Quote:Originally posted by Tal Inbar
Need clarification on the term "foreign passport"
Unlike other countries where one passport is issued for most citizens, USSR and Russia/Ukraine issued two.
One was so called "internal passport" - in Russian language and used inside of the country only. Every citized gets this one once he reaches certain age (16 I think) by going to the local militia (police) office.
If a person wishes to travel to other contries - "foreign passport" is necessary. In this case one has to go to OVIR (seprate department dealing with immigration and visas). There was no guarantee you would get the Foreign passport, as various background checks need to be done. And one has to prove that he really needs the foreign passport.
Foreign passport has entries in both Russian and English.
Funny part is that USSR ceased to exist in 1991, but people still have passports issued to them with old Soviet insignia (USSR crest, etc).
Hope thus helps.
William
