Uzbekistan did open up to Indian travellers, and the headlines said “visa free”. What actually arrived on 1 September 2026 is narrower and worth reading properly: 30 days without an Uzbek visa, but only if you already hold a valid multiple-entry visa from one of a short list of countries, and only if you can show an air ticket out. If you do not hold one of those visas, nothing has changed and you still need the e-visa.
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The order matters more than people expect. Do these out of sequence and you end up with a lapsed booking or an appointment you cannot fill.
Look at the visa in your passport: which country issued it, is it a tourist or business visa, is it multiple entry, and does it cover your whole trip. All four matter.
Straightforward, online, around USD 20. This is still the normal route for most Indian travellers.
Required by the scheme itself, and checked at the departure gate in India. A held reservation with a live PNR satisfies it without paying for a fare.
It also handles your registration, which is the part travellers forget until they are leaving.
The visa-free right depends on a document in another passport page. Have it findable, not buried.
| What you pay | How much |
|---|---|
| Visa free entry30 days, only with a qualifying multiple-entry US, UK, Schengen or similar visa | No fee |
| e-VisaThe normal route if you do not hold a qualifying visa | Around USD 20 |
| RegistrationHandled by your hotel, but it must happen | Free |
Checked 2026-09-25. Government fees move, sometimes with a month’s notice and sometimes with none. Treat this as a planning figure and confirm the number you will actually be charged at Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Uzbekistan before you pay.
None of these are exotic. Every one of them is fixable in the ten minutes before you hit submit.
The headline is true only for people holding a qualifying US, UK, Schengen, Japanese, Canadian, Australian, NZ or Korean visa. Without one you need the e-visa, and no announcement changed that.
The scheme is written around multiple-entry tourist and business visas. A single-entry US visa is not obviously covered, so confirm before you rely on it rather than finding out at the airport.
Your right to be in Uzbekistan without a visa lasts exactly as long as the foreign visa does. If it runs out on day nine of a fourteen-day trip, the rest of that trip is a problem.
This scheme names an onward air ticket as part of the condition, so it is not just the usual airline liability check. Turning up one-way gives the agent a straightforward reason to stop you.
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FILINGOnly conditionally. Since 1 September 2026 an Indian passport holder can stay 30 days without an Uzbek visa, but only while holding a valid multiple-entry tourist or business visa from Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, the UK, the USA or a Schengen state, and carrying an onward air ticket. Without one of those visas you still need the e-visa.
Then nothing has changed for you: apply for the Uzbek e-visa, which is online and costs around USD 20. The visa-free announcement does not cover ordinary Indian passports on their own.
The scheme is written around multiple-entry tourist and business visas, so a single-entry visa is not clearly covered. Confirm with the Uzbek mission before travelling rather than testing it at check-in.
Yes, and here it is part of the rule rather than only an airline preference: the arrangement requires an air ticket onward to your own or a third country. A held reservation with a verifiable PNR satisfies it without buying a fare.
Yes. Hotels do it automatically. Staying privately or in an unregistered rental makes it your responsibility, and it is sometimes checked on departure.
Delhi to Tashkent is a little over three hours direct, which makes it one of the shortest genuinely foreign trips available from north India.
Background reading: what a dummy ticket actually is · is it legal? · how to verify a PNR
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