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BankingUpdated 09.09.2026

Which identity documents do Uzbek banks accept?

Short answer

A biometric passport, an ID card or a new-format driving licence — original or electronic.

LicenceA new-format driving licence (Bank Accounts Instruction, Para. 11 — lex.uz ↗)
ElectronicOr the electronic form of any of them — issued through the Unified Interactive State Services Portal and/or the «Ijtimoiy karta» mobile application (Bank Accounts Instruction, Para. 11 — lex.uz ↗)
What the law provides

The person whose document this is, is the person authorised to sign payment documents on the company’s behalf — in most foreign-owned companies, the director. The same list applies whether the account belongs to a company, a branch, a non-resident entity or an individual. (Bank Accounts Instruction, Paras. 11–17 — lex.uz ↗)

The electronic option was added by the Board’s resolution of 27 October 2025 and is the most recent change to the instruction. Where a client is identified digitally, no identity document need be presented at all and the documents behind the account are kept in electronic form. (Bank Accounts Instruction, Para. 18 — lex.uz ↗)

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