Uzbekistan visa requirements · checked 26 September 2026

Visa & Entry Requirements for Uzbekistan

Q: What documents do I need to enter Uzbekistan?

Passport validity: The UK government says that to enter Uzbekistan your passport must have an expiry date at least 3 months after the date you arrive. Travel insurance: No official source we could read states a travel-insurance requirement for entry to Uzbekistan. Return or onward ticket: No official source we could read states an onward or return ticket requirement for most visitors to Uzbekistan; the visa-free regimes that require one say so on the passport rows. Proof of funds: No official source we could read states a proof-of-funds requirement or amount for Uzbekistan.

Q: How long can I stay in Uzbekistan without a visa?

Usually 30 days (81 passports); visa-free stays range from 10 to 60 days depending on your passport.

Q: How many countries can visit Uzbekistan without a visa?

93 of 198 passports can enter Uzbekistan visa-free (47%). 44 can apply online (eVisa or eTA), and 61 need a visa from an embassy.

Most travellers can visit Uzbekistan without going to an embassy: 93 passports enter visa-free, 44 apply online for an eVisa.

Uzbekistan's Foreign Ministry says foreign citizens need an entry visa except citizens of countries with a visa-free regime, which it lists — up to 30 days for countries including Australia, Canada, Japan, the Republic of Korea, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States. It says citizens of the countries in its Appendix 1 can obtain an electronic visa at e-visa.gov.uz, for which the portal gives a fee of USD 20 for single entry; the portal tells nationals of countries not on that list to contact an Uzbek Foreign Ministry office abroad.

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Passports visa-free

eVisa or eTA online

Embassy visa required

Do I need a visa for Uzbekistan? Quick answers

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Visa for Uzbekistan — requirements summary

Visa-free: 93 (47%)
eVisa: 44 (22%)
Visa required: 61 (31%)

All travellers must meet the entry rules set by Uzbekistan, and they depend on your nationality. Find your passport below — you may be able to enter visa-free, or need an eVisa, a visa on arrival or a visa from an embassy.

Passport	Requirement	Max stay	Details
Afghanistan	Visa required	—	Details →
Albania	eVisa	30 days	Details →
Algeria	eVisa	30 days	Details →
Andorra	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Angola	eVisa	30 days	Details →
Antigua and Barbuda	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Argentina	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Armenia	Visa-free	—	Details →
Australia	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Austria	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Azerbaijan	Visa-free	—	Details →
Bahamas	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Bahrain	Visa-free	10 days	Details →
Bangladesh	Visa required	—	Details →
Barbados	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Belarus	Visa-free	—	Details →
Belgium	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Belize	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Benin	Visa required	—	Details →
Bhutan	eVisa	30 days	Details →
Bolivia	eVisa	30 days	Details →
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Botswana	Visa required	—	Details →
Brazil	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Brunei	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Bulgaria	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Burkina Faso	Visa required	—	Details →
Burundi	Visa required	—	Details →
Cambodia	eVisa	30 days	Details →
Cameroon	Visa required	—	Details →
Canada	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Cape Verde	Visa required	—	Details →
Central African Republic	Visa required	—	Details →
Chad	Visa required	—	Details →
Chile	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
China	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Colombia	eVisa	30 days	Details →
Comoros	Visa required	—	Details →
Costa Rica	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Côte d'Ivoire	Visa required	—	Details →
Croatia	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Cuba	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Cyprus	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Czechia	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Denmark	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Djibouti	Visa required	—	Details →
Dominica	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Dominican Republic	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
DR Congo	Visa required	—	Details →
Ecuador	eVisa	30 days	Details →
Egypt	eVisa	30 days	Details →
El Salvador	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Equatorial Guinea	Visa required	—	Details →
Eritrea	Visa required	—	Details →
Estonia	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Eswatini	Visa required	—	Details →
Ethiopia	Visa required	—	Details →
Fiji	eVisa	30 days	Details →
Finland	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
France	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Gabon	Visa required	—	Details →
Gambia	Visa required	—	Details →
Georgia	Visa-free	—	Details →
Germany	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Ghana	Visa required	—	Details →
Greece	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Grenada	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Guatemala	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Guinea	Visa required	—	Details →
Guinea-Bissau	eVisa	30 days	Details →
Guyana	eVisa	30 days	Details →
Haiti	Visa required	—	Details →
Honduras	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Hong Kong	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Hungary	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Iceland	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
India	eVisa	30 days	Details →
Indonesia	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Iran	eVisa	30 days	Details →
Iraq	Visa required	—	Details →
Ireland	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Israel	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Italy	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Jamaica	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Japan	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Jordan	eVisa	30 days	Details →
Kazakhstan	Visa-free	—	Details →
Kenya	Visa required	—	Details →
Kiribati	eVisa	30 days	Details →
Kosovo	Visa required	—	Details →
Kuwait	Visa-free	10 days	Details →
Kyrgyzstan	Visa-free	60 days	Details →
Laos	eVisa	30 days	Details →
Latvia	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Lebanon	eVisa	30 days	Details →
Lesotho	Visa required	—	Details →
Liberia	Visa required	—	Details →
Libya	Visa required	—	Details →
Liechtenstein	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Lithuania	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Luxembourg	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Macau	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Madagascar	Visa required	—	Details →
Malawi	Visa required	—	Details →
Malaysia	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Maldives	eVisa	30 days	Details →
Mali	Visa required	—	Details →
Malta	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Marshall Islands	eVisa	30 days	Details →
Mauritania	Visa required	—	Details →
Mauritius	eVisa	30 days	Details →
Mexico	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Micronesia	eVisa	30 days	Details →
Moldova	Visa-free	—	Details →
Monaco	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Mongolia	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Montenegro	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Morocco	eVisa	30 days	Details →
Mozambique	Visa required	—	Details →
Myanmar	Visa required	—	Details →
Namibia	Visa required	—	Details →
Nauru	eVisa	30 days	Details →
Nepal	eVisa	30 days	Details →
Netherlands	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
New Zealand	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Nicaragua	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Niger	Visa required	—	Details →
Nigeria	Visa required	—	Details →
North Korea	eVisa	30 days	Details →
North Macedonia	eVisa	30 days	Details →
Norway	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Oman	Visa-free	10 days	Details →
Pakistan	Visa required	—	Details →
Palau	eVisa	30 days	Details →
Palestine	Visa required	—	Details →
Panama	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Papua New Guinea	Visa required	—	Details →
Paraguay	eVisa	30 days	Details →
Peru	eVisa	30 days	Details →
Philippines	eVisa	30 days	Details →
Poland	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Portugal	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Qatar	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Republic of the Congo	Visa required	—	Details →
Romania	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Russia	Visa-free	—	Details →
Rwanda	Visa required	—	Details →
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Saint Lucia	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Samoa	eVisa	30 days	Details →
San Marino	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Sao Tome and Principe	Visa required	—	Details →
Saudi Arabia	eVisa	30 days	Details →
Senegal	Visa required	—	Details →
Serbia	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Seychelles	eVisa	30 days	Details →
Sierra Leone	Visa required	—	Details →
Singapore	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Slovakia	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Slovenia	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Solomon Islands	eVisa	30 days	Details →
Somalia	Visa required	—	Details →
South Africa	Visa required	—	Details →
South Korea	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
South Sudan	Visa required	—	Details →
Spain	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Sri Lanka	eVisa	30 days	Details →
Sudan	Visa required	—	Details →
Suriname	eVisa	30 days	Details →
Sweden	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Switzerland	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Syria	Visa required	—	Details →
Taiwan	Visa required	—	Details →
Tajikistan	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Tanzania	Visa required	—	Details →
Thailand	eVisa	30 days	Details →
Timor-Leste	Visa required	—	Details →
Togo	Visa required	—	Details →
Tonga	eVisa	30 days	Details →
Trinidad and Tobago	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Tunisia	eVisa	30 days	Details →
Türkiye	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Turkmenistan	Visa required	—	Details →
Tuvalu	Visa required	—	Details →
Uganda	Visa required	—	Details →
Ukraine	Visa-free	—	Details →
United Arab Emirates	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
United Kingdom	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
United States	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Uruguay	eVisa	30 days	Details →
Vanuatu	eVisa	30 days	Details →
Vatican City	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Venezuela	eVisa	30 days	Details →
Vietnam	eVisa	30 days	Details →
Yemen	Visa required	—	Details →
Zambia	Visa required	—	Details →
Zimbabwe	Visa required	—	Details →

Uzbekistan visa types, fees and processing times

Electronic visa

eVisa

Max stay: 30 days
Valid for: 90 days

Fee and processing time not published — confirm with the embassy or consulate before you apply.

Documents (2)

Facial photo
Passport data page copy

Official application site →

Tourist entry visa

Embassy

Fee: 40 USD
Max stay: 30 days

The Foreign Ministry's consular fee list gives USD 40 for a 30-day tourist visa, increasing by USD 10 for each additional entry, and says fees are also charged at issuance to cover actual processing costs, depending on where the visa is processed.

Entry requirements for Uzbekistan

Passport validity

3 months

The UK government says that to enter Uzbekistan your passport must have an expiry date at least 3 months after the date you arrive.

UK FCDO — Uzbekistan entry requirements✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026

Travel insurance

No official source we could read states a travel-insurance requirement for entry to Uzbekistan. Canada's travel advice tells travellers to get travel insurance that includes coverage for medical evacuation and hospital stays.

Government of Canada — Travel advice and advisories: Uzbekistan✓ Checked 4 Oct 2026

Return or onward ticket

No official source we could read states an onward or return ticket requirement for most visitors to Uzbekistan; the visa-free regimes that require one say so on the passport rows.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan — Visa to the Republic of Uzbekistan (visa types and consular fees)✓ Checked 7 Oct 2026

Proof of funds

No official source we could read states a proof-of-funds requirement or amount for Uzbekistan.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan — Visa to the Republic of Uzbekistan (visa types and consular fees)✓ Checked 7 Oct 2026

Registration after arrival

Foreign nationals must register at their place of residence or place of stay. Foreign nationals permanently living in other countries must register at their place of stay no later than three working days after entering Uzbekistan, unless an international treaty or Uzbek law sets another period. In accommodation facilities, the facility's responsible staff register guests through the E-mehmon system. Owners of housing, or persons entitled to dispose of it, who provide living space must register those persons in good time. Breaking the rules of stay, including the registration procedure at the place of stay, is fined five times the base calculation amount.

Lex.uz (National Database of Legislation of Uzbekistan) — Law ZRU-1074 of 10.07.2025 'On Registration of Citizens of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Foreign Citizens and Stateless Persons at the Place of Residence and Place of Stay'✓ Checked 12 Oct 2026

Overstay penalties

Under the Code of Administrative Responsibility, a foreigner who violates the rules of stay in Uzbekistan, including by evading departure after the period of stay ends, is fined five times the base calculation amount for up to ten days, fifteen times for more than ten and up to thirty days, and twenty-five times for more than thirty days. A foreigner who does not pay is expelled and barred from entering for one year; one who repeats the violation within a year of a penalty is expelled and barred for three years.

Lex.uz (National Database of Legislation, Ministry of Justice of Uzbekistan) — Code of Administrative Responsibility of the Republic of Uzbekistan✓ Checked 12 Oct 2026

Customs allowances

USD 2,000.

The UK government says you need to complete a customs declaration on entry if you bring in significant amounts of money, the threshold being 10,000 US dollars, in two copies that customs officials sign and stamp; that undeclared currency may be confiscated; and that you cannot leave with more foreign currency than you brought. Canada's travel advice says you must declare any foreign currency equivalent to more than USD 2,000.

UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office — Uzbekistan travel advice: entry requirements✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026

Uzbekistan visa requirements statistics

198

Passports covered

Most common: Visa-free

Least common: eVisa

47%

Visa-free access

Visa-free stays by length

60 days · 1 passport
30 days · 81 passports
10 days · 3 passports

Understanding Uzbekistan visa requirements

We track the entry rules of Uzbekistan for 198 passports. The most common situation is visa-free, which applies to 93 passports (47%). 47% of passports can enter without a visa. The least common is eVisa (44 passports).

Entry categories for Uzbekistan

Visa-free entry: 93 passports can enter without a visa, for stays from 10 to 60 days.
eVisa: 44 passports can apply for an electronic visa online.
Visa required: 61 passports must apply at an embassy or consulate.

What else you need to enter Uzbekistan

Passport validity: The UK government says that to enter Uzbekistan your passport must have an expiry date at least 3 months after the date you arrive.
Travel insurance: No official source we could read states a travel-insurance requirement for entry to Uzbekistan.
Return or onward ticket: No official source we could read states an onward or return ticket requirement for most visitors to Uzbekistan; the visa-free regimes that require one say so on the passport rows.
Proof of funds: No official source we could read states a proof-of-funds requirement or amount for Uzbekistan.

Open your passport in the table for the exact rules — maximum stay, fees, how to apply and the official source. Entry rules change at short notice: confirm with the embassy of Uzbekistan or its official immigration website before you travel.

Frequently asked questions about Uzbekistan visas

Do I need a visa for Uzbekistan?

Uzbekistan's Foreign Ministry lists the countries whose citizens have a visa-free regime, including Australia, Austria, Canada, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Republic of Korea, Switzerland, Türkiye, the United Kingdom and the United States (up to 30 days); the page was last updated on 1 June 2026. It lists countries whose citizens can obtain an electronic visa, among them Egypt, India, Thailand and Vietnam; the eVisa portal gives a fee of USD 20 for single entry and tells nationals of countries not on the list to contact an Uzbek Foreign Ministry office abroad.

Do US citizens need a visa for Uzbekistan?

No. Uzbekistan's Foreign Ministry lists the United States of America under its visa-free regime of up to 30 days, and says that to stay more than 30 days a foreign citizen must obtain one of Uzbekistan's entry visas.

How does the Uzbekistan eVisa work?

The eVisa portal says you apply online, uploading a facial photo and a copy of the passport data page, at least 3 working days before the planned date of arrival. The fee is USD 20 for single entry, USD 35 for double entry and USD 50 for multiple entry; applications are considered within 2 working days, the eVisa allows a stay of up to 30 days, and it is valid for entry within 90 days from the date of registration.

Do I have to register my stay in Uzbekistan?

The UK government tells people travelling on a full British citizen passport that they must register with the local district OVIR within 3 days of their arrival; hotel staff register guests, and private hosts register them with their local OVIR or on the Emehmon electronic system. It says that if they are unable to account for their whereabouts or fail to get registered, they could get a fine for each day that is missing or late and possibly be deported.

How long can I stay in Uzbekistan visa-free?

Uzbekistan's Foreign Ministry says the 30-day and 60-day visa-free regimes run from the moment of crossing the state border. It lists Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine with a visa-free regime of unlimited duration, Tajikistan with up to 30 days and Kyrgyzstan with up to 60 days. The eVisa allows a stay of up to 30 days; for longer stays the Ministry says an entry visa is needed.

Do UK citizens need a visa for Uzbekistan?

UK citizens can visit Uzbekistan visa-free for 30 days. Full rules for United Kingdom passport holders.

Do German citizens need a visa for Uzbekistan?

German citizens can visit Uzbekistan visa-free for 30 days. Full rules for Germany passport holders.

What documents do I need to enter Uzbekistan?

Passport validity: The UK government says that to enter Uzbekistan your passport must have an expiry date at least 3 months after the date you arrive. Travel insurance: No official source we could read states a travel-insurance requirement for entry to Uzbekistan. Return or onward ticket: No official source we could read states an onward or return ticket requirement for most visitors to Uzbekistan; the visa-free regimes that require one say so on the passport rows. Proof of funds: No official source we could read states a proof-of-funds requirement or amount for Uzbekistan.

How long can I stay in Uzbekistan without a visa?

Usually 30 days (81 passports); visa-free stays range from 10 to 60 days depending on your passport.

How many countries can visit Uzbekistan without a visa?

93 of 198 passports can enter Uzbekistan visa-free (47%). 44 can apply online (eVisa or eTA), and 61 need a visa from an embassy.

Data: TravelRequirements.info — Entry Requirements Dataset, AXG Sp. z o.o. (CC BY 4.0) — official sources are linked on each passport page. Gaps filled from the Passport Index dataset (MIT).

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Where can Uzbekistan citizens travel visa-free?

Uzbekistan passport holders can visit 28 countries without a visa. Open a country for the exact rules.

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