Dummy ticket (flight reservation) for Uzbekistan visa: the e-Visa and the new visa-free route

What the Uzbekistan checklist asks for

• Visa-free route: a valid multiple-entry visa of the US, UK, Australia, Canada, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand or a Schengen state.
• Visa-free route: “an airline ticket to India or a third country”, shown on entry.
• A stay of up to 30 days on either route.
• e-Visa route: an online application at e-visa.gov.uz, choosing single, double or multiple entry to fit your trip.
• Hotel registration on arrival, which is standard practice in Uzbekistan.

Two routes since September 2026

On 29 August 2026 Uzbekistan signed a decree, announced by President Mirziyoyev during Prime Minister Modi’s visit on 30 August, giving Indian citizens conditional visa-free entry for up to 30 days from 1 September 2026. The conditions are a valid multiple-entry visa of the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand or a Schengen state, and “an airline ticket to India or a third country”.

A general 30-day visa-free regime for all Indians was also announced as reciprocal, but we could not confirm that it applies universally yet. Until that is clear, travellers without one of the listed visas should use the e-Visa: reported at US$20 for a single entry, US$35 double and US$50 multiple, for stays of up to 30 days, and decided in about two to three working days.

The onward ticket on the visa-free route

The decree turns an itinerary detail into an entry condition: you need an airline ticket out of Uzbekistan, to India or another country. Note the word “airline”. If you plan to leave by road or rail, check how the condition is applied before you rely on the visa-free route.

Because this is checked at entry, when you are already travelling, the ticket should be a real one you will use. A held reservation helps earlier, while you settle dates, but it lapses, and an expired PNR at Tashkent airport is exactly the wrong thing to be holding. Buy the onward ticket before you fly.

Planning a multi-country route

If you are combining Uzbekistan with Russia, a multi-city reservation keeps both countries’ dates consistent. Russia’s unified e-Visa is single entry with a stay of up to 30 days, so plan the order of the two countries before you apply for either.

On the visa-free route, the flight out of Uzbekistan is the leg that matters, so put it on the same booking as your arrival. On the e-Visa, choose double or multiple entry if you will leave Uzbekistan and come back, for example after a few days elsewhere in the region.

Flights, Gulf residents and timing

Uzbekistan Airways flies Delhi to Tashkent, and IndiGo has flown the route; check the 2026 schedule. From the UAE, flydubai, Uzbekistan Airways and Air Arabia fly to Tashkent. A GCC residence permit is not on the visa-free list, so Gulf-resident Indians without one of the listed visas need the e-Visa.

For an e-Visa, order the reservation on the day you apply on e-visa.gov.uz; the decision takes two to three working days, and the airline may release the hold before it arrives. For visa-free entry, buy the onward airline ticket before departure.

Flying from India to Uzbekistan

Your reservation should follow a route you could realistically fly. These are common options; schedules change, so the desk confirms what is bookable for your dates.

Mistakes to avoid with a Uzbekistan application

• Using a single-entry US, UK or Schengen visa for the visa-free route. The decree asks for a multiple-entry visa.
• Arriving visa-free with only a lapsed reservation instead of an airline ticket out.
• Assuming every Indian is now visa-free. The general regime was announced but not confirmed.
• Choosing a single-entry e-Visa for a route that leaves and re-enters Uzbekistan.
• Planning to leave by road on the visa-free route without checking how the airline ticket condition applies.

Dummy ticket and hotel bookings, matched to your itinerary

We do not send one loose document. The desk matches the flight reservation and every hotel booking to your itinerary: the same dates, the same cities, and no night left uncovered. These are the real documents of one order for a Switzerland visa file, issued on 5 November 2026: one flight reservation and four hotel bookings that cover all 9 nights between the two flights. Personal details are blacked out; everything else is as issued.

• Flight reservationEtihad, Hyderabad (HYD) to Zurich (ZRH), status Confirmed
• Hotel booking, ZurichMEININGER Hotel Zürich Greencity, 3 nights
• Hotel booking, GenevaB&B HOTEL Geneva Airport, 3 nights
• Hotel booking, LucerneSeminarhotel Romerohaus, 2 nights
• Hotel booking, Zurich AirportLeonardo Hotel Zurich Airport, 1 night

Open the full documents and the day-by-day table: flight and hotels matched date by date

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