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Transnistrian passport

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Transnistrian passport
The front cover of a contemporary Transnistrian passport.
TypePassport
Issued by Ministry of Internal Affairs
First issued1 October 2001
PurposeIdentification
Valid in Transnistria
EligibilityTransnistrian citizenship

The Transnistrian passport is issued to citizens of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (also known as Transnistria) for the purpose of international travel and for the purpose of legal identification within Transnistria.[1]

History

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The first Transnistrian passport was issued on 1 October 2001.[2]

Until then, starting in the mid-1990s, citizens were issued a paper insert in addition to a passport of another state (or a Soviet Union passport, whose design was used from 1974 until its expiration after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991) indicating the citizen's connection with Transnistria.

Validity

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Transnistria is not recognized by any country of the world (with the exceptions of the partially recognized Abkhazia and South Ossetia). Transnistrian passport is only valid for travel to Moldova.[3] As dual nationality is permitted, most people affected are entitled to either a Moldovan, Romanian, Russian or Ukrainian passport for travel abroad.[4]

Visa Requirements

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  Transnistria
  Visa not required
  Visa required
  Passport not accepted

Transnistrian passport holders are required to apply for a visa if they wish to travel to the Dominican Republic.[5]

On 25 October 2016, the governments of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR) and Abkhazia signed an agreement on mutual visa-free travel. It was ratified by the Supreme Council on 25 January 2017 and subsequently signed into law by the president on 3 February 2017.[6]

Country Visa requirement Allowed stay Notes (excluding departure fees) Reciprocity
Abkhazia Visa not required 90 days
Dominican Republic Visa required[5] 30 to 120 days The default authorized stay for any tourist entering the Dominican Republic is 30 days. However, this period can be formally extended through a stay extension processed at the General Directorate of Migration, up to a maximum total of 120 days.

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ Topol, Tom (2021-05-20). "A pretty rare passport of Transnistria • Passport-collector.com". Passport-collector.com. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
  2. ↑ "Исполнилось 80 лет паспортной системе | Новости Приднестровья | Официальное информагентство Приднестровской Молдавской Республики". Retrieved 2013-01-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  3. ↑ "Is this the world's most useless passport?". Young Pioneer Tours. 2020-03-26. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
  4. ↑ Munteanu, Angela; Igor Munteanu (May 2007). "Transnistria: a paradise for vested interests boeckler.de [PDF]" (PDF). SEER-South-East Europe Review for Labour (May). CEEOL: 58. Retrieved 2010-02-17.
  5. 1 2 "Listado de Países y Condiciones de Visado" [List of Countries and Visa Requirements] (in Spanish). Consulado General de la República Dominicana en La Haya, Reino de los Países Bajos. Retrieved 27 July 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ↑ "Закон Приднестровской Молдавской Республики «О ратификации соглашения между Правительством Приднестровской Молдавской Республики и Правительством Республики Абхазия о взаимных безвизовых поездках граждан Приднестровской Молдавской Республики и граждан республики Абхазия»" [Law of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic "On Ratification of the Agreement between the Government of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic and the Government of the Republic of Abkhazia on Mutual Visa-Free Travel for Citizens of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic and Citizens of the Republic of Abkhazia"]. Supreme Council of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (in Russian). 7 February 2017. Archived from the original on 6 February 2025. Retrieved 2 April 2026.
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