The Registan in Samarkand, Uzbekistan

Who needs a visa for Uzbekistan?

Central Asia · Tashkent

Photo: Gustavo Jeronimo from Aranjuez, Spain / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

Of 198 nationalities, 94 enter Uzbekistan with no paperwork at all. The rest: 104 must be approved before they travel.

Government fee
$20
Apply on the official Uzbekistan government site

This is the government's own portal. We are not paid to send you there.

Checked 18 October 2026 — read the fees and rules on e-visa.gov.uz

What Uzbekistan asks for

  • Facial photo meeting ICAO Doc 9303
  • Copy of the passport data page (no more than 500 KB)
  • A Visa card to pay the consular fee

Worth knowing

  • The $20 consular fee is not refunded if the e-visa is refused.
  • If any detail on the e-visa differs from your passport, the e-visa is invalid. Enter your data exactly as it appears in the passport.

Photo requirements

We have not yet read the photo rules for Uzbekistan on an official page, so we print no sizes. Photo rules we have checked, and official links for the rest

Resize a photo in your browser. It is never uploaded.

What do you need?

Who needs what

Visa free 94

Nothing to apply for and nothing to pay before you travel.

eVisa (electronic visa) 46

A real visa application, made online instead of at an embassy. It is assessed, it takes days rather than minutes, and it can be refused.

Visa required 58

You must apply and be approved before you travel. Airlines will refuse to board you without it.

About Uzbekistan

Region
Central Asia
Capital
Tashkent
Population
37,053,428 2025 · 42nd of 197
Size
447,400 km² 56th largest of 199
Density
83 per km²
Languages
Russian, Uzbek
Currency
Uzbekistani soʻm UZS
Borders
Afghanistan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan

Capital, area, languages and currency from the open country dataset, pulled 21 September 2026. Population from the World Bank, series updated 13 July 2026. Density is calculated from the two figures above.