No visa needed

Do citizens of Costa Rica need a visa for Uzbekistan?

Citizens of Costa Rica don’t need a visa for Uzbekistan and can stay up to 30 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 Costa Rica: the passport opens 90 countries visa-free; San José — Tashkent: ≈ 13,700 km, about 17.5 hours of flying.

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

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 30 days

Can I travel to Uzbekistan without a visa on a Costa Rica passport?

Yes, citizens of Costa Rica don’t need a visa for Uzbekistan for up to 30 days. A valid passport is enough.

Uzbekistan visa rules at a glance

With a Costa Rica passport you can visit 90 countries visa-free, 31 with a visa on arrival and 48 with an e-visa; 29 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Costa Rica passport ranks 67th of 199.
Costa Rica passport: visa-free access to 90 countries; Uzbekistan passport: 28.
Citizens of Costa Rica and Uzbekistan can travel together visa-free to 16 countries, for example: Haiti, Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, Barbados, Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Palestine, Georgia, Micronesia, Tajikistan, United Arab Emirates, Seychelles, and Philippines.
Citizens of Uzbekistan, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Costa Rica. Costa Rica visa for citizens of Uzbekistan

Travelling to Uzbekistan: good to know

San José — Tashkent: about 13,700 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 17.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +11 hours.
Local time: San José 12:00 — Tashkent 23:00.
Local currency: Uzbekistani Som.
Languages: Russian and Uzbek.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ UZS 11,827.
Uzbekistan is the 158th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Costa Rica.