The first person to receive a passport as a citizen of South Ossetia was its President, Eduard Kokoity.

Among other famous people, the passport was received by the chief state sanitary doctor of Russia Gennady Onishchenko,[2] as well as a number of famous Russian politicians, journalists and cultural and artistic figures.

On February 1, 2010, an agreement on a visa-free regime was signed between Russia and South Ossetia, which officially regulates the validity of South Ossetian passports on the territory of the Russian Federation.

[7] At the same time, the EU will not recognize Russian passports issued in South Ossetia since 2022.

[8] According to a report by the international non-governmental organization "Crisis Group", as of 2010, only those South Ossetians who have an internal Russian passport with registration can receive free medical care in Russia.