At last check, a transit visa was avoidable on international Aeroflot flights with a layover of under 24 hours and provided you do not check bags. Be sure to check with your airline. Be careful about changing airlines in Moscow. This may require a terminal transfer, which will require a transit visa. It can take weeks to get a transit visa, so plan ahead.
Participants transiting through other countries should check visa requirements and obtain any necessary visas in advance.
E-mail your itinerary to ___________ as soon as your tickets are booked to ensure airport pick up.
All citizen travelers to Uzbekistan must possess a valid Uzbek visa Note: If you are ever asked the purpose of your visit in Tashkent, say: “tourism.” If you say: “education,” you may be asked to produce a student visa. Student visas are for students enrolled in Uzbek universities only.
A TSUULL retraining centre representative will meet you at the airport and take you to your dormitory. Please inform CLI, by phone and/or email, of any changes to your itinerary.
You are required by law to carry identification with you in Uzbekistan. Carry a color copy of your passport and visa (and a note explaining where the original is) with you at all times. You can be subject to fines if unable to produce identification when asked. Document checks can occur at any time, any place. When your documents are checked, give a copy to the policeman, not the original.
The immigration regulations of Uzbekistan require that all foreigners present in Uzbekistan be registered with the local authorities immediately upon arrival in Uzbekistan. If you living in dormitories are automatically registered. Be sure to carry your registration slip with you at all times. When exiting Uzbekistan, the passport control officer might also request that you show your registration forms.
All participants are covered under Cultural Insurance Services International’s insurance through your University’s Study Abroad office.
One month before you depart, you will receive a welcome e-mail from CISI providing an insurance card and online access. Once you receive that welcome email information, you can login to the myCISI Portal. Register online with the login information from the email to access your electronic ID card, locate trusted providers, and arrange direct payments to your provider.
If you have not received a welcome email from CISI one month prior to departure, please contact ______________________________(mail)
We strongly recommend you download the myCISI app to your smart phone to have the most up-to-date list of trusted providers.
CISI PROVIDERS
Your health insurance is CISI. CISI has no preferred providers in Uzbekistan.
For treatment at any of the below listed facilities a case should be opened with CISI On Call so that a Guarantee of Payment (GOP) can be placed for treatment. You can call CISI On Call at _________phone
— Vitamed Medical: Shota Rustaveli street, 109a. Phone: +998 78 129 81 81
— Shox International Hospital: Kichik Halqa Yuli, 70A. Phone: +998 71 207 00 17
Each student will receive a local cell phone with a pre-set number of minutes. Tashkent staff will review cell phone policies and instruct students on how to add minutes to their phones during in-country orientation.
You are required to adhere to the Code of Conduct you signed as part of your intake materials. (See forms in our study abroad portal.
This summer programs are hosted by the Retraining centre Tashkent State university of uzbek language and literature, a public university in downtown Tashkent. It hosts a program that specializes in teaching Uzbek to foreigners. The school boasts fully outfitted classrooms, Wi-Fi, and an international staff.
Uzbekistan is located in the center of Central Asia. Over the course of its long history, it has passed under Turkic, Arab, Persian, Mongol, and Russian cultural influence and rule. Uzbekistan’s terrain is mostly sandy desert with broad, intensely irrigated river valleys and semiarid grassland in the east; during the Soviet era, intensive agricultural production has led to the depletion of the Aral Sea, which is now dry, and certain rivers.
Since gaining independence in 1991, Uzbekistan has had two presidents. Islam Karimov led Uzbekistan for 25 years until his death in 2016, and his successor is former Prime Minister Shavkat Mirziyoyev. The current prime minister is Abdulla Aripov.
Uzbekistan’s population consists of Uzbeks (83.8%), Tajiks (2.5%), Kazakhs (2.5%), with smaller populations of Russians, Karakalpaks, and Tatars. The most common religions are Sunni Islam (80%) and Eastern Orthodox Christianity (9%). While Uzbek is the only official language of Uzbekistan, Russian is also widely spoken in its cities.
Tashkent is one of the largest and oldest cities in Central Asia and was a center of scholarship and trade on the Silk Road. Tashkent is built on the Chirchiq River, on a wide plain. The city sits near the foothills of the Tian Shan mountain range. After a major earthquake in 1966 which destroyed much of the city and its Silk Road architectural heritage, the Soviet government rebuilt Tashkent as a model city. Its Soviet-era metro is one of its famous landmarks.
Many streets in Tashkent have official Uzbek names but are colloquially referred to by their former Russian names. Be sure to know both names of the streets near your dormitory.
Culture shock is normal and nearly universal. You are virtually guaranteed to experience it throughout your trip (and after your return). ASU will discuss during your orientation the symptoms and stages of culture shock and suggest ways to deal with its effects. As your orientation staff will emphasize, recognizing the symptoms is 75% of the battle. Students who recognize culture shock when they experience it are much more likely to adapt and respond effectively than students who experience culture shock without understanding what is happening to them.
Vegetarian Options:
Uzbek cuisine is meat-heavy, but Indian and South Asian restaurants tend to have vegetarian options. It is not recommended to eat raw vegetables, especially if you are unsure if the water they were washed with is bottled/otherwise treated.
The below website has some recommendations for vegetarian restaurants in Tashkent:
https://www.happycow.net/asia/uzbekistan/tashkent/
Tashkent is 5 hours ahead of GMT. During the summer, the time difference from Tashkent to locations in the U.S. is:
Tashkent–Washington add 09 hours noon in Washington, DC is 9PM in Tashkent
Tashkent–Chicago add 10 hours noon in Chicago is 10PM in Tashkent
Tashkent–Denver add 11 hours noon in Denver is 11PM in Tashkent
Tashkent–Phoenix, LA add 13 hours noon in Phoenix or LA is midnight in Tashkent +1 hour
The international telephone country code for Uzbekistan is 998 and the city code for Tashkent is 71. (Cell phones may have different city codes.)
You may make international calls using the TSUULL Wi-Fi, although you may find connections faster at Next bussines centre. There is no problems whith the Internet at all, you can talkvia telegram whatsapp, imo, messenger.
CLI-Tashkent staff discuss local and international calling in detail during on-site orientation.
The TSUULL and hotels provides Wi-Fi in its facility, although bandwidth is limited. Numerous internet cafes and restaurants provide free wifi in the city.Almost every café and bulidings has internet.
Public transportation in Tashkent consists of a metro system and buses (including microbuses, also called marshrutkas). The metro is fairly clean and affordable, and features armed police surveillance. Authorities usually search personal items, and it is common for guards to review identification documents. Buses are generally crowded in the morning ( but in summer will be free) and offer pickpockets easy targets.