# Visa policy of Uzbekistan

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.

## Visa exemption

Citizens of the following countries and territories can visit Uzbekistan without a visa, for stays up to the duration listed:
| Armenia  Azerbaijan | Belarus  Georgia | Kazakhstan  Moldova | Russia  Ukraine |
* Kyrgyzstan
| Andorra  Antigua and Barbuda  Argentina  Australia  Bahamas  Barbados  Belize  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Brazil  Brunei  Canada  Chile  Costa Rica | Cuba  Dominica  Dominican Republic  El Salvador  Grenada  Guatemala  Honduras  Iceland  Indonesia  Israel  Jamaica  Japan  Liechtenstein | Malaysia  Mexico  Monaco  Mongolia  Montenegro  New Zealand  Nicaragua  Norway  Panama  Qatar  Saint Kitts and Nevis  Saint Lucia  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | San Marino  Saudi Arabia  Serbia  Singapore  South Korea  Switzerland  Tajikistan  Trinidad and Tobago  Turkey  United Arab Emirates  United Kingdom  Vatican City |
| Bahrain  China | Hong Kong  Macao | Kuwait  Oman |
Date of visa changes :
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.
Visa-free regime also applies to holders of diplomatic passports of Brazil, China, Estonia, Hungary, India (60 days), Kuwait, 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.
A 30-day visa exemption agreement for holders of ordinary passports were signed with China in 1 December 2024 and it's yet to be ratified.

## 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.

## Electronic visa (e-Visa)

Uzbekistan introduced the system of electronic visas for a period of up to 30 days from 15 July 2018. 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.
e-Visa is available to the citizens of the following jurisdictions:
| Albania  Algeria  Angola  Bangladesh  Bhutan  Bolivia  Cabo Verde  Cambodia  Cameroon  China  Colombia  Côte d’Ivoire  Ecuador  Egypt  El Salvador  Fiji  Gabon | Ghana  Guyana  India  Iran  Jordan  Laos  Lebanon  Maldives  Marshall Islands  Micronesia  Morocco  Nauru  Nepal  North Korea  North Macedonia  Palau  Paraguay | Peru  Philippines  Samoa  Senegal  Seychelles  Solomon Islands  Sri Lanka  Suriname  Thailand  Tonga  Tunisia  United States  Uruguay  Vanuatu  Venezuela  Vietnam |

## 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. According to the IATA Timatic the outbound flight from Uzbekistan must be on Uzbekistan Airways.
| Albania  Algeria  Bhutan  Colombia  Costa Rica  Dominica  Ecuador  Equatorial Guinea | Fiji  Gabon  Guyana  India  Lebanon  Maldives  Mauritius  Morocco | Nauru  North Macedonia  Palau  Peru  Philippines  Seychelles  South Africa  Sri Lanka | Suriname  Thailand  Tunisia  Turkmenistan  United States  Uruguay  Vietnam  Venezuela |
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.

## Reform

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 as well as a visa-free regime for citizens of 12 countries who are older than 55. 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. 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.
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. Visa validity period was extended to 30 days. 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.
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.
In December 2018 it was announced that Uzbekistan plans to expand visa-free access to citizens of additional 22 countries.
In January 2019 visa requirements were removed for nationals of Germany.
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.
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.
In August 2022 Uzbekistan will exempt the visa requirements for Saudi Arabia for a period of 30 days starting from January 1, 2023.

## Statistics
### Total visitors by year

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

### Visitors by countries

Visitors arriving to Uzbekistan were from the following countries of nationality:
| Nationality | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
| 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 |
| Surinam | 1 | 0 | No data | No data | No data | No data |
| Vatican | 1 | 3 | No data | No data | No data | No data |
| Bahamas | 0 | 1 | No data | No data | No data | No data |
| French Polynesia | 0 | 1 | No data | No data | No data | No data |
| Nauru | 0 | 2 | No data | No data | No data | No data |
| Papua New Guinea | 0 | 1 | No data | No data | No data | No data |
| Sierra Leone | 0 | 1 | No data | No data | No data | No data |
| United States Virgin Islands | 0 | 2 | No data | No data | No data | No data |
| Total | 6,748,512 | 6,432,983 | 2,847,877 | 2,157,676 | 2,034,253 | 1,938,035 |