General Information

Visa requirements

All CAUF participants should ensure that they obtain a valid visa before entering the Republic of Uzbekistan. For detailed information on visa requirements please refer to the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan https://mfa.uz/en/pages/visa-republic-uzb.

For dedicated guidelines and visa support to attend THE Central Asia Universities Forum 2024, please click here.


Traveling to Uzbekistan

We recommend booking a flight and hotel accommodation in Tashkent in advance to ensure comfortable travel to the Forum.

Protocol officers will be available at Tashkent International Airport, named after Islam Karimov to assist the CAUF participants on both occasions of arrival and departure.


Currency and foreign exchange

The local currency is the Uzbek sum. Major credit cards are accepted in most hotels, restaurants, and department stores.

Please note that as per government regulation, foreign nationals are allowed to export foreign currency from Uzbekistan, but only up to the amount initially declared at customs upon arrival in the country or withdrawn from their US bank account in Uzbekistan.

Local time is UTC/GMT +5.