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05 ·Work permits and residency

If you do decide to come.

Everything else we sell keeps you at home. This one is for founders who choose Tashkent anyway: work authorisation and temporary residency, built on the company you already own.

Price
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scoped by a partner law firm · state fees separate: $65–$1,014 by category · requires an incorporated company
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What's included

What the price covers.

Work authorisation
through your own LLC
Temporary residence
you and your family
Employer accreditation
with the MFA, for invitations
Every authority visit
documents prepared and filed
Two documents

One for the company. One for you.

Most sources conflate them — Uzbek law does not.

Разрешение — the permit
The employer’s right to attract foreign labour. Issued to the company by the Agency for External Labour Migration.
Подтверждение — the confirmation
The individual’s right to work in Uzbekistan. Issued to the person — working without it is prohibited.

Since 1 December 2018, highly qualified and qualified specialists are exempt from the employer permit — they need only the confirmation.

Categories & fees

A 16× spread, decided by one question.

Does the specialist qualify? ≈$65 against ≈$1,014 — the whole state fee, application review included.

Highly qualified
824,000 UZS
≈ $65 · state fee, all in
  • No employer permit
  • No labour market test
  • Up to 3 years, unlimited renewals
  • Residence for the family · 50% PIT reduction
Qualified
1,236,000 UZS
≈ $98 · state fee, all in
  • No employer permit
  • No labour market test
  • Up to 3 years, unlimited renewals
General
12,772,000 UZS
≈ $1,014 · state fee, all in
  • Employer permit required
  • Labour market test required
  • 1 year, one renewal

Highly qualified means a graduate of a top-1000 university with at least five years’ experience in the profession. State fees are set as multiples of the base calculation value and move when it does; the figures above are today’s.

Exemptions

Who needs nothing at all.

If you’re on this list, close this page — there is no procedure to buy.

Foreign investors — 8,500 BCV+
Invested roughly 3.5 billion UZS (≈$280,000) in shares or stakes of Uzbek companies, or created a foreign enterprise? You may work in any position in that organisation — no permitting procedure at all.
Founders — the first three months
Founders of foreign and joint-venture enterprises may work without a permit or confirmation for up to three months — enough to open the account, hire, and set the company running.
Also exempt
  • Uzbek residence permit holders
  • Visits up to one month — diagnostics, treatment, masterclasses, lectures, staff training
  • Specialists engaged by IT Park residents
  • People working remotely from abroad
The process

Six steps. Entry in 2–3 months.

Plus a further two to four weeks to completion once you’re in the country.

  1. 01Employer accreditationwith the MFA Consular-Legal Department, so the company can issue invitations
  2. 02Employer permitwhere the category requires one — including the labour market test
  3. 03Invitation and visaapplied for at an Uzbek consulate abroad — visa-free entry cannot convert inside the country
  4. 04Entry and migration registrationon arrival
  5. 05Confirmationfiled through my.gov.uz with EDS or Mobile-ID — 15-day review, QR-coded confirmation in the cabinet
  6. 06Visa extension and status changeto the term of the contract
15
Days — the confirmation review
Pricing

From $900, scoped to the role.

State fees are separate and turn on category — from 824,000 UZS for a highly qualified specialist to 12,772,000 UZS for a general one.

Anyone staying beyond the visa or visa-free period needs temporary residence — highly qualified specialists and their families receive it for the term of the contract. Sources: Cabinet Resolution No. 86 (2022) · No. 244 (2019) · PP-4008 (2018) · No. 408 (1995) — all on lex.uz.

Questions

Questions specialists actually search.

Each answer is self-contained — it survives being read alone.

The documents
Do I need a work permit to work in Uzbekistan?
Generally yes, on two sides: the company needs a permit (разрешение) to attract foreign labour, and you need a confirmation (подтверждение) of your right to work. Highly qualified and qualified specialists skip the employer permit entirely, and several groups are fully exempt.
What is the difference between a permit and a confirmation?
The разрешение is the employer’s right to attract foreign labour, issued to the company by the Agency for External Labour Migration. The подтверждение is the individual’s right to work, issued to the person. Working without a confirmation is prohibited — and employing without a permit equally so.
Can I convert a tourist visa into a work visa inside Uzbekistan?
No. Visa-free entry cannot be converted into work-authorised status from inside the country — the visa application happens at an Uzbek consulate abroad, on the company’s invitation.
Categories & costs
Who counts as a highly qualified specialist in Uzbekistan?
A graduate of a top-1000 university with at least five years’ experience in the profession. The category files no employer permit, pays 1 BCV, is valid up to 3 years with unlimited renewals — and brings residence for the family and a 50% personal income tax reduction.
How much does a work permit cost in Uzbekistan?
State fees turn on category: 1 BCV highly qualified, 2 BCV qualified, 30 BCV general — plus 1 BCV application review in every category. The categories table above shows what each comes to today. Our fee is from $900, scoped to the specialist and the role.
How long is a work permit valid?
Highly qualified and qualified: up to 3 years, with unlimited renewals. General: 1 year, renewable once.
Exemptions
Do I need a permit if I am the founder of the company?
Founders of foreign and joint-venture enterprises may work without a permit or confirmation for up to three months — enough to open the bank account, hire, and set the company running.
Do foreign investors need a work permit?
Not if the investment reaches 8,500 BCV — roughly 3.5 billion UZS, about $280,000 — in shares or stakes of Uzbek companies or a foreign enterprise. Such investors may work in any position in that organisation with no permitting procedure at all.
Do remote workers abroad need a permit?
No. People working for an Uzbek company remotely from abroad need neither the permit nor the confirmation.
The process
How long does a work permit take?
Realistically two to three months to entry — accreditation, the employer permit where required, invitation and consular visa — plus a further two to four weeks to completion. The confirmation review itself takes 15 days through my.gov.uz.
What is the labour market test and who is exempt?
Proof that the role cannot be filled locally — part of the employer permit for the general category. Highly qualified and qualified specialists are exempt from both the test and the permit.
Can my family get residence with me?
Highly qualified specialists and their family members receive temporary residence for the term of the employment contract. Anyone staying beyond their visa or visa-free period needs temporary residence.
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What decides the category, and therefore most of the cost:

  • The role, and whether it can be filled locally
  • The university and years in the profession — the highly qualified test
  • Whether the company already exists here, and whether it is accredited

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