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.The statement in a Mongolian passport declares in Mongolian and English: The Minister for External Relations of Mongolia requests all those whom it may concern to allow the bearer, a citizen of Mongolia, to pass freely and without hindrance and in case of need to afford him or her every assistance and protection.