Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- In order to simplify procedures and reduce unnecessary red tape, which creates additional inconveniences for citizens, the Ministry of Justice has developed a draft Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan “On measures to create relief for the population and entrepreneurs, as well as a radical reduction in bureaucratic barriers”.

The draft document envisages a number of important innovations and changes. In particular:

firstly, from 1 January  2021, such state services as registration of acts of civil status, medical examination of persons entering into marriage, obtaining a biometric passport to travel abroad, undergoing examination in medical and social expert commissions and conducting a technical inspection of vehicles, it will be possible to use it in any territory, regardless of the permanent (temporary) place of residence of citizens and the location of legal entities (today these services are provided in places of permanent residence of citizens);

it is proposed to cancel the requirement by notaries for citizens of information about the presence of marriage, marital status and other certificates issued by the registry office;

it is proposed to allow legal entities that are business entities to make established payments for the use of public services in cash (in practice, payment for public services was made only by transfer of funds);

cancel the procedure for issuing duplicate documents issued as a result of the provision of public services by affixing a QR code (matrix bar code). In this case, these documents can be obtained in electronic form free of charge through the EPIGU in unlimited quantities.

Secondly, from 1 April 2021, it is proposed to abolish the request from citizens of certificates of 12 names (about being or about not being registered in a psychological and narcological dispensary, a criminal record, the presence or absence of property registered in the name of a citizen, living space, tax debt, the amount pensions and benefits, on registration or dissolution of marriage, etc.) and documents of 8 names (a copy of an identity document, a photo of a person, certificates of medical and social expert commissions, cadastral documents, work books and their copies, archival information on wages and work experience, education in higher and secondary specialized educational institutions).

As a result of an inventory of regulatory legal acts, 124 documents were identified that required the application of photographs of various forms from one citizen. Photos are often required for admission to studies, employment, as well as participation in various competitions. Ten legal documents stipulate that photographs must be requested by the internal affairs bodies. However, the electronic information system of the Ministry of Internal Affairs contains the requested photos.

Naturally, the issuance of certificates and documents of this type requires certain expenses from citizens.

For example, to obtain a certificate of being registered or not registered with a psychological and narcological dispensary, citizens pay 2 percent of basic estimated value (4,460 soums). For this service only this year, 251,933 applications were received, which cost citizens 1 billion 200 million soums.

Similarly, citizens spent an average of about 27 billion soums to obtain certificates of 6 names (on a criminal record, the presence or absence of property registered in the name of a citizen, address information, etc.).

In addition, the draft Decree proposes to accept an application and a state fee for obtaining a biometric passport for traveling abroad only in electronic form through the EPIGU (my.gov.uz), which will allow citizens to receive a passport without waiting in long queues and save the cost of filling out applications. questionnaires. Citizens will be sent to the internal affairs bodies only for the approval of the corresponding biometric data (fingerprints, face).

Today, about 1.5 million applications for accounting in the tax system and 250,000 applications for accounting in the pension system are received annually from citizens. Based on this, in the project from 1 April 2021, when issuing ID cards to persons who have reached the age of 16, they are proposed to be simultaneously registered with the tax authorities and the pension fund.

At the same time, from 1 July 2021, it is proposed to abolish the claim from citizens of the TIN and the fact of being registered in the pension fund, and instead use the personal identification number of an individual (PINFL), which is indicated in the biometric passport. Thus, the information will not be entered separately, only the citizen’s biometric information in the passport (ID-card) will confirm his registration as a taxpayer and his registration in the pension fund.

In addition, it is planned to simplify the process of considering 30 types of services and procedures using the “Roadmap”, the approval of which is provided for by the project.