Uzbekistan accepts digital IDs for services

Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Justice amended departmental regulations on October 20 to allow citizens to use digital versions of identity and personal documents for a wider range of services.

People can now present digital passports, ID cards, birth certificates, and other records to organizations that are required to accept them alongside physical copies. These digital documents will verify identity for banking, notarial procedures, domestic flights, and contracts with service providers like telecommunication companies and pawnshops.

The government also authorized the use of these documents for healthcare, social services, blood donation verification, veteran payments, and military registration. This change follows a December 2024 government resolution establishing the Social Card system for vulnerable groups, which granted electronic documents equal legal status to physical ones starting July 1, 2025.