Transnistrian passport

The Transnistrian passport is issued to citizens of Transnistria for the purpose of international travel and for the purpose of legal identification within Transnistria.

Transnistrian passport
The front cover of a contemporary Transnistrian passport.
TypePassport
Issued by Transnistria
PurposeIdentification
EligibilityTransnistrian citizenship

Validity

As Transnistria is not recognised by the majority of nations of the world (with the exceptions of Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and the Republic of Artsakh, all of which are also mostly unrecognised), a Transnistrian passport is not valid for travel to most countries in the world. As dual nationality is permitted, most people affected are entitled to either a Moldovan, Russian, or Ukrainian passport for travel abroad.[1]

History

The first passport was issued on October 1, 2001. From the mid-1990s to October 2001, citizens were issued a paper insert in addition to a passport of another state (or a Soviet Union passport, which design was used from 1974 until its expiration after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991) indicating the citizen's connection with Transnistria.

See also

References
  1. Munteanu, Angela; Igor Munteanu (May 2007). "Transnistria: a paradise for vested interests boeckler.de [PDF]" (PDF). SEER-South-East Europe Review for Labour. CEEOL (May): 58. Retrieved 2010-02-17.


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