Employment entry visa based on the labour-migration authorisation required for foreign work.
Eligibility: 1Documents: 4Process & costs: 1Report facts: 8
Central Asia · Immigration
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan sits in Central Asia. Its immigration system runs 17 distinct routes — led by talent and merit, investment and starting a business, each set out in official law. 16 of them cite an official government source, shown on the route with the date we last read it. Who actually qualifies depends on your full profile.
- Immigration routes
- 17across 12 route categories, each set out in official law
- Source-cited routes
- 16 of 17cite an official government source, with the date we last read it
- Largest category
- Talent and merit3 of the 17 routes — see them under Talent and merit below
- Region
- Central Asia
- Capital
- Tashkent
- Population
- 37,053,428
- Official language
- Russian, Uzbek
- Currency
- UZS
- Time zone
- UTC+05:00
Source-cited pathways
Immigration routes
All 17 routes, grouped by purpose — 16 of 17 cite an official government source directly. Any route below without one says so on the route.
Work
1 route
Investment
2 routes
Three-year investment visa for a foreign investor meeting the statutory investment multiple.
Eligibility: 1Documents: 5Process & costs: 4Report facts: 6
IT Visa route for an investor financing an IT-sector legal entity.
Investment from USD 10,000
Eligibility: 3Documents: 5Process & costs: 1Report facts: 5
Starting a business
2 routes
Short business route supported by an inviting entity; it is not a local-employment authorisation.
Eligibility: 1Documents: 4Process & costs: 1Report facts: 8
IT Visa route for the individual founder of a registered IT Park resident entity.
Eligibility: 1Documents: 4Process & costs: 1Report facts: 8
Talent and merit
3 routes
Research and teaching route supported by a competent Uzbek academic or public institution.
Eligibility: 1Documents: 5Process & costs: 4Report facts: 4
Official government source: bangkok.mfa.uz · checked 2026-08-03
IT specialist route for a qualified professional employed by an Uzbek resident entity.
Eligibility: 3Documents: 5Process & costs: 3Report facts: 3
Official government source: my.gov.uz · checked 2026-08-03
Employment-linked visa for a foreign teacher taking a permanent teaching post in Uzbekistan.
Eligibility: 2Documents: 5Process & costs: 5Report facts: 2
Official government source: gov.uz · checked 2026-08-03
Study
2 routes
Temporary student route for an inter-university exchange programme.
Eligibility: 2Documents: 3Process & costs: 2Report facts: 4
One-year visa for a foreign student enrolled in an Uzbek educational institution.
Eligibility: 2Documents: 3Process & costs: 2Report facts: 3
Long-term residence
1 route
Published permanent-residence document route whose public page does not expose a complete modern eligibility-basis inventory.
Report facts: 1
Culture, faith and volunteering
1 route
Short visa for studying Uzbekistan's cultural, historical and religious heritage and traditions.
Documents: 2Process & costs: 1Report facts: 9
Short stays and visits
1 route
Short tourist entry route, retained for reporting and excluded from quiz matching.
Documents: 3Process & costs: 1Report facts: 8
Humanitarian protection
1 route
Information-only blocker: Uzbekistan has no national asylum procedure through which a person can apply for or receive refugee status.
Process & costs: 1Report facts: 5
Source pending confirmation: help.unhcr.org · checked 2026-07-27
Ancestry and return
1 route
Two-year return-oriented visa for a person born in Uzbekistan and eligible family members.
Eligibility: 1Documents: 3Process & costs: 3Report facts: 6
Medical treatment
1 route
Short visa for foreign medical treatment in Uzbekistan at the invitation of a medical institution.
Documents: 4Process & costs: 1Report facts: 8
Transit
1 route
Visa for passage through Uzbekistan to another destination.
Documents: 3Process & costs: 2Report facts: 6
Official sources
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