No visa needed

Do citizens of Uzbekistan need a visa for Kyrgyzstan?

Citizens of Uzbekistan don’t need a visa for Kyrgyzstan and can stay up to 60 days. You need a valid passport; border officers may ask for a return ticket and accommodation. For a longer stay you need a visa or an extension.

For citizens of Uzbekistan: the passport opens 28 countries visa-free; Tashkent — Bishkek: ≈ 470 km, about 1 hour of flying.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 60 days

Can I travel to Kyrgyzstan without a visa on a Uzbekistan passport?

Yes, citizens of Uzbekistan don’t need a visa for Kyrgyzstan for up to 60 days. A valid passport is enough.

Kyrgyzstan visa rules at a glance

With a Uzbekistan passport you can visit 28 countries visa-free, 29 with a visa on arrival and 47 with an e-visa; 94 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Uzbekistan passport ranks 150th of 199.
Uzbekistan passport: visa-free access to 28 countries; Kyrgyzstan passport: 26.
Citizens of Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan can travel together visa-free to 23 countries, for example: Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Georgia, Armenia, Russia, Mongolia, Turkey, Ukraine, Palestine, Moldova, Belarus, Seychelles, and Malaysia.
A language both countries share: Russian.
Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan share a border, so you can also travel overland.
Citizens of Kyrgyzstan, in turn, don’t need a visa for Uzbekistan. Uzbekistan visa for citizens of Kyrgyzstan

Travelling to Kyrgyzstan: good to know

Tashkent — Bishkek: about 470 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 1 hour.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +1 hour.
Local time: Tashkent 12:00 — Bishkek 13:00.
Local currency: Kyrgyz Som.
Languages: Kyrgyz and Russian.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ KGS 87.
Kyrgyzstan is the 2nd closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Uzbekistan.