015[53]	2014[54]
Kazakhstan	2,261,094	2,456,866	1,783,815	1,412,161	1,285,008	1,163,984
Tajikistan	1,473,684	1,700,658	261,861	213,692	246,816	291,167
Kyrgyzstan	1,454,907	1,101,477	375,017	174, 845	146,332	119,620
Turkmenistan	574,795	245,756	62,483	49,526	55,060	44,925
Russia	455,470	460,166	143,900	119,049	123,153	124,218
Turkey	63,539	74,802	55,238	46,069	40,389	40,563
Afghanistan	62,580	71,067	32,130	24,365	21,995	21,249
China	54,293	37,083	19,749	16,765	16,441	14,818
South Korea	35,524	32,700	37,357	31,936	30,489	33,323
India	27,898	22,198	15,829	18,746	19,827	21,707
Germany	27,625	19,056	7,811	6,605	6,122	8,041
Japan	24,944	17,237	4,086	3,012	2,306	2,423
France	20,390	14,195	5,748	4,889	3,670	6,019
Italy	20,356	14,156	5,162	3,057	2,601	3,520
USA	17,106	12,723	1,525	1,349	1,367	1,454
United Kingdom	15,962	8,941	3,256	2,217	1,959	2,043
Ukraine	14,041	15,573	735	664	2,431	4,763
Israel	13,615	10,022	4,155	3,564	3,738	3,414
Iran	13,469	10,573	3,058	5,541	6,654	8,445
Azerbaijan	12,367	11,161	4,312	2,989	3,368	3,878
Spain	12,191	7,745	449	353	239	1,552
Belarus	7,411	16,470	3,011	1,813	1,224	666
Pakistan	5,791	6,032	3,799	424	390	14
Poland	5,132	3,147	115	182	176	353
Moldova	4,601	6,215	33	24	34	70
Australia	4,588	2,549	2	3	4	35
Netherlands	4,504	3,054	30	28	68	96
Malaysia	4,388	2,837	3,164	3,450	2,807	3,922
Switzerland	3,837	3,115	63	28	47	78
Canada	3,767	1,946	No data	No data	No data	3
Austria	3,216	2,226	29	40	97	138
Belgium	3,044	2,235	48	29	67	79
Georgia	2,916	2,990	129	177	228	135
Indonesia	2,702	1,702	1	No data	No data	No data
UAE	2,423	1,664	5,771	5,880	5,533	5,003
Taiwan	2,131	1,381	1	No data	No data	3
Latvia	1,933	1,478	291	256	413	604
Singapore	1,820	1,804	10	No data	2	No data
Czech Republic	1,804	1,547	128	44	71	1,942
Sweden	1,782	1,092	3	No data	7	12
Armenia	1,740	1,529	9	44	23	16
Norway	1,659	1,168	No data	No data	No data	No data
Thailand	1,637	1,260	1,987	1,459	1,414	1,348
Denmark	1,605	775	2	No data	1	2
Philippines	1,510	635	18	No data	8	402
Lithuania	1,453	873	474	524	804	654
Saudi Arabia	1,382	974	56	266	290	80
Greece	1,211	821	1	3	23	41
Slovakia	1,112	668	20	17	48	55
Bulgaria	1,064	738	17	76	28	64
Hungary	1,047	1,014	23	5	20	39
Bangladesh	1,039	448	9	6	8	18
Statelessness	1,024	2,558	No data	No data	No data	No data
Finland	974	635	3	16	20	No data
Egypt	923	689	4	No data	No data	No data
Romania	920	508	1	No data	No data	17
Portugal	916	683	No data	No data	No data	No data
Estonia	908	421	1	22	28
New Zealand	809	555	No data	1	No data	No data
Serbia	776	654	No data	No data	No data	No data
Mongolia	726	269	92	66	11	No data
Ireland	702	414	No data	No data	No data	No data
Brazil	680	516	No data	No data	No data	No data
Slovenia	542	455	2	1	22	75
Jordan	532	354	12	No data	No data	30
South Africa	431	214	No data	No data	No data	No data
Mexico	421	270	No data	No data	No data	No data
Vietnam	414	269	433	464	237	56
Kuwait	386	302	51	No data	50	55
Syria	331	314	No data	No data	No data	1
Argentina	319	220	No data	No data	1	No data
Iraq	313	195	No data	No data	No data	7
Oman	296	248	9	2	No data	97
Croatia	288	245	6	No data	No data	3
Colombia	235	232	No data	No data	No data	No data
Nepal	230	143	7	No data	No data	384
Nigeria	216	156	No data	No data	No data	No data
Morocco	213	153	No data	No data	No data	No data
Luxembourg	174	168	No data	No data	No data	11
Sri Lanka	151	123	No data	No data	No data	164
Chile	144	149	No data	No data	No data	No data
Cyprus	139	77	No data	No data	No data	2
Qatar	137	174	76	No data	No data	40
Yemen	132	91	No data	No data	No data	18
Bosnia and Herzegovina	130	91	No data	No data	No data	No data
Algeria	120	156	No data	No data	No data	No data
Tunisia	115	169	No data	No data	No data	No data
Bahrain	111	65	No data	No data	No data	No data
Palestine	108	111	No data	No data	No data	No data
DPRK	102	49	No data	No data	No data	No data
Malta	98	42	No data	No data	No data
North Macedonia	78	47	No data	No data	No data	No data
Cameroon	77	16	No data	No data	No data	No data
Albania	63	33	No data	No data	No data	No data
Myanmar	61	44	No data	No data	No data	No data
Peru	61	35	No data	No data	No data	No data
Brunei	55	15	No data	No data	No data	No data
Iceland	50	28	No data	No data	No data	No data
Ghana	49	17	No data	No data	No data	No data
Sudan	48	47	No data	No data	No data	No data
Cambodia	46	12	No data	No data	No data	No data
Ethiopia	45	25	No data	No data	16	No data
Kenya	44	65	No data	No data	No data	No data
Montenegro	38	25	No data	No data	No data	No data
Ecuador	35	36	No data	No data	No data	No data
Venezuela	34	100	No data	No data	No data	No data
Mauritius	33	17	No data	No data	No data	No data
Saint Kitts and Nevis	32	15	No data	No data	No data	No data
Zimbabwe	32	13	No data	No data	No data	No data
Ivory Coast	31	4	No data	No data	No data	No data
Andorra	29	39	No data	No data	No data	No data
Comoros	29	31	No data	No data	No data	No data
Cuba	29	35	No data	No data	No data	No data
Costa Rica	27	19	No data	No data	No data	No data
Uruguay	26	11	No data	No data	No data	No data
Laos	25	19	No data	No data	No data	No data
Dominica	24	12	No data	No data	No data	No data
Bhutan	21	14	No data	No data	No data	8
Zambia	21	9	No data	No data	No data	No data
Senegal	19	6	No data	No data	No data	No data
Guinea	18	11	No data	No data	No data	No data
Marshall Islands	18	41	No data	No data	No data	No data
Bolivia	17	21	No data	No data	No data	No data
DRC	17	10	No data	No data	No data	No data
Uganda	17	15	No data	No data	No data	1
Kiribati	16	2	No data	No data	No data	No data
Monaco	16	4	No data	No data	No data	No data
Libya	13	6	No data	No data	No data	No data
Tanzania	13	14	No data	No data	No data	No data
El Salvador	12	6	No data	No data	No data	No data
Jamaica	11	1	No data	No data	No data	No data
Maldives	11	8	No data	No data	No data	No data
Dominican Republic	10	1	No data	No data	No data	No data
Paraguay	10	3	No data	No data	No data	No data
Honduras	9	8	No data	No data	No data	No data
Mali	9	1	No data	No data	No data	No data
São Tomé and Príncipe	9	8	No data	No data	No data	No data
Angola	8	2	No data	No data	No data	No data
Burundi	8	0	No data	No data	No data	No data
Fiji	8	5	No data	No data	No data	No data
Panama	8	2	No data	No data	No data	No data
Botswana	7	0	No data	No data	No data	No data
Nicaragua	7	5	No data	No data	No data	No data
Eswatini	7	0	No data	No data	No data	No data
Mauritania	6	2	No data	No data	No data	No data
Rwanda	6	8	No data	No data	No data	No data
San Marino	6	2	No data	No data	No data	No data
Somalia	6	5	No data	No data	No data	No data
Guatemala	5	6	No data	No data	No data	No data
Trinidad and Tobago	5	8	No data	No data	No data	No data
Burkina Faso	4	0	No data	No data	No data	No data
Eritrea	4	3	No data	No data	No data	No data
Guyana	4	1	No data	No data	No data	No data
Haiti	4	4	No data	No data	No data	No data
Namibia	4	6	No data	No data	No data	No data
Niger	4	1	No data	No data	No data	No data
Chad	3	1	No data	No data	No data	No data
Gambia	3	3	No data	No data	No data	No data
Malawi	3	1	No data	No data	No data	No data
Vanuatu	3	1	No data	No data	No data	No data
Antigua and Barbuda	2	5	No data	No data	No data	No data
Barbados	2	0	No data	No data	No data	No data
Djibouti	2	0	No data	No data	No data	No data
Benin	2	4	No data	No data	No data	No data
Gabon	2	1	No data	No data	No data	No data
Grenada	2	1	No data	No data	No data	No data
Netherlands Antilles	2	0	No data	No data	No data	No data
Togo	2	0	No data	No data	No data	No data
Tokelau	2	8	No data	No data	No data	No data
Turks and Caicos Islands	2	0	No data	No data	No data	No data
Bermuda	1	1	No data	No data	No data	No data
Cape Verde	1	0	No data	No data	No data	No data
Central African Republic	1	0	No data	No data	No data	No data
Madagascar	1	3	No data	No data	No data	No data
Mozambique	1	0	No data	No data	No data	No data
Saint Helena	1	0	No data	No data	No data	No data
Saint Lucia	1	0	No data	No data	No data	No data
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