The Transnistrian passport is issued to citizens of the

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(also known as Transnistria) for the purpose of international travel and for the purpose of legal identification within Transnistria.

History

The first Transnistrian passport was issued on 1 October 2001. Until then, starting in the mid-1990s, citizens were issued a paper insert in addition to a passport of another state (or a

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in 1991) indicating the citizen's connection with Transnistria.

Validity

Transnistria is not recognized by any country of the world (with the exceptions of the partially recognized

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and

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). Transnistrian passport is only valid for travel to Moldova. As dual nationality is permitted, most people affected are entitled to either a Moldovan,

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for travel abroad.

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Law of the PMR "On the PASSPORT of a CITIZEN of the PRIDNESTROVIAN MOLDAVIAN REPUBLIC" as of August 5, 2005Archived copy
from January 8, 2011 on the

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