VISA INFORMATION for REPUBLIC UZBEKISTAN:

In order to get your visa, please, contact and send all your information immediately like passport copy and so forth so that TUIT International Office can send your LOI number to closest Uzbekistan embassy in your country to obtain visa: you need to specify where you need to go (Your nearest Uzbekistan embassy) to get your visa.

Please contact immediately Sabirjan Yusupov,Ph.D. sabir_yusupov@yahoo.com: According to local visa arrangement procedure please refer to http://evisa.mfa.uz so far authors have to send us their Passport copy as well as the filled and signed version of e-Visa application to our e-mail address (intdep-tuit@rambler.ru). Please also note that local visa procedure lasts about three weeks, so participants are required to proceed at least one month before.

CONTACT: Sabirjan Yusupov, Ph.D.
Head of International Relations Department,
Tashkent University of Information Technologies
108, Amir Temur str., Tashkent 100084, Uzbekistan.
ph.: (+99871) 235 0900, fax: 2351040
e-mail2:sabir_yusupov@yahoo.com

All foreign nationals except citizens of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine, are required to have business or tourist visas to enter the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Before application for the tourist visa, foreign nationals need to obtain a visa support, in form of a Letter of Invitation (LOI), from a licensed travel agency in Uzbekistan. Citizens of Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Japan, Spain, Switzerland, UK, and USA do not need LOI, but they could be requested to obtain LOI, if they are obtaining Uzbekistan Visa outside of their country of citizenship. All travelers are suggested to contact in advance Uzbekistan Embassy or Consulate in your location, where they are planning to obtain their tourist visa.

Entry visa can be obtained in the consular missions of the Republic of Uzbekistan abroad. In Tashkent Airport visas can only be issued to those persons, who are arriving from the countries where the Republic of Uzbekistan does not have permanent diplomatic or consular missions.

The Republic of Uzbekistan has missions in following countries: Afghanistan, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium (Luxemburg), Great Britain, Germany, Egypt, Italy, India, Indonesia (Vietnam), Iran, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, China, Korea, Latvia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, USA (Canada), Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Ukraine, France, Japan; and consular departments in following cities: Athens (Greece), Dubai (UAE), Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), New-York (USA), Bangkok (Thailand), Istanbul (Turkey), Frankfurt-am-main (Germany), Mazari-Sharif (Afghanistan). Due date of visa issue for persons wishing to visit Uzbekistan upon invitation by legal entities or permanent missions of foreign countries, international organizations accredited in the Republic of Uzbekistan and private persons is not to exceed 4 working days after application submission day.

Tourist visas are issued by consular departments of Uzbekistan abroad, due date for issuing such visas is also not to exceed 4 working days after application submission day.

Prior to obtaining business and tourist visas one should fill out appropriate visa application forms and present documents, the list of which is to be provided by diplomatic or consular missions of the Republic of Uzbekistan. To obtain transit visa one should fill out visa application form and present passport with the visa of the destination country, and travel documents with the confirmation of departure date from Uzbekistan. Foreign citizens visiting Uzbekistan can accommodate in hotels or take different housing at their option. Foreign citizens are liable to get temporary residence permit upon arrival in Uzbekistan within 3 days except for holidays and weekends. Registration is made by internal affairs officials according to visa expiration date depending on the type of visit. Registration of foreign citizens is also made in hotels. Heads of parliamentary and government delegations, members of their family, technical staff of the delegation, persons arrived in Uzbekistan with UNO passports and foreign citizens staying in Uzbekistan for less than 15 days and minors are exempted from getting temporary residence permit.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Republic of Uzbekistan is at: www.mfa.uz