Baraka card

How to get your card

The virtual card is free. It opens in the app as soon as you register.

Four ways to get the plastic card

1

In the Baraka app

Download, register, order. No visit needed

2

At an “Inson” social services centre

A social worker fills in the application with you. Apply at the centre in the area where you are registered. In some cases, a social worker can visit you at home.

3

At a bank branch

Xalq Bank and Aloqabank issue the card at their branches

4

On my.gov.uz

Apply online on the state services portal

What the card costs

Virtual card
Plastic card
Cost
Free, always
Free for some groups (see below). Others: 40 000 UZS
Where it is
In the app
A card you carry
Paying
Transfers, bills, online, QR
Everywhere Visa works, including contactless
Bus and metro
No
Pay with a tap. Free travel works too.
Receives pensions and benefits
Yes
Yes

Who gets plastic free

You qualify if you belong to one of these groups.

Free

Families and children

  • People and families in the Social Register
  • Large families
  • Orphans and children without parental care
  • Guardians, trustees and foster parents

Older people and carers

  • Pensioners
  • Older people who live alone and need care
  • People who care for someone who needs care

Disability

  • People with disabilities
  • Legally incapacitated people
  • People with limited legal capacity
  • Their legal representatives

Study

  • Students with a state stipend
  • School pupils and trainees with a state stipend

Transport

  • Transport: People who travel free on city buses and the metro (not taxis).

If you are not on that list

40 000 UZS

A first plastic card costs 40 000 UZS

The price is set by law and changes with the base calculation amount.

Half price

For medical and pharmaceutical staff of state clinics, and for teachers.

40 000 UZS

A new card costs 40 000 UZS for everyone, even if your first card was free.

It is free only if the bank or the Agency made a mistake in your data.

Delivery

Free delivery

Delivered to your home within 15 days, for:

  • people with disability who need a wheelchair
  • blind people with disability
  • elderly people or people with disability who live alone and need care. Second text

No separate application. If you are in one of these groups, it is arranged for you.

Paid delivery

Pick up the card at a bank branch for free, or pay the bank for courier delivery. Ask your bank for the price.

The courier brings the card in a sealed envelope and checks the ID of the person who receives it.

Next Bus and metro Pay with a tap. Travel benefits work too.