Union of Soviet Socialist Republics : Passport (1989) with Immigration Visa to USA

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Union of Soviet Socialist Republics : Passport (1989) with Immigration Visa to USA

With Photo :

Yes

Issue Type :

Standard Passport (Ordinary / Regular)

Document Type :

Booklet (Soft-cover)

Invalidation :

Handstamped Cancellation Across Page(s)

Document Material :

Paper

Document Writing :

Dot Matrix Printing

Country :

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Standard :

Unknown Standard Issue

Issue Date :

10/02/1989

Expiry Date :

10/02/1994

Document Validity :

5 Years

Age When Issued :

7 Months ago & 20 Days ago

Age When Expired :

4 Years, 4 Months & 8 Days

On page 12, there is a visa permission to visit America and very interestingly, that there is a note at the bottom:

Bearer is requested to inform local U.S. Immigration Office in advance of travel more than 25 miles from Ridgewood, N.Y.

Total of 17 pages.

Red cover with golden printing.

Two languages : Russian and French.

It was pointed by a reader that the US immigration stamping was made during a pre-flight inspection at Shannon Airport, Republic of Ireland.

2022-12-05
Updates were made based on Rimwid's comments.

#98 Thursday 01 December 2022 03:07:00 PM

Rimwid

Poland

Another remark - this type of USSR passport was bigger than standard dimensions.
9 cm widht 13.5 cm height (ratio 1.0 : 1.5)
(it was typical for all Eastern Europe countries including Poland, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria)
later Soviet passports were already typical 8,8 x 12.5

#46 Sunday 27 October 2019 06:53:56 PM

This guy from USSR passport should be really angry for his descriprtion as "Russian". He is (was) Lithuanian.

#45 Sunday 27 October 2019 06:34:07 PM

Description of US Immigation stamp is incorrect : it's not a stamp from New York airport but from Shannon, Ireland, where US has "Pre-flight inspection" post ("PFI Shannon"). It means immigration procedure (and customs too) is held before boarding plane, not at the point of arrival.