No visa needed

Do citizens of Tajikistan need a visa for Uzbekistan?

Citizens of Tajikistan 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 Tajikistan: the passport opens 22 countries visa-free; Dushanbe — Tashkent: ≈ 310 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: 30 days

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

Yes, citizens of Tajikistan 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 Tajikistan passport you can visit 22 countries visa-free, 30 with a visa on arrival and 51 with an e-visa; 95 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Tajikistan passport ranks 165th of 199.
Tajikistan passport: visa-free access to 22 countries; Uzbekistan passport: 28.
Citizens of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan can travel together visa-free to 21 countries, for example: Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Iran, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia, Russia, Palestine, Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, Seychelles, Malaysia, Philippines, and Micronesia.
A language both countries share: Russian.
Tajikistan and Uzbekistan share a border, so you can also travel overland.
Citizens of Uzbekistan, in turn, don’t need a visa for Tajikistan. Tajikistan visa for citizens of Uzbekistan

Travelling to Uzbekistan: good to know

Dushanbe — Tashkent: about 310 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 1 hour.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: Uzbekistani Som.
Languages: Russian and Uzbek.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ UZS 11,827.
Uzbekistan is the 1st closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Tajikistan.