Documents from a separatist government.

[412 0]

Good time of the day, all.

My fiance resides in Transnistria, territory which seceded from Moldova in 1990. She currently has a Russian passport, since travel documents issued by the Transnistrian authorities are not valid pretty much anywhere.

We are preparing the documents requested by the consulate for the interview, and just to be on a safe side, I wrote to the consulate asking if they will consider the documents provided by the Transnistrian authorities acceptable. The answer was no in regard to the police certificate, only certificate issued Moldovan Ministry of Interior will be accepted.

Of course Moldovan authorities are not likely to issue a certificate to a person who for eighteen years was out of their jurisdiction.

Has anyone been in any situation similar to this? Any ideas, any things to try?

TIA

PS I am panicking.

[chili74 0]

Hello, I really don't know what to advise you, but there was a similar thread in the Russia forum http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=179133

"Obtaining Police Certificate in Russia" for someone who lives in Dagestan. I advised them to go to the Information Center for MVD (Ministry of Internal Affairs), in your case, Moldova. But she has a Russian passport. Hm.

The sooner she starts on this, the better, obviously. Good luck!

[412 0]

Dagestan is not a separatist region, it's an autonomous entity within Russia, and in that case there's nothing a benjamin wouldn't solve. It's Caucasus, nothing is done for free.

[payxibka 10,047]

Good time of the day, all.

My fiance resides in Transnistria, territory which seceded from Moldova in 1990. She currently has a Russian passport, since travel documents issued by the Transnistrian authorities are not valid pretty much anywhere.

We are preparing the documents requested by the consulate for the interview, and just to be on a safe side, I wrote to the consulate asking if they will consider the documents provided by the Transnistrian authorities acceptable. The answer was no in regard to the police certificate, only certificate issued Moldovan Ministry of Interior will be accepted.

Of course Moldovan authorities are not likely to issue a certificate to a person who for eighteen years was out of their jurisdiction.

Has anyone been in any situation similar to this? Any ideas, any things to try?

TIA

PS I am panicking.

My wife (a Ukrainian) travelled to Chisinau to get a police report... She went to University there in the early 90's and lived in Tiraspol... so they will do it.

Edited March 3, 2009 by payxibka

[412 0]

My wife (a Ukrainian) travelled to Chisinau to get a police report... She went to University there in the early 90's and lived in Tiraspol... so they will do it.

Excellent! Great information. Could you be so kind to ask where she had to go in Chisinau to get the certificate?

TIA!

[k1CsUser 0]

Hi 412.

I have a question for you: how did you record country of residence/birth for your fiancee? Prednistrovye is not technically a country (just like Abkhazia, S.Ossetia, Nagorno Karabakh aren't). However, they have not been under their parent - SSRs since 90s, in some cases earlier.

The rules for police certificates say to get one from "every place lived since age of 16". For Armenians living in Nagorno Karabakh, it is naiive to assume that they will get any sort of documentation from Azerbaijan. Thus, all police certificates are requested from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which then requests them from the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD).

Since your fiancee has a Russian passport, I would assume she needs to get a police certificate from Russia. She is a national/citizen of Russia who resides in this territory. I don't think Moldova will give you a certificate of this type. I know Azeris won't to Armenians.

The State Department is well aware of how messed up the former USSR is, when it comes to unrecognized republics. Good luck.

[payxibka 10,047]

My wife (a Ukrainian) travelled to Chisinau to get a police report... She went to University there in the early 90's and lived in Tiraspol... so they will do it.

Excellent! Great information. Could you be so kind to ask where she had to go in Chisinau to get the certificate?

TIA!

Yup... I believe I have the actual address but not accessible till this evening

Hi 412.

I have a question for you: how did you record country of residence/birth for your fiancee? Prednistrovye is not technically a country (just like Abkhazia, S.Ossetia, Nagorno Karabakh aren't). However, they have not been under their parent - SSRs since 90s, in some cases earlier.

The rules for police certificates say to get one from "every place lived since age of 16". For Armenians living in Nagorno Karabakh, it is naiive to assume that they will get any sort of documentation from Azerbaijan. Thus, all police certificates are requested from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which then requests them from the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD).

Since your fiancee has a Russian passport, I would assume she needs to get a police certificate from Russia. She is a national/citizen of Russia who resides in this territory. I don't think Moldova will give you a certificate of this type. I know Azeris won't to Armenians.

The State Department is well aware of how messed up the former USSR is, when it comes to unrecognized republics. Good luck.

My son was born in Tiraspol but we put down Moldova