No. Work-authorised status starts at a consulate abroad.
Entering visa-free or as a tourist and then switching to employment from within Uzbekistan is not available: the work visa is applied for at an Uzbek consulate abroad, on the employing company’s invitation. Planning the sequence — invitation, consular application, entry — is what the timeline of a hire actually turns on.
Category, permit, invitation and visa — sequenced so the hire arrives when planned.
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