| Mongolian passport | |
|---|---|
 Front cover of a contemporary Mongolian biometric passport issued since 2023 | |
| Type | Passport |
| Issued by | General Authority for State Registration Mongolia |
| First issued | March 15, 2023 (biometric passport)  [1] |
| Purpose | Identification |
| Eligibility | Mongolian citizenship |
| Expiration | 5 or 10 years after issuance |
| Cost | ₮82,500 (biometric) ₮32,500 (regular) [1] |
The Mongolian passport (Mongolian: Монгол Улсын Гадаад Паспорт) is a passport issued to Mongolian citizens for purposes of travel outside Mongolia. Mongolian citizens have visa-free or visa on arrival access to 62 countries and territories. Passports are issued by the General Authority for State Registration, an implementing agency of the Mongolian government.
In medieval times, the Mongol Empire issued paiza or gerege to officials and emissaries, authorizing them to claim facilities for travel throughout the empire using the yam or örtöö system of relay stations which provided food and remounts.[2]
During the Mongolian People's Republic era, all citizens were required to register and apply for a civil passport as a primary form of identification. This was replaced with the current Citizen Identity Card in the early 2000s.
- ^ a b "Цахим гадаад паспортын захиалга авч эхэллээ". montsame.mn (in Mongolian). Retrieved 2023-03-01.
- ^ Stephen Spencer Gosch, Peter N. Stearns (2008), Premodern travel in world history, Routledge, ISBN 9780415229401