How to become an IT Park Uzbekistan resident in 2026

Short answer. IT Park admits legal entities registered in Uzbekistan whose activity is on the permitted list and who submit an economically justified business plan. You apply on my.it-park.uz, logging in with the company's electronic digital signature (EDS), and the business plan is the only document you attach. The Expert Council reviews it within 10 working days, and the Directorate decides within 15. Three working days after a positive decision your company goes into the Unified Register of Residents; tax benefits start on the first day of the following month. Since 1 April 2026 the monthly contribution to the Directorate depends on revenue and export share, and payment organisations, marketplaces and microfinance companies have lost the benefits.

Facts checked against Uzbek legislation and official IT Park materials on 21 October 2026. This is an overview, not legal advice.

There are three conditions. [1] [3]

1. A legal entity registered in Uzbekistan.
2. An activity from the list approved by the Cabinet of Ministers.
3. An economically justified business plan for that activity.

Individual entrepreneurs can't become residents. A foreign company first registers a legal entity in Uzbekistan and applies through it. [1] [7] The region doesn't matter: the park works on an extraterritorial basis, so residents can sit anywhere in the country. [1]

Does your activity qualify?

The list has 30 items. [1] [3] Grouped roughly:

• Software: development, sale, licensing, customisation, implementation and support, games included, plus advertising and other monetisation inside your own software.
• Data and consulting: databases, data processing, data search on request, systems and business analysis, IT re-engineering, audit of information systems.
• Exported services: IT services exported over the internet, business process outsourcing (BPO) for non-residents of Uzbekistan, knowledge process outsourcing (KPO).
• Design: web, graphic, game, interface, 3D and motion design, animation.
• Hardware and security: electronics, embedded software, communications equipment, the internet of things, technical and cryptographic data protection.
• Infrastructure, science and education: data centres and co-location, R&D, aerospace technology, IT training.
• Everything else: venture financing and accelerators, esports, startups in the Digital Startups programme, online media with a large audience.

You don't need your own product. A separate item covers service companies that operate in at least two foreign countries and export more services than they sell inside Uzbekistan. [1] [4] So an interface design studio or a BPO centre serving foreign clients can qualify as well.

A website, a CRM or an app doesn't change what a business is. An ad agency with a website is still an ad agency, and a trading company with an app still trades goods. Borderline cases go to the Directorate's Expert Council, which decides how an activity fits the list. [1]

Since 1 April 2026, tax and customs benefits no longer apply to payment organisations, payment system operators, marketplaces (electronic payment systems) and microfinance organisations, even if they hold resident status. [2] [8]

Do you have to export?

Not to get the status, except under the service-company item. Exports do affect what you pay, though:

• if annual revenue exceeds UZS 5 billion and exports are below 20% of it (35% from 1 January 2027), the monthly contribution rises from 1% to 2% or 3%; [2]
• from 1 January 2028 to 1 January 2040, tax benefits other than VAT exemption remain only for residents whose exports exceed 50% of revenue. [12]

Registration is a separate procedure and doesn't give you resident status. Most founders choose an LLC. Founding documents are filed in Uzbek, and each foreign founder signs the registration application with their own EDS. [14] You'll need the company's EDS again for the IT Park application, since it's how you log in to the portal. [5]

The business plan is the only document you attach, and the Expert Council uses it to decide whether your activity fits the list. [1]

The Technopark Regulation defines a business plan as a programme of the company's operations covering the company, its product and how it's produced, services, target markets, marketing strategy, how operations will run and the performance indicators. [1] In practice, cover:

• the company: founders, team, experience;
• the product or service, and which item on the list it falls under;
• who buys and in which countries;
• the revenue model: licences, subscription, paid development, support;
• a revenue and cost forecast with the assumptions behind it;
• who builds, sells and supports, and the hiring plan.

Be concrete. "We develop software for foreign clients" tells the Council nothing. "We build inventory software for pharmacy chains in Kazakhstan, charge a monthly subscription per outlet and expect 50 outlets in year one" is something an expert can check.

After you're registered, you may carry out only the activities in the business plan. A new line of business needs a new or supplementary business plan approved by the Directorate. [1]

1. Log in to your account on my.it-park.uz with the company's EDS.
2. In the "Applications" section, fill in the forms and upload the business plan for the Expert Council. [5] [4]

Nothing else is required, and the Regulation prohibits asking applicants for documents it doesn't list. [1]

Watch out for old instructions. You'll still find advice to apply through it-market.uz (IT Park's 2021 instructions) or to send a charter by post with your application (the 2019 FAQ). [6] [7] Both are out of date: it-market.uz now opens the it-park.uz home page, and since October 2020 the business plan has been the only attachment. [1]

The Regulation sets the timeline. [1]

1. Withdrawal of the application upon written request — up to 3 working days after submission.

2. Correction of discrepancies identified by the Directorate — 5 working days.

3. Transfer of documents to the Expert Council — 3 working days.

4. Review of the business plan, with a presentation if necessary — up to 10 working days.

5. Decision by the Directorate — up to 15 working days from receipt of the documents. If the Directorate sends comments, fix them within five working days or the application may be refused. The reason for any refusal comes through the portal, and you can reapply once it's resolved. [1]

By filing, the company agrees to sign the resident agreement, a public offer whose template is on the Directorate's website. The registration decision counts as acceptance, so read the agreement before you apply, not after. [1]

Within three working days of the decision the Directorate adds the company to the Unified Register of Residents, issues a resident certificate and notifies the tax authority, customs and your bank. [1]

Tax benefits apply from the first day of the month after you enter the register. Customs benefits start once the Centre for Comprehensive Expertise of Projects and Import Contracts approves the list of goods you plan to import. [1]

Presidential Resolution No. PP-388 of 26 December 2025 changed two rules from 1 April 2026. [2] [8]

The first removes benefits from financial services: payment organisations, payment system operators, marketplaces (electronic payment systems) and microfinance organisations.

The second ties the Directorate contribution to exports. The minimum export share is 20% of annual revenue, rising to 35% from 1 January 2027:

1. Total annual revenue of up to UZS 5 billion — contributions of 1%, regardless of whether the minimum export requirement is met.

2. Total annual revenue of UZS 5–100 billion — contributions of 1% if the minimum export requirement is met, and 2% if it is not.

3. Total annual revenue of UZS 100 billion or more — contributions of 1% if the minimum export requirement is met, and 3% if it is not.

Calculate your contributions before applying: they are based on total revenue, not profit.

Under the Technopark Regulation a resident must: [1]

• carry out only the activities in the approved business plan and comply with the resident agreement;
• file activity reports and statistical and tax reporting on the portal, in the form and on the dates the Directorate sets;
• pay the contribution every month, by the 20th of the following month;
• complete a mandatory audit every year by 1 July, including a special-purpose audit, and upload the auditor's report and opinion;
• integrate any accounting software it develops with the tax authority's systems.

IT Park also expects quarterly reporting, and late quarterly reports are among the most common reasons residents lose status. [9] Between January and the end of July 2026, 768 companies lost their status; 152 of them went in July alone for missing the deadline on their 2025 audit report and opinion. Other frequent reasons were late payments, more than six months without activity and work that didn't match the business plan. [9]

Resident calendar:

1. By the 20th of each month — pay contributions for the previous month.

2. Every quarter — submit reports through the portal by the deadlines set by the Directorate.

3. By 1 July — upload the auditor’s report and opinion for the previous year.

4. Before launching a new line of business — obtain approval for an additional business plan.

For foreign founders

Foreigners can found a company and get resident status on the same terms as locals. In July 2026 IT Park counted 1,095 resident companies with foreign capital. [13]

Some rights matter more to foreigners than to anyone else. Since 11 November 2025, foreign founders of residents and their foreign employees can open bank accounts and cards remotely. [10] A resident can hire foreign specialists without confirmation of their right to work in Uzbekistan, work through a virtual office, and, within its export earnings, pay foreign founders and specialists dividends and salaries in foreign currency to international cards. [1]

Resident status doesn't let the founder live in Uzbekistan. For that there's the IT Visa: multiple-entry, valid for up to three years, issued to founders of residents, to IT specialists earning at least USD 30,000 over the past 12 months and to investors putting in at least USD 10,000. [11]

If you're unsure whether your business fits the list, or your founders are foreign, have a lawyer or consultant who works with IT Park residents look at the business plan. An accountant can set up the books, the reporting and the resident's payment calendar.

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Sources

Numbers in square brackets refer to the list below. Most Uzbek legislation is published on lex.uz in Uzbek and Russian; the Russian texts are unofficial translations.

1. Cabinet of Ministers Resolution No. 589 of 15.07.2019, Regulation on the Technology Park of Software Products and Information Technologies (as amended to 07.03.2026): para. 2 (definitions, extraterritorial principle), paras. 10–16 (application, deadlines, refusal, reapplication, public offer), para. 17 (resident rights), para. 18 (obligations), para. 19 (register, certificate, notifications), para. 26 (when benefits start), annex 2 (permitted activities; item 23 added by Resolution No. 303 of 29.05.2024). In Russian: https://lex.uz/ru/docs/4422256; English translation: https://lex.uz/en/docs/6957374
2. Presidential Resolution No. PP-388 of 26.12.2025: para. 12 (no benefits for payment organisations, payment system operators, marketplaces and microfinance organisations from 01.04.2026); annex 7 (minimum export share of 20% and 35%, differentiated contributions). In Uzbek: https://lex.uz/ru/docs/7959569
3. IT Park Uzbekistan, Residents Requirements. https://www.it-park.uz/en/itpark/residents/requirements
4. IT Park Uzbekistan, "How to become an IT Park Uzbekistan resident?", 27.08.2024. In Russian: https://www.it-park.uz/ru/itpark/news/kak-stat-rezidentom-it-park-uzbekistan
5. IT Park Uzbekistan, "Useful Guide: What support programs does IT Park provide?", 21.12.2023. https://www.it-park.uz/en/itpark/news/useful-guide-what-support-programs-does-it-park-provide
6. IT Park Uzbekistan, "How to become an IT Park resident without getting out of bed", 19.01.2021 (outdated: it-market.uz portal). In Russian: https://www.it-park.uz/ru/itpark/news/kak-stat-rezidentom-it-park-ne-vstavaya-s-krovati
7. IT Park Uzbekistan, "11 frequently asked questions about applying for IT Park resident status", 29.11.2019 (partly outdated: documents and filing method). In Russian: https://www.it-park.uz/index.php/ru/itpark/news/11-chasto-zadavaemyh-voprosov-i-otvetov-pri-podache-zayavleniya-dlya-polucheniya-statusa-rezidenta-it-parka
8. IT Park Uzbekistan, "New rules are being introduced for IT Park Uzbekistan members", 08.01.2026. https://www.it-park.uz/en/itpark/news/new-rules-are-being-introduced-for-it-park-uzbekistan-members
9. IT Park Uzbekistan, "152 companies lost IT Park Uzbekistan resident status in July", 27.07.2026. In Russian: https://www.it-park.uz/index.php/ru/itpark/news/v-iyule-152-kompanii-utratili-status-rezidenta-it-park-uzbekistan
10. IT Park Uzbekistan, "Member companies of IT Park will be able to open bank accounts remotely", 18.11.2025. https://www.it-park.uz/en/itpark/news/member-companies-of-it-park-will-be-able-to-open-bank-accounts-remotely
11. IT Park Uzbekistan (outsource.gov.uz), IT Visa. https://outsource.gov.uz/en/explore-opportunities/it-visa
12. Tax Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan, art. 483 (benefits for residents exporting more than 50% in 2028–2040, VAT excluded). In Uzbek and Russian: https://lex.uz/ru/docs/4674902
13. IT Park Uzbekistan, "IT Park Uzbekistan continues to strengthen Uzbekistan's position as a global IT destination", 18.07.2026. https://www.it-park.uz/en/itpark/news/it-park-uzbekistan-continues-to-strengthen-uzbekistan-s-position-as-a-global-it-destination
14. Cabinet of Ministers Resolution No. 66 of 09.02.2017, Regulation on State Registration of Business Entities: para. 12 (founding documents in the state language), para. 13 (mandatory EDS of foreign founders). In Russian: https://lex.uz/ru/docs/3111342