Visa requirements for Uzbekistani citizens

Visa requirements for Uzbekistani citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Uzbekistan. The article is concerning ordinary passport holders and tourists. As of November 2023, 28 visa-free countries and 33 visa-on-arrival countries, as a result, ranking the Uzbekistan passport 71st in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley Passport Index.^[1]

Exit visas

All Uzbek citizens were required to obtain an exit visa to travel to all non-CIS countries from 1995 until 2019. An exit visa was not needed for trips to CIS countries as long as the travelers did not then go to a non-CIS country. Penalties for traveling to non-CIS countries without an exit visa included heavy fines and prison terms up to 10 years in length. Exit visas were obtained from the Interior Ministry's local OVIR (Office of Visas and Registration) department, and were valid for two years.^[2]

Uzbek immigration authorities did not allow Uzbek citizens to board outbound flights without a valid visa for the destination country and/or a return ticket even if the destination country grants visa on arrival to Uzbek passport holders. As a result, Uzbek citizens had to go to the immigration counter at Tashkent International Airport for an approval and a stamp on their tickets before they proceeded to a check-in counter.

The exit visa requirement was abolished on 1 January 2019 after a presidential decree signed in August 2017 came into force.^[3][4][5]

Visa requirements map

Visa requirements

Country	Visa requirement	Allowed stay	Notes (excluding departure fees)
Afghanistan	Visa required[6]
Albania	eVisa[7]
Algeria	Visa required[8]
Andorra	Visa not required[9]		90 days within any 365-day period. Although officially no visa is required, at least a Double Entry Schengen visa is required to enter Andorra since it has no own airport facility.
Angola	Visa required[10]
Antigua and Barbuda	Visa not required[11]	1 month
Argentina	Visa required[12]
Armenia	Visa not required[13]	180 days
Australia	Online visa required[14]		May apply online (Online Visitor e600 visa).[15]
Austria	Visa required[16]
Azerbaijan	Visa not required[17]	90 days	Entry prohibited to anyone who is of Armenian descent[citation needed].
Bahamas	eVisa[18]
Bahrain	eVisa / Visa on arrival[19]
Bangladesh	Visa required[20]
Barbados	Visa not required[21]	28 days
Belarus	Visa not required[22]	Unlimited
Belgium	Visa required[23]
Belize	Visa required[24]
Benin	eVisa[25][26]
Bhutan	Visa required[27]
Bolivia	Visa on arrival[28]	90 days
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Visa required[29]
Botswana	eVisa[30]
Brazil	Visa required[31]
Brunei	Visa required[32]
Bulgaria	Visa required[33]
Burkina Faso	Visa required[34]
Burundi	Visa on arrival[35]
Cambodia	Visa on arrival[36]	30 days
Cameroon	Visa required[37]
Canada	Visa required[38]
Cape Verde	Visa on arrival[39]
Central African Republic	Visa required[40]
Chad	Visa required[41]
Chile	Visa required[42]
China	Visa required[43]
Colombia	eVisa[44]
Comoros	Visa on arrival[45]
Cook Islands	Visa not required
Republic of the Congo	Visa required[46]
Democratic Republic of the Congo	eVisa[47]
Costa Rica	Visa required[48]
Côte d'Ivoire	eVisa[49]
Croatia	Visa required[50]
Cuba	Visa required[51]
Cyprus	Visa required[52]
Czech Republic	Visa required[53]
Denmark	Visa required[54]
Djibouti	eVisa[55]
Dominica	Visa not required[56]	21 days
Dominican Republic	Visa required[57]
Ecuador	eVisa[58]	90 days
Egypt	Visa required[59]
El Salvador	Visa required[60]
Equatorial Guinea	eVisa[61]
Eritrea	Visa required[62]
Estonia	Visa required[63]
Eswatini	Visa required[64]
Ethiopia	eVisa[65]	90 days
Fiji	Visa required[66]
Finland	Visa required[67]
France	Visa required[68]
Gabon	eVisa[69]
Gambia	Visa not required[70]	28 days
Georgia	Visa not required[71]	365 days[72]
Germany	Visa required[73]
Ghana	Visa required[74]
Greece	Visa required[75]
Grenada	Visa on arrival[76]	3 months
Guatemala	Visa required[77]
Guinea	eVisa[78]
Guinea-Bissau	Visa on arrival[79]	90 days
Guyana	Visa required[80]
Haiti	Visa not required[81]	3 months
Honduras	Visa required[82]
Hungary	Visa required[83]
Iceland	Visa required[84]
India	eVisa[85]
Indonesia	Visa on arrival[86]	30 days
Iran	Visa not required[87]	15 days
Iraq	Visa required[88]
Ireland	Visa required[89]		Visa waiver for UK 'C' visa holders until October 2021. Entry permitted only if first point of entry to the Common Travel Area is in the UK.[90]
Israel	Visa required[91]
Italy	Visa required[92]
Jamaica	Visa on arrival[93]
Japan	Visa required[94]
Jordan	Visa on arrival[95]	3 months
Kazakhstan	Visa not required[96]	30 days
Kenya	Electronic Travel Authorisation[97]	3 months	Applications can be submitted up to 90 days prior to travel and must be submitted at least 3 days in advance. eTA fee is USD 32.50. Proof of reservation at the hotel where visitors plan to stay is required (if staying with friends, an invitation letter is also acceptable). Yellow fever vaccination certificate is required if coming from endemic countries.
Kiribati	Visa required[98]
North Korea	Visa required[99]
South Korea	Visa required[100]
Kuwait	Visa required[101]
Kyrgyzstan	Visa not required[102]	60 days
Laos	Visa on arrival[103]	30 days	17[Note 1] of the 31 border crossings are only open to visa holders.[104] e-Visa may be used to enter Laos through Luang Prabang, Pakse and Vientiane international airports, 3 Thai-Lao Friendship Bridges[Note 2] and in Boten (road and railroad).[105] Visa on arrival is available at Luang Prabang, Pakse and Vientiane international airports, the 4 Thai-Lao Friendship Bridges[Note 3] and 6 border crossings.[Note 4][104] Visa on arrival is extendable for an additional 60 days at the Department of Immigration in Vientiane.[106]
Latvia	Visa required[107]
Lebanon	Free visa on arrival[108]	1 month	1 month extendable for 2 additional months Granted free of charge at Beirut International Airport or any other port of entry if there is no Israeli visa or seal, holding a telephone number, an address in Lebanon, and a non refundable return or circle trip ticket.
Lesotho	eVisa[109][110]
Liberia	Visa required[111]
Libya	Visa required[112]
Liechtenstein	Visa required[113]
Lithuania	Visa required[114]
Luxembourg	Visa required[115]
Madagascar	Visa on arrival[116]	90 days
Macao	Visa on arrival
Malawi	eVisa[117]
Malaysia	Visa not required[118]	30 days
Maldives	Free visa on arrival[119]	30 days
Mali	Visa required[120]
Malta	Visa required[121]
Marshall Islands	Visa required[122]
Mauritania	Visa on arrival[123]		Available at Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport.
Mauritius	Visa on arrival[124]	60 days
Mexico	Visa required[125]		Holders of permanent residence permit in the United States or Canada (Green Card and Permanent Resident Card holders, respectively) can make business and tourist trips to Mexico without visas if the duration of the trip does not exceed 6 months. At the point of entry into Mexico, they fill out only the FMTTV form and present a valid Uzbek passport and permanent resident card of the United States or Canada.
Micronesia	Visa not required[126]	30 days
Moldova	Visa not required[127]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period
Monaco	Visa required[128]
Mongolia	Visa not required[129]	30 days
Montenegro	Visa required[130]
Morocco	Visa required[131]
Mozambique	Visa on arrival[132]	30 days
Myanmar	eVisa[133]	28 days	eVisa holders must arrive via Yangon, Nay Pyi Taw or Mandalay airports or via land border crossings with Thailand — Tachileik, Myawaddy and Kawthaung or India — Rih Khaw Dar and Tamu. eVisa is available for tourism only.
Namibia	Visa not required[134]	3 months
Nauru	Visa required[135]
Nepal	Visa on arrival[136]	90 days
Netherlands	Visa required[137]
New Zealand	Visa required[138]		Diplomatic, service and standard passports with the former USSR symbol issued in Uzbekistan are unacceptable, and visas will not be endorsed in them.[139] Holders of an Australian Permanent Resident Visa or Resident Return Visa may be granted a New Zealand Resident Visa on arrival permitting indefinite stay (pursuant to the Trans-Tasman Travel Arrangement), subject to meeting character requirements and obtaining an Electronic Travel Authority prior to departure.[140]
Nicaragua	Visa on arrival[141]	90 days
Niger	Visa required[142]
Nigeria	eVisa[143]
Niue	Visa not required
North Macedonia	Visa required[144]
Norway	Visa required[145]
Oman	Visa not required[146]	14 days
Pakistan	eVisa[147]
Palau	Free visa on arrival[148]	30 days
Panama	Visa required[149]
Papua New Guinea	Visa required[150]
Paraguay	Visa required[151]
Peru	Visa required[152]
Philippines	Visa not required[153]	30 days
Poland	Visa required[154]
Portugal	Visa required[155]
Qatar	Visa not required[156]	30 days
Romania	Visa required[157]
Russia	Visa not required[158]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period
Rwanda	Visa on arrival[159]	30 days
Saint Kitts and Nevis	eVisa[160]		Visa obtainable online.[161]
Saint Lucia	Visa required[162]
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Visa not required[163]	1 month
Samoa	Visa not required[164]	60 days
San Marino	Visa required[165]
São Tomé and Príncipe	eVisa[166]
Saudi Arabia	eVisa / Visa on arrival[167]
Senegal	Visa on arrival[168]
Serbia	Visa required[169]
Seychelles	Free Visitor’s Permit on arrival[170]	3 months
Sierra Leone	Visa on arrival[171]
Singapore	eVisa[172]		96 hour Transit Visa can be obtained on arrival provided that holding confirmed onward plane tickets to a third country and a visa for the third country, passport validity for 6 months and in flights departing within 96 hours.
Slovakia	Visa required[173]
Slovenia	Visa required[174]
Solomon Islands	Visa required[175]		Visa on arrival if holding pre-arranged visa
Somalia	Visa on arrival[176]	30 days	Available at Bosaso Airport, Galcaio Airport and Mogadishu Airport.
South Africa	Visa required[177]
South Sudan	eVisa[178]		Obtainable online[179] Printed visa authorization must be presented at the time of travel[179]
Spain	Visa required[180]
Sri Lanka	Visa not required[181]	30 days
Sudan	Visa required[182]
Suriname	eVisa[183]
Sweden	Visa required[184]
Switzerland	Visa required[185]
Syria	Visa required[186]
Tajikistan	Visa not required[187]	30 days[188]
Tanzania	Visa required[189]
Thailand	Visa on arrival[190]	15 days
Timor-Leste	Visa on arrival[191]	30 days
Togo	Visa on arrival[192]	7 days
Tonga	Visa required[193]
Trinidad and Tobago	Visa required[194]
Tunisia	Visa required[195]		Visa not required for tourist groups organised by a travel agency.
Turkey	Visa not required[196]	90[197] days	90 days within any 180 day period
Turkmenistan	Visa required[198]
Tuvalu	Visa on arrival[199]	1 month
Uganda	eVisa / Visa on arrival[200]		May apply online.[201]
Ukraine	Visa not required[202]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period
United Arab Emirates	Visa not required[203]	30 days[204]
United Kingdom	Visa required[205]
United States	Visa required[206]
Uruguay	Visa required[207]
Vanuatu	Visa required[208]
Vatican City	Visa required[209]
Venezuela	Visa required[210]
Vietnam	eVisa[211]
Yemen	Visa required[212]
Zambia	eVisa[213]
Zimbabwe	eVisa / Visa on arrival[214]

See also

• Visa policy of Uzbekistan
• Uzbekistan passport

References

Notes