Refworld | Georgia: Is a USSR passport issued in 1987 still considered a valid identity document in Georgia, Abkhazia and Russia? If not, what identity documents have replaced this for a Georgian living in Abkhazia and what year was this introduced? If a person's USSR passport states they are ethnically Georgian and born in Georgia but has been registered to an Abkhazian address since it was issued, would this cause them any problems if they tried to cross into Georgian territory (i.e. simply because they are a Georgian living in Abkhazia)?

Title	Georgia: Is a USSR passport issued in 1987 still considered a valid identity document in Georgia, Abkhazia and Russia? If not, what identity documents have replaced this for a Georgian living in Abkhazia and what year was this introduced? If a person's USSR passport states they are ethnically Georgian and born in Georgia but has been registered to an Abkhazian address since it was issued, would this cause them any problems if they tried to cross into Georgian territory (i.e. simply because they are a Georgian living in Abkhazia)?
Publisher	Ireland: Refugee Documentation Centre
Publication Date	6 May 2010
Country	Georgia
Topics	Abkhazians \| Freedom of movement \| Passports
Citation / Document Symbol	Q12061
Cite as	Ireland: Refugee Documentation Centre, Georgia: Is a USSR passport issued in 1987 still considered a valid identity document in Georgia, Abkhazia and Russia? If not, what identity documents have replaced this for a Georgian living in Abkhazia and what year was this introduced? If a person's USSR passport states they are ethnically Georgian and born in Georgia but has been registered to an Abkhazian address since it was issued, would this cause them any problems if they tried to cross into Georgian territory (i.e. simply because they are a Georgian living in Abkhazia)?, 6 May 2010, Q12061, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/4bf0ef2a2.html [accessed 19 May 2023]
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