Visa requirements for Uzbek citizens

Uzbek citizens need a Schengen visa, which covers all member states for up to 90 days in any 180-day period.

Of the 198 countries whose entry rules are known in both directions, Uzbekistan and 28 of them let each other’s citizens in without a visa obtained in advance (visa-free, on arrival or with an ETA; an e-visa counts as a visa).

66 countries ask holders of the Uzbek passport for a visa beforehand, although their own citizens enter Uzbekistan without one: Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas and 61 others.

The reverse holds for 32 countries: holders of the Uzbek passport get in without a visa obtained in advance, but their citizens need one for Uzbekistan (Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Comoros, Djibouti and 27 others).

93 countries ask holders of the Uzbek passport for a visa obtained before travel from an embassy, a consulate or a visa centre. 21 of them have an embassy or consulate on record in Uzbekistan.

72 countries have no embassy or career consulate on record in Uzbekistan, so the application usually goes to one of their posts in another country. Counting the post an official diplomatic list names for Uzbekistan, or else the nearest one within 2,000 km, those posts are most often in India (10), Pakistan (5), Russia (3) and Azerbaijan (3).

The United States refused 52% of visitor-visa (B1/B2) applications from citizens of Uzbekistan in fiscal year 2025, by the State Department’s adjusted refusal rate. 146 of the 197 nationalities with a published rate had a lower one and 50 a higher one; the middle value was 32%.

Schengen consulates in Uzbekistan refused 16% of short-stay visa applications in 2025 (all Schengen consulates worldwide: 15%). Among the 74 countries where they received at least 10,000 applications, that is the 40th highest rate. The figure counts every nationality applying there, not only citizens.

Visa-free travel with the Uzbek passport

By continent, the Uzbek passport is visa-free in 16 countries in Asia, 6 countries in the Americas, 4 countries in Europe, 1 country in Africa and 1 country in Oceania. The longest visa-free stays for Uzbek citizens are allowed in Georgia (360 days), Antigua and Barbuda (180 days), Armenia (180 days), Azerbaijan (90 days), Haiti (90 days) and Moldova (90 days).

Visa on arrival

Uzbek citizens can get a visa at the airport or land border of Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, the Comoros, Djibouti, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia and 23 others.

E-Visa and electronic travel authorisation

An e-Visa, applied for online before the trip, is how Uzbek citizens enter Albania, Australia, the Bahamas, Bahrain, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia and 38 others. Ivory Coast, Kenya and Suriname ask instead for an electronic travel authorisation (ETA), a lighter online check than a visa.

Uzbekistan’s neighbours

Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Kazakhstan admit Uzbek citizens without a visa. For the other neighbours, the rules are: Turkmenistan (visa required) and Afghanistan (visa required).

How the passport compares

Among neighbouring passports, the Kazakh passport ranks 112th (79 destinations), the Kyrgyz passport ranks 139th (62 destinations), the Tajik passport ranks 150th (56 destinations), the Turkmen passport ranks 173rd (47 destinations) and the Afghan passport ranks 199th (23 destinations). Of the 198 passports in the data, 94 can enter visa-free, 46 need an e-Visa and 58 need a visa from an embassy or consulate for Uzbekistan.