The passport of Uzbekistan is in 80th place in the ranking of world passports. For information, in 2021 Uzbekistan was on line 82. This rating is based on countries for visa-free visits by citizens who are holders of a country’s passport. Thus, citizens of Uzbekistan in 2021 can visit 58 countries of the world without first obtaining a visa, 24 of them can be visited without a visa, and for the remaining 34 a visa can be issued upon arrival.
Along with Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Mauritania, Mozambique and Sao Tome and Principe are in 80th place in the world passport ranking.
Visa-free countries for Uzbekistan: list 2021
So, as noted above, without a visa, citizens of Uzbekistan have the right to visit 24 countries of the world, the full list of which can be found below:
- Azerbaijan – up to 90 days
- Antigua and Barbuda – up to 180 days
- Armenia – up to 180 days
- Barbados – up to 28 days
- Belarus
- Haiti – up to 90 days
- Georgia – up to 360 days
- Dominica – up to 21 days
- Indonesia – up to 30 days
- Kazakhstan – up to 30 days
- Kyrgyzstan – up to 60 days
- Malaysia – up to 30 days
- Micronesia – up to 30 days
- Moldova – up to 90 days
- Namibia – up to 90 days
- Niue
- Cook Islands
- Russian Federation
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – up to 30 days
- Tajikistan – up to 30 days
- Türkiye – up to 30 days
- Ukraine
- Philippines – up to 30 days
- Ecuador – up to 90 days
Usually, to visit a country without a visa, you need to take into account some nuances:
- Do not violate the terms of stay on the territory of the state. For each country this is a separate established period.
- Availability of a valid biometric passport of a citizen of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
- If necessary, have additional documents with you, for example, medical insurance, confirmation of sufficient financial resources, accommodation reservation, return ticket.
- In some countries, visa-exempt citizens must go through a simple registration procedure with the local police or other government agency.
If the time of stay is violated without permission, visitors will face punishment in the form of fines or deportation. In the most unpleasant cases, there may be a lifelong ban on visiting the country.
Citizens of Uzbekistan can travel to 52 countries without a visa
Henley & Partners, a leading international company in the field of acquisition, construction and management of real estate around the world, has compiled another rating of visa restrictions, in which it analyzed the visa rules of more than 200 countries and territories around the world. Places in the ranking are determined by the number of countries with visa-free entry. Uzbekistan took 85th place on this list, since citizens of the country can travel without a visa to 52 countries of the world.
List of visa-free countries for citizens of Uzbekistan:
North and Latin America:
- Dominica 21 days
- Barbados 28 days
- Antigua and Barbuda 1 month
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1 month
- Ecuador 3 months
- Haiti 3 months
Visa is issued upon arrival:
- Bolivia
- Jamaica
- Nicaragua
Africa:
- Seychelles (1 month)
- Namibia (2 months)
Visa is issued upon arrival:
- Mali
- Gambia
- Burundi
- Cape Verde
- Comoros
- Djibouti
- Guinea-Bissau
- Kenya
- Madagascar
- Mauritius
- Mozambique
- Togo
- Uganda
- Zambia
Europe:
- Russia
- Belarus
- Armenia
- Georgia
- Kosovo (90 days)
- Moldova (90 days)
- Ukraine (90 days)
Oceania:
- Cook Islands (1 month)
- Federated States of Micronesia (1 month)
- Niue (1 month)
- Tuvalu (1 month)
- Samoa (60 days)
Visa is issued upon arrival:
- Palau
Asia:
- Kazakhstan
- Malaysia (30 days)
- Türkiye (30 days)
- Kyrgyzstan (60 days)
- Azerbaijan (90 days)
Visa is issued upon arrival:
- Jordan
- Cambodia Laos
- Lebanon
- Macau
- Maldives
- Nepal
- Sri Lanka
- Syria
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
It is worth noting that for trips abroad, an OVIR sticker is also required, which is placed only in Uzbekistan at the place of registration and is valid in other countries for 2 years. Without this sticker, it is possible to travel to Russia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan (up to 60 days), Moldova and Ukraine.
Among the Central Asian republics, Kazakhstan showed the best result in the ranking of visa restrictions - 71st place. This is followed by Kyrgyzstan (79), Tajikistan (84) and Turkmenistan (88).
The leader of the Henley & Partners rating for the second year in a row is Germany, whose citizens can visit 177 countries without completing additional documents. Sweden was in second place (176 countries), third place was shared by Finland, France, Spain, Italy and the UK (175 countries each). Somalia, Pakistan, Iraq and Afghanistan close the ranking, according to the Henley & Partners website.
You can download the rating in English here.
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Which countries are conditionally visa-free for Uzbek citizens (visas are issued upon arrival or online)
Citizens of Uzbekistan can not bother with obtaining visas in advance in 37 other countries around the world. Although a visa is required to visit these countries, Uzbek passport holders can obtain it upon arrival or online. So, the list of conditionally visa-free countries for citizens of Uzbekistan:
- Benin - e-visa/30-90 days
- Bolivia – visa on arrival/e-visa/90 days
- Guinea-Bissau – visa on arrival/e-visa/90 days
- Djibouti – e-visa
- Zimbabwe – visa on arrival/90 days
- Jordan - Visa on Arrival
- Iran – visa on arrival/e-visa/30 days
- Cape Verde – visa on arrival
- Cambodia – visa on arrival/e-visa/30 days
- Kenya – e-visa/90 days
- Comoros – visa on arrival/45 days
- Laos – visa on arrival/30 days
- Lebanon – visa on arrival/30 days
- Mauritius – visa on arrival/60 days
- Mauritania – visa on arrival
- Madagascar – visa on arrival/90 days
- Macau – visa on arrival/30 days
- Maldives – visa on arrival/30 days
- Mozambique – visa on arrival/30 days
- Nepal – visa on arrival/90 days
- Nicaragua – visa on arrival/30 days
- Palau – visa on arrival/30 days
- Rwanda – visa on arrival/e-visa/30 days
- Somalia – visa on arrival/30 days
- Samoa – visa on arrival/60 days
- Seychelles – tourist registration/30 days
- Syria
- Thailand – visa on arrival/15 days
- Timor – visa on arrival/30 days
- Togo – visa on arrival/7 days
- Tuvalu – visa on arrival/30 days
- Uganda – visa on arrival/e-visa
- Sri Lanka – e-visa/30 days
- Jamaica - Visa on Arrival
Depending on the country where the tourist is heading, a visa on arrival may be pasted into the passport or a special stamp may be affixed to the document. To complete it, you need a minimum amount of paperwork, and the registration procedure itself can take only a few minutes, provided that there are no complaints about the guest’s identity.
When obtaining a visa you will need to have the following documents:
- Pre-filled application form. It is usually filled out on the plane or at a border checkpoint.
- Migrant card or customs declaration.
- A foreign passport, and sometimes an internal one.
- When traveling with children, take a birth certificate and permission to cross the child’s border (provided that he is traveling with only one of the parents).
- A certificate stating the purpose of the visit.
- Confirmation of booked or personal accommodation in the selected country.
- Document on financial solvency and return tickets.
- Medical insurance if required.
Residents of Uzbekistan should take into account that to visit almost all countries you will need a special sticker, which is issued by OVIR. It only needs to be placed in the place of registration. Validity period – up to 2 years. If he is absent, the tourist will have to pay penalties in the amount of 200-400 minimum wages. Only 9 CIS countries are allowed to visit without this sticker, including Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, Armenia and Kazakhstan.
What documents must Tajik citizens submit?
The list of papers that citizens of Tajikistan will need to collect is largely similar to the list for Uzbeks.
First of all, to obtain a Schengen visa you must have official registration in the Russian Federation. Copies of similar documents must be provided for the last six months. This will confirm the law-abiding and trustworthy nature of the applicant.
Next, you will need to collect the following papers:
- Justification for a long stay on the territory of the Russian Federation. His role may include official work or study.
- A certificate from the place of study, a copy of a student card or a certificate from work. The latter contains data on wages, duration of work and other information.
- A work permit or a copy of the contract if the citizen is employed by a private person.
- Two photographs 3.5 * 4.5 cm.
- Receipt of payment of duties and fees.
- Documentation confirming the presence of sufficient funds in the account to stay in the European Union.
In addition to the above list, consulates reserve the right to request other documents at their discretion. Their role, as a rule, is data on family composition, marriage certificate and others.
You should also remember about the need to take out insurance with a coverage amount of at least 30 thousand euros. This will avoid problems with paying medical bills in the event of an emergency.
Making a decision on issuing a visa and processing it will take from 10 to 15 working days. At the same time, citizens of Tajikistan must pay double the consular fee, which should be taken into account when planning costs. You will need to provide migration cards or copies of previously issued entry permits into the EU (if similar ones were issued in the past).
Visa on arrival for Uzbek citizens
Many countries offer guests from the Central Asian republic a visa on arrival. The visa is glued or stamped into the passport at the point of entry (at the airport or when crossing a land border). The document is completed quite quickly and with a minimum of required paperwork. Most often, the documentation package includes:
- Application form (usually filled out on the plane or while waiting in line at border control).
- Customs declaration, migration card (usually filled out on the plane or at the airport of arrival).
- International passport.
- Internal passport (in some cases).
- Birth certificate and, if necessary, parent/parental consent for travel (for minors).
- Documents explaining the purpose of the visit.
- Confirmation of the availability of housing for the entire duration of stay (if the person entering does not have a paid hotel reservation or tourist voucher).
- Tickets home.
- Financial guarantees.
- Medical insurance (mandatory in some states).
Sometimes a photograph is required to obtain a visa. In addition, the cost of the visa is paid. For example, an entry document, which is issued upon arrival at Thai airports, costs $35.
Documents for citizens of Uzbekistan for Schengen in Moscow in 2021
When a person with citizenship of Uzbekistan resides in Russia, the list of papers, depending on his type of occupation and position in a foreign country, will be approximately as follows:
- A foreign passport with an expiration date stamp no later than 3 months after returning from a trip to the EU countries under Schengen.
- Migration card issued when crossing the state border of the Russian Federation.
- Copies of all visas issued within the last 3 years.
- Duplicate of internal civil identity card.
- Photo size 3.5 by 4.5 cm on a white background. Production time - no earlier than 6 months before the date of application.
- A bank account statement showing the balance of funds sufficient for living in the host country. The calculation is based on 44-60 euros per day. The exact size is determined by the destination state.
- Confirmation of hotel reservation abroad for the entire period of stay. If you plan to visit several countries, provide an exact route with points of stay and reservation of accommodation.
- Paid round trip tickets.
- Medical insurance – coverage must be at least 30 thousand euros.
- If employed in the Russian Federation under an employment contract, a certificate from the employer indicating the type of activity, length of service and salary.
- Plastic work permit in the Russian Federation for a foreigner.
- A document confirming registration at the place of residence of a citizen of Uzbekistan in the Russian Federation. valid for at least 6 months from the date of application and 3 months after returning to your homeland or Russia.
- Receipt for payment of state duty.
- For persons who are not employed under an employment contract, proof of solvency is required. This could be a statement of a bank deposit, an indication of another source of income besides work, or a certificate of acquisition of valuable property.
- For students studying at universities, you need a student ID.
- In case of long-term stay in the country, a residence permit or temporary residence permit in the Russian Federation indicating the grounds for stay - marital status, education, professional or commercial activity, etc.
- A sponsorship letter from a relative who has Russian citizenship, with guarantees to provide a place of residence and material resources when a citizen of Uzbekistan is in the Russian Federation.
- To confirm your relationship, you need to use a birth or adoption certificate, as well as a marriage certificate.
The processing time for the application form with completed data and official papers at the diplomatic missions of the Schengen countries ranges from 10 to 30 days. Sometimes consulate or representative office staff require interviews with visa applicants.
Thus, in addition to the standard package of papers for persons traveling to the Schengen territory, documents on legal status in the Russian Federation are required. Otherwise, the application will not be approved. This means that the citizen is already violating the migration rules of another country, which is taken into account by EU countries.
An example from practice: a citizen of Uzbekistan, who has a permanent residence permit in Moscow, violated migration rules while staying in Slovenia. The length of stay upon departure was longer than the permissible 90 days. I was banned from entering for 5 years. A year later 1 changed my passport and changed my last name after marriage. When trying to apply for Schengen, the new data was found to match the old passport data and the visa was refused due to previous violations.
Visas to Uzbekistan
Registration at the place of stay
Uzbekistan, in the worst traditions, has implemented an outdated system of registration of foreign citizens. The existing rules are quite ambiguous and do not always depend on the tourist. Formally, if a tourist lives in a hotel, then the accommodation coupon issued to him is his registration. By traveling around the country and collecting such coupons, a tourist is theoretically freed from the need to contact local passport offices. The problem is that hotel vouchers must comply with a certain form, and the hotel itself must have permission to accommodate foreigners. The tourist cannot control all these things, which in some cases gives rise to regulatory authorities (police and border services) to extort money from the tourist.
For those who need a visa
An entry visa can be obtained at consular offices of the Republic of Uzbekistan abroad or upon arrival at the consular office at Tashkent airport, but only for persons arriving from countries in which there are no permanent missions of the Republic of Uzbekistan. It is important to keep in mind that even if your country does not have an embassy of Uzbekistan (for example, this is the situation in Canada), then most likely there is one in a neighboring country (the USA). In this case, you are not guaranteed to receive a visa at the airport - you need to use the services of a travel agency in a neighboring country.
The Republic of Uzbekistan has diplomatic missions in the following countries: Afghanistan, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium (part-time in Luxembourg), Great Britain, Germany, Egypt, Italy, India, Indonesia (part-time in Vietnam), Iran, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, China , Korea, Latvia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, USA (part-time in Canada), Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Ukraine, France, Japan, as well as consular offices in the cities: Athens (Greece), Dubai (UAE) , Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), New York (USA), Bangkok (Thailand), Istanbul (Turkey), Frankfurt am Main (Germany), Mazar-i-Sharif (Afghanistan).
The period for obtaining visas for those wishing to visit Uzbekistan at the invitation of legal entities or permanent missions of foreign states, international organizations accredited in the Republic of Uzbekistan, and individuals does not exceed four working days, not counting the day of submission of documents.
Tourist visas are issued at consular offices of Uzbekistan abroad; the processing time for such a visa also does not exceed four working days, not counting the day of submission of documents.
When obtaining business and tourist visas, it is necessary to fill out the appropriate visa forms and provide documents, the list of which is available at the relevant diplomatic or consular missions of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
To obtain a transit visa, you must fill out visa forms and present a passport, a visa of the state(s) of destination, as well as travel documents with a confirmed date of departure from Uzbekistan.
Foreign citizens visiting Uzbekistan can stay in hotels or in other residential areas of their choice.
Foreign citizens are subject to temporary registration (registration) upon arrival in Uzbekistan within three days, excluding holidays and weekends. Registration is carried out by the internal affairs bodies of Uzbekistan for the validity period of visas, depending on the nature of the trip. If you are traveling and staying in hotels, your check-in process will be handled by the hotel. A registration receipt will be issued. When leaving the country, the border service often checks for registration for all days of stay in Uzbekistan.
The consular fee for visas to the Republic of Uzbekistan is determined in the following amounts:
Regular entry/exit visa:
- up to 30 days – $60,
- up to 3 months – $80,
- up to 1 year – $160,
- transit visa - from $20 to $40.
Group visa:
- up to 15 days per person - $15 (group of at least 10 people, not counting children under 16 years old),
- group visa for up to 30 days or more - $25 per person.
For visa extensions, the fee is charged in the following amounts:
- up to 24 hours – $15,
- up to 30 days - $50.
Additionally, in addition to these fees, actual expenses are also charged.
Filling out the visa application form and application
Capital letters are used and English is required. The columns are filled with the following information:
- if any, the address and name of the party that issued the invitation to enter;
- answer to a question about previous trips;
- description of the purpose of the visit;
- information regarding education to get into China and other countries;
- contact addresses and telephone numbers in the country where the citizen is currently located;
- information from the passport;
- indication of place and date of birth;
- description of the profession;
- nationality;
- the names of the parents along with the full name of the applicant. China also demands this.
What additional documents may be needed?
A work visa requires the following documents:
- diploma after receiving higher education in Tashkent and other cities;
- agreement with the company for which the duties are performed.
In the case of studying, you cannot do without:
- invitations from the institution;
- photographs in the amount of 16 pieces;
- certificates with necessary vaccinations;
- copies of all pages of a foreign passport;
- birth certificates in Tashkent or another city.
If a child travels with one parent, the other must give his or her permission in writing. For pensioners, the requirements are practically no different from the standard ones. Medical examinations along with biometric data are not required in all countries. It is better to clarify this issue in advance, when applying for initial consultations. It doesn't matter whether it's Thailand or other countries.
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