Uzbekistan Entry Requirements

Touchdown at Tashkent International Airport and Uzbekistan announces itself the second the cabin door opens: desert air laced with diesel and cumin drifts down the jet bridge. Inside immigration, marble floors throw back fluorescent glare while passports slap onto counters and three languages, Uzbek, Russian, English, mix in low murmurs. The welcome is swift for most: 94 nationalities walk through visa-free for 30 days. Everyone else taps through the eVisa portal and gets approval within 2-3 working days. Past passport control, customs officers in sharp green uniforms flick open bags with practiced speed, the corridor scented with warm non and samsa from kiosks doing brisk business with new arrivals. Since 2019 the old Soviet rigmarole has vanished. Digital forms and streamlined counters have replaced it at all three international airports and every major land crossing. Expect cool, air-conditioned halls giving way to hot, dusty gusts outside. The questions are light, passport, hotel address, onward ticket, and ten minutes later you're through, facing blue-tile mosaics and the tinny beat of Uzbek pop.