Visa policy of South Ossetia

However, visitors are required to receive approval from the South Ossetian government in advance of their visit unless they are citizens of exempt country.

In addition to an invitation, journalists must receive approval from the State Committee on Information and Press prior to arrival.

All visitors must register with the Immigration Control Office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs within three days after their arrival.

During the year, most of them leave South Ossetia for Russia many times for various purposes and enter back.

2 Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Russia and the partially recognised republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia each span the conventional boundary between Europe and Asia.