Tashkent: the O-1 / EB-1 talent-visa interview
US mission, Tashkent
The US Embassy in Tashkent is a post in Uzbekistan that comes up in talent-visa interview discussions for Russian-speaking applicants as TCN.
Tashkent: appointments and visas issued, State Department data
- Next appointment (table of Sep 17, 2026)
- O-1 and other petition-based visas (H, L, O, P, Q) - < 0.5 mo; B1/B2 - 1.5 mo; students F, M, J - 1.5 mo.
- Issued, Mar 2025 - Feb 2026
- O-1 - 13 (19); B1/B2 - 8,991 (9,203); EB-1 - 21 (16); EB-2 - 0 (11); all immigrant - 3,087 (4,660). In brackets: the 12 months before (Mar 2024 - Feb 2025).
- Immigrant visas (EB-1, EB-2, family)
- Processes them for residents of Uzbekistan; Russians only in the IR-5 category (parents of US citizens).
The immigrant-visa interview in Tashkent: post rules
- Address
- 3 Moyqorghon Street, 5th block, Yunusobod District, 100093 Tashkent
- Medical exam
- In Uzbekistan, at the embassy’s listed clinic, at least 3 weeks before the interview; the clinic sends the results to the embassy itself.
- Interview language
- Uzbek, Russian, English.
- Paying fees at the window
- US dollar cash only.
- Passport and rescheduling
- Register the appointment at ais.usvisa-info.com; rescheduling only from 24 hours after the missed date.
- Note
- A Ministry of Defense certificate on service in a third country does not replace that country’s police certificate.
Sources, travel.state.gov: Global Visa Wait Times, nonimmigrant issuances, immigrant issuances by post (latest published month: Feb 2026), immigrant-visa posts, nonimmigrant-visa posts, post page of Mar 3, 2026. All read on Oct 11, 2026; month-by-month tables below.
Who uses this consulate
Prepare for the interviewHow the O-1 and EB-1 consular process works
What the community reports
Tashkent is discussed less than the major posts but as a workable option; members call slot availability variable. This is experience, not a rule.
This is community-chat experience, not official data. Verify booking availability and post status on travel.state.gov and ustraveldocs.com.
This embassy's official visas page: uz.usembassy.gov/visas/ - interview booking follows your own post's instructions.
By member reports over 2023-2025: appointment wait per post data, administrative processing after the interview from 3.5 to 14 months. That is the spread of individual cases, not a standard - data for every post.
Procedures that are the same at every post (CEAC statuses, the passport during the check, officers’ manner): the consulates reference.
Official State Department numbers for this post
Next available interview appointment, by table update
| Table of | B1/B2 | F, M, J | H, L, O, P, Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 2026 | 1.5 mo | 1.5 mo | < 0.5 mo |
| Jun 18, 2026* | 3 mo | 2.5 mo | 2.5 mo |
| May 18, 2026* | 1.5 mo | 2.5 mo | 2.5 mo |
| Apr 15, 2026* | 2 mo | < 0.5 mo | < 0.5 mo |
| Mar 27, 2026* | 4 mo | 2 mo | < 0.5 mo |
| Jan 14, 2026* | < 0.5 mo | < 0.5 mo | < 0.5 mo |
| Dec 12, 2025* | 1.5 mo | 1 mo | 1 mo |
| Nov 20, 2025* | 0.5 mo | < 0.5 mo | < 0.5 mo |
| Oct 22, 2025* | 1 mo | < 0.5 mo | 1 mo |
| Sep 17, 2025* | < 0.5 mo | < 0.5 mo | 1 mo |
| Aug 18, 2025* | 1 mo | 1 mo | 1 mo |
| May 25, 2025* | 1 mo | 0 mo | 0 mo |
| Apr 25, 2025* | 0 mo | 0 mo | 0 mo |
Source: Global Visa Wait Times (travel.state.gov), "next available appointment" as printed at each monthly update; until mid-2025 the table gave calendar days, later months. * - read from a Wayback Machine (web.archive.org) copy of the same page. We re-read the table every month; next check about Oct 20, 2026.
Mar 2025 - Feb 2026: the post issued 11,583 nonimmigrant and 3,087 immigrant visas.
| Month | Total | B1/B2 | F-1 | J-1 | H-1B | L-1 | O-1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2026 | 645 | 474 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 2026 | 757 | 566 | 31 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Dec 2025 | 837 | 702 | 54 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Nov 2025 | 793 | 697 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Oct 2025 | 1,245 | 1,014 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 2025 | 1,374 | 1,066 | 55 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Aug 2025 | 1,364 | 964 | 185 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Jul 2025 | 861 | 667 | 60 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Jun 2025 | 852 | 564 | 59 | 103 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| May 2025 | 1,005 | 764 | 61 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| Apr 2025 | 1,058 | 837 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Mar 2025 | 792 | 676 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Month | Total | Family | EB-1 | EB-2 | EB-3 | DV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2026 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 2026 | 78 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 2025 | 122 | 60 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 54 |
| Nov 2025 | 254 | 73 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 162 |
| Oct 2025 | 284 | 267 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Sep 2025 | 275 | 198 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 |
| Aug 2025 | 229 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168 |
| Jul 2025 | 279 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 207 |
| Jun 2025 | 326 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 229 |
| May 2025 | 365 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 285 |
| Apr 2025 | 437 | 146 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 277 |
| Mar 2025 | 435 | 141 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 275 |
Columns: the main classes; "Total" includes all others (dependants, crew, diplomatic and other classes). Immigrant: Family = IR, CR and F categories, EB-1/2/3 = employment preferences (EB-3 incl. EW), DV = diversity lottery. Each month links to its State Department report (Excel). Sources: Monthly Nonimmigrant Visa Issuance Statistics, Monthly Immigrant Visa Issuance Statistics (travel.state.gov).
From English-speaking community reports (Reddit), February - September 2026, 10 posts
Immigrant visas (EB-1, IR-1) - 6 posts, B1/B2 - 2, H-1B - 1, F-1 - 1. Almost all authors are Uzbek citizens.
- H-1B (January 2026): a white 221(g) sheet for a social-media check, the passport kept, approval 20 days later and Issued the next day. F-1 (June 2026): the same social-media check, the links had to be emailed with a code in the subject line; refused after several weeks.
- B1/B2: the mother of a US citizen was refused after a couple of questions, and she says many were refused that day (September 2026). A school student with a summer program found no slot before July in May 2026 and the expedite request was denied; the author linked it to the World Cup rush.
- Immigrant visas: interviews from January - March 2026 (EB-1, IR-1) ended with a 221(g) because of the pause; applicants who reached DQ after Jan 21, 2026 were not scheduled, and the scheduling-status tool moved one month in eight months. From Sep 21-22, 2026 the embassy started answering emails.
- An EB-1 second interview on Sep 23, 2026 (invited the day before): 3 hours at the embassy, 15-20 minutes of it the interview; questions on what changed since January, the job, business revenue, every bank account, education, insurance and the family's health. The result was a new 221(g) for a public-charge check. The panel clinic does the medical only on the embassy's referral.
A retelling of individual stories from public Reddit discussions (read Oct 2, 2026), without names or quotes. These are individual stories, not State Department statistics and not legal advice: official wait times and rules are on travel.state.gov and above on this page.
From Russian-language forum reports (forum.awd.ru), October 2025 - September 2026, 22 posts
6 stories: IR-5 - 5, IR-1 - 1. Russians - 3, the rest do not state nationality. Another 2 posts are eyewitness notes.
- IR-5 before the pause: visas issued 3 and 7 days after the interview (October and December 2025); in a third story the visa was ready a week after missing documents were handed in. In one family the second parent was sent to a check.
- From January 2026 - a 221(g) sheet because of the pause (3 stories: January, May and July 2026). An eyewitness in January 2026: of 13 immigrant-visa applicants three were approved. Questions covered who the petitioner is and how long they have lived in the US, how the spouses met, problems with the law and residence in other countries.
- Documents: a military ID was demanded even from men who never served, including a 62-year-old (2 stories). The Tashkent medical exam is needed 5-7 business days before the interview, a Moscow one is not accepted; a Russian vaccination record was accepted.
- Cases were moved from Warsaw by writing to the NVC, with an answer in 2 business days to a week (3 stories); one applicant asked for Kazakhstan and got Tashkent.
A retelling of individual stories from public threads of a Russian-language travel forum (read Oct 2, 2026), without usernames, names or quotes. These are individual stories, not State Department statistics and not legal advice: official wait times and rules are on travel.state.gov and above on this page.
FAQ
- Is Tashkent a good post for an O-1 interview?
- Chat members mostly do NOT recommend Tashkent for O-1: they write the post has little experience with the category, and refusals came up. That is community opinion, not statistics - for immigrant family categories the post figures regularly.
- Is Uzbek residency needed, and how is the passport returned?
- By reports, EB-1 cases went through without Uzbek residency. Passports come back in about two weeks at a separate pickup point; a Moscow-done medical is, by reports, not accepted - the exam is done locally.
- How long is the wait for a visa interview in Tashkent?
- By the State Department wait-times table of 2026-09-17: O-1 (H, L, O, P, Q) - < 0.5 mo, B1/B2 - 1.5 mo, F, M, J - 1.5 mo. In the 12 published months to Feb 2026 the post issued O-1 - 13, B1/B2 - 8,991. The table is an estimate; actual slots show only in the booking system.
- Can I have the EB-1 / EB-2 immigrant-visa interview in Tashkent?
- Yes: the post processes immigrant visas for residents of Uzbekistan; Russians only in the IR-5 category (parents of US citizens). In the 12 published months to Feb 2026 it issued EB-1 - 21, EB-2 - 0, all immigrant visas - 3,087. The National Visa Center sets the post and the date; source: the State Department list of immigrant-visa posts, read 2026-10-11.
Interview experience in Tashkent
Anonymized reports by community members from public chats: month, visa, outcome, officer questions. Personal experience, not a rule and not legal advice.
Based on: 105 anonymised community interview reports · Jan 2023 - Aug 2026 · all consulates
- EB-1221(g)
The applicant started the immigration process in 2020 and recently received a green card. The interview took place in Tashkent, where they received a 221g and were placed under administrative processing.
- O-1refused
The applicant received a 214(b) refusal at the interview in Tashkent, despite having an approved O-1A petition. The consul cited immigration intent.
- other visa221(g)
The applicant wrote to the consulate in Tashkent and received a response about an administrative check. He requested the return of his passport but did not receive a response to his second letter.
- EB-1approvedslot: 126 d
The applicant received their passport with the visa after the petition approval and interview. The process took 126 days from document submission to the interview. During the interview, the consul asked questions about their career and plans.
- other visa221(g)slot: 7 d
The applicant attended an interview at the consulate in Tashkent. The visa was refused pending administrative processing. He sent additional documents but has not heard anything since.
- EB-1221(g)
The applicant attended an interview in Tashkent for an EB-1A visa. The interview ended with administrative processing. The officer asked questions about professional activities and education. The applicant was polite, but the timeline for a decision is unknown due to upcoming holidays.
- O-3TCNapprovedslot: 120 d
The applicant had an interview in Tashkent. The interview was scheduled after changing the location from Warsaw. Questions were about studies. The visa was approved.
- O-1refused
The applicant was refused the O-1 visa in Tashkent. During the interview, two questions were asked, and documents were not checked.
- EB-1221(g)
The applicant had an interview in Tashkent for an EB-1 visa. After the interview, they have been in administrative processing for 10 months.
From community practice
A strong petition usually meets more than the required minimum of three criteria, with a margin on each - common advice in chats to reduce RFE risk.
What determines the strength of evidence is not the fact itself but its context: scale, selectivity and independent confirmation. This runs through almost every community case review.
Support letters are stronger when written by independent experts familiar with your work who cite concrete results rather than general praise.
Distilled from public community chats - observations, not legal advice.
From community discussions
«For the EB it's all the same as for the O-1, but with increased weight. For developers you need major projects where you were indispensable and can prove it; work at very large and well-known companies; talks at specialized conferences; judging at IT contests; several interviews about you in media at the RBC level; recommendation letters from weighty figures; a job offer in the US.»
Sergey · from public community chats
«The consul works by clear rules. His task is to prove to himself that you're an immigrant, and your task is the opposite: who beats whom. You either play this game by the rules or you don't. After all, it's you who needs the US, not the consul.»
Ruslan · from public community chats
«I'm not arguing here that he apparently checked it poorly, but when you buy a package service and not just a lawyer, you expect more. And why was he told to go for EB-2 NIW when he already came with a pretty good package for EB-1 (over 20 years working as a research scientist with a bunch of patents, awards) - he only needed to add media.»
Kate · from public community chats
Personal opinions of community members from public discussions, not legal advice.
Approval stories
Other interview posts
Reference information, not legal advice. Always verify post status, booking and requirements on travel.state.gov.