Uzbekistan business visa

The visa catalogue has two business categories: a business visa for up to one year for representatives of business circles temporarily staying in Uzbekistan, and a business visa for the period of accreditation for employees of representative offices of foreign commercial organisations, banks and other financial institutions accredited in Uzbekistan. Visitors on business at the invitation of state and economic management bodies receive a service visa of up to one year instead.

The inviting legal entity files a visa application form on its official letterhead in the established format, the electronic application form from evisa.mfa.uz, copies of the passports of the invitee, the company head and the authorised employee, copies of the company's official documents such as licence and certificate, copies of the employment orders of the head and the authorised employee, and a power of attorney for the employee. For visas to be collected at Tashkent airport, a copy of the air ticket or booking is added.

Consular fees for single-entry visas are USD 40 for up to 7 days, USD 50 up to 15 days, USD 60 up to 30 days, USD 80 up to 3 months, USD 120 up to 6 months and USD 160 up to a year, plus USD 10 for each additional entry. Multiple-entry visas cost USD 150 for up to 6 months, USD 250 for a year, USD 300 for two years and USD 350 for three. Fees to cover actual processing costs are added depending on where the visa is issued.

Visas are issued at Uzbek diplomatic missions and consular offices abroad on the basis of a visa confirmation from the Consular and Legal Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The confirmation follows an invitation-application from a legal entity or individual registered in Uzbekistan; the Ministry considers such applications within 4 working days.

At the mission the applicant submits a passport valid at least three months longer than the visa, two completed application forms and two 35 x 45 mm colour photos. Nationals of countries without an Uzbek mission, and stateless persons, can collect a visa on arrival at the Ministry's visa service at Tashkent International Airport if the inviting party has obtained the confirmation in advance.

If an entry visa expires while the foreigner is still in Uzbekistan, an exit visa giving up to one month to leave can be issued. Business travellers who plan to work for an Uzbek employer need a work visa instead, based on authorisation from the Agency for Foreign Labour Migration.