Why IT Park Uzbekistan rejects applications and how to prepare yours

Short answer. The Technopark Regulation lists five grounds for refusing resident status. The applicant didn't fix errors in the documents within five working days; the Expert Council found the line of business obsolete, unpromising or insignificant; the business plan doesn't match the list of permitted activities or could go beyond it; the company or persons related to it still owe the technopark under earlier agreements; or the company develops accounting software that isn't integrated with the tax authority's systems. Most of these come back to the business plan, which is the only document attached to the application. After a refusal you can reapply once the reason is resolved.

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

A legal entity registered in Uzbekistan. [1] [3] Individual entrepreneurs can't. A foreign company first registers a legal entity in Uzbekistan and applies through it. [6] The region of registration doesn't matter, because the park operates on an extraterritorial basis. [1]

The company also needs an activity from the list approved by the Cabinet of Ministers and an economically justified business plan. [3] [4] The list has 30 items, covering software development and support, data processing, IT consulting, BPO and KPO for foreign clients, design, R&D, IT training and more. [1] We go through it in "How to become an IT Park Uzbekistan resident in 2026".

You apply on my.it-park.uz, logging in with the company's electronic digital signature. [5] From there the Regulation sets the clock: [1]

1. 3 working days to withdraw the application in writing, if you want to.
2. 5 working days to fix any discrepancies with the Regulation or the law that the Directorate finds.
3. 3 working days for the Directorate to pass the file to the Expert Council.
4. Up to 10 working days for the Council to review the business plan. It may invite you to present the project.
5. Up to 15 working days from acceptance for the Directorate's decision.

The Expert Council is made up of specialists from ministries, research institutions, universities and elsewhere. [1] It issues an opinion on whether the business plan fits the list, and two of the five refusal grounds depend directly on that opinion.

They're set out in paragraph 14 of the Technopark Regulation. [1]

1. Errors in the documents weren't fixed in time

If the Directorate finds discrepancies, you have five working days to correct them and resubmit. Miss that window and the Directorate may refuse to accept the application. [1]

Check your portal notifications every day for the first week. A comment about the substance of the business plan, rather than a typo, can take more than five days to fix, so proofread the plan properly before you file.

The applicant is responsible for the accuracy of what it submits. [1] If false information surfaces after registration, for instance in reporting, the company can lose its status. [1]

2. The line of business looks obsolete, unpromising or insignificant

This ground applies on the Expert Council's opinion, and the activity can still formally match the list. [1] Say a company plans to build template business-card websites: that's web development, but the Council may see neither technology nor prospects in it.

Show in the business plan what's new about the product, who buys it and why demand will grow. Existing clients, pilots or letters of intent belong there too.

3. The business plan doesn't match the list

The application fails if the activity in the plan isn't on the list or could go beyond it. [1]

The usual story: an ad agency, a services marketplace or an intermediary calls itself an IT company because it runs on a website, a CRM or an app. Digital tools don't turn a business into an IT business. The Council looks at what the client pays for, whether that's software, data processing or an IT service, or advertising, goods and brokerage.

Don't dress up ordinary trading as an IT project to get the benefits. Once registered, a resident may carry out only the activities in its business plan, and the annual audit checks whether the actual work matches the list. A mismatch is grounds for losing status. [1]

If your business is mixed, split it in the plan into the main activity, which is on the list, and the secondary ones. A resident can earn income from activities outside the list, but that income is taxed normally. [1]

4. Unpaid obligations to the technopark under earlier agreements

The application is refused if the company or persons related to it haven't met their obligations to the technopark under previous resident agreements. [1]

This catches founders who've had a resident company before. Picture a founder who closed the old company without paying its contributions to the Directorate and then opened a new one. Losing status doesn't end the obligations under the Regulation, so the old company's debt can block the new application. [1] Check that neither you nor your partners have anything outstanding with the Directorate.

5. Accounting software not integrated with the tax authority

This one only affects developers of software for bookkeeping and tax-related primary documents. If that software isn't integrated with the tax authority's information systems, the application is refused. [1] If you build accounting, cash register or record-keeping systems, describe the integration in the business plan.

A separate rule for online media

Since March 2026, online media applying under item 30 of the list get, lose or are refused status based on an opinion from the Communications Department of the Presidential Administration. [1] They also have to meet hard thresholds: at least 1 million subscribers or unique users, 50,000 daily visitors, a staff of 25 and monthly revenue of UZS 500 million. [3]

Many sites still quote IT Park's "11 frequently asked questions" from 29 November 2019. [6] Some of it no longer holds.

In 2019 you attached your charter and a business plan to the application and could send them by post or deliver them in person. Since October 2020 applications go through the web portal with the business plan as the only attachment, and the Regulation prohibits asking for documents it doesn't list. [1]

The 2019 page names three grounds for refusal: improperly prepared documents, false data and a non-compliant activity. The rule now is the closed list in paragraph 14, which we've covered above. [1]

Back then, residency was open to companies whose main activity code (OKED) was 62.0, 63.1, 58.2 or 85.5. The list has since grown to 30 items, and fit is judged on the business plan. [1] Pick an OKED code that matches what you actually do anyway, because a code that contradicts the business plan will raise questions.

Describe the business in plain words

Answer four questions: what you sell, to whom, what the client pays for and where the technology is. Then find the item on the list that matches. If there isn't an obvious one, ask the Directorate before you file at resident@it-park.uz or +998 71 209 11 99. [6] [3] Borderline cases are interpreted by the Directorate's Expert Council. [1]

Write the plan for the Expert Council

Under the Regulation, a business plan covers the company, its product and how it's produced, services, target markets, marketing strategy, how operations will run and performance indicators. [1] IT Park adds that the data should be current, structured, consistent and justified. [6]

What to include:

• the company: founders, team, experience;
• exactly what you build or do for clients, and which list item it falls under;
• who buys, in which countries and how you'll reach them;
• the revenue model: licences, subscription, paid development, support;
• a revenue and cost forecast with its assumptions;
• who develops, sells and supports, and the hiring plan.

A weak version: "The company will develop software for foreign clients." A strong one: "The company builds stock-control software for retail chains in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, sold as a subscription from USD 200 per store per month. We plan 40 stores in the first year with six developers."

Don't claim contracts or revenue you don't have. A new company can present a plan, as long as it explains what the numbers rest on.

Check that the data agrees

The company name and details, the activities you registered, the project description and the financial plan all have to line up. If the "Services" section talks about development while the revenue comes from reselling other vendors' licences, the expert will notice.

Check the 2026 rules

Since 1 April 2026, tax and customs benefits don't apply to residents operating as payment organisations, payment system operators, marketplaces (electronic payment systems) and microfinance organisations. [2] [7] The Directorate contribution now depends on revenue and export share, from 1% to 3% of total revenue. [2] Even if you get the status, work out whether it still pays. The details are in "IT Park Uzbekistan tax benefits in 2026".

Get ready for the obligations

By filing, the company agrees to sign the resident agreement. [1] So decide before you apply who will file reports on the portal, pay contributions by the 20th of each month and get the mandatory audit done by 1 July. [1] By the end of July 2026, 768 companies had lost their status that year, many of them over missed reporting and audits. [8]

Start with the decision itself. The Directorate states the reason and sends it through the portal. [1]

Match that reason to one of the five grounds above, since that tells you what to fix. A business plan problem means rewriting the plan. Debts under earlier agreements need settling with the Directorate. If the activity isn't on the list, decide honestly whether you can change the model without misrepresenting what the company does.

Then reapply. The new application goes through the same procedure and the same deadlines. [1]

• The company is registered in Uzbekistan and has an EDS.
• Your activity fits a specific list item, and you can explain how in one sentence.
• The business plan covers product, clients, revenue model, finances and team, with the numbers explained, and doesn't contradict your registration documents.
• Neither you nor related persons owe the technopark anything under earlier agreements.
• If you build accounting software, the tax integration is described.
• You've confirmed the business isn't a payment service, marketplace or microfinance company.
• Someone owns reporting, contributions and the audit.

Check the current Regulation on lex.uz and the requirements on it-park.uz before you file.

If your business is mixed, your founders are foreign or you're not sure the activity fits the list, have a lawyer or consultant who works with IT Park residents review the business plan. An accountant or tax adviser can tell you whether the status pays off once contributions are counted.

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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, Technopark Regulation (as amended to 07.03.2026): para. 2 (definitions of business plan, Expert Council, applicant; extraterritorial principle), para. 8 (Communications Department opinion for media, as amended by Resolution No. 93 of 05.03.2026), para. 10 (portal application with business plan, ban on other documents, 5 working days to fix, consent to the agreement), paras. 11–13 (deadlines), para. 14 (grounds for refusal), para. 15 (reapplication), para. 18 (obligations), paras. 21–22 (loss of status), para. 27 (income outside the list), annex 2 (permitted activities). 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 (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, "11 frequently asked questions about applying for IT Park resident status", 29.11.2019 (partly outdated; see "About IT Park's older materials"). 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
7. 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
8. 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