diff --git a/src/frontends/onnx/frontend/include/openvino/frontend/onnx/decoder.hpp b/src/frontends/onnx/frontend/include/openvino/frontend/onnx/decoder.hpp
index a7b3fd0f2cac67..3cfde73f9476ba 100644
--- a/src/frontends/onnx/frontend/include/openvino/frontend/onnx/decoder.hpp
+++ b/src/frontends/onnx/frontend/include/openvino/frontend/onnx/decoder.hpp
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ struct ONNX_FRONTEND_API TensorMetaInfo {
     ov::PartialShape m_partial_shape;
     ov::element::Type m_element_type;
     const uint8_t* m_tensor_data;
+    ov::Any m_tensor_data_any;
     size_t m_tensor_data_size;
     const std::string* m_tensor_name;
     std::shared_ptr<std::string> m_external_location;
diff --git a/src/frontends/onnx/frontend/src/core/decoder_proto.hpp b/src/frontends/onnx/frontend/src/core/decoder_proto.hpp
index 946a262e1ccb0a..a41923f48f24f3 100644
--- a/src/frontends/onnx/frontend/src/core/decoder_proto.hpp
+++ b/src/frontends/onnx/frontend/src/core/decoder_proto.hpp
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ class DecoderProto : public ov::frontend::onnx::DecoderBaseOperation {
     }
 
     const std::string& get_domain() const override {
-        return (m_node->has_domain() && m_node->domain() != "ai.onnx" ? m_node->domain() : DEFAULT_DOMAIN);
+        return (m_node->has_domain() ? m_node->domain() : DEFAULT_DOMAIN);
     }
 
     bool has_attribute(const std::string& name) const override;
diff --git a/src/frontends/onnx/frontend/src/core/graph_iterator_proto.cpp b/src/frontends/onnx/frontend/src/core/graph_iterator_proto.cpp
index a8a457b631573a..697bf1723304ee 100644
--- a/src/frontends/onnx/frontend/src/core/graph_iterator_proto.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/onnx/frontend/src/core/graph_iterator_proto.cpp
@@ -6,10 +6,17 @@
 
 #include <onnx/onnx_pb.h>
 
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <array>
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <exception>
 #include <fstream>
-#include <openvino/frontend/graph_iterator.hpp>
+#include <map>
+#include <unordered_set>
+#include <vector>
 
 #include "decoder_proto.hpp"
+#include "openvino/frontend/graph_iterator.hpp"
 #include "openvino/frontend/onnx/graph_iterator.hpp"
 #include "openvino/util/file_util.hpp"
 #include "openvino/util/wstring_convert_util.hpp"
@@ -259,6 +266,11 @@ ov::frontend::onnx::TensorMetaInfo extract_tensor_meta_info(const TensorProto* t
                 static_cast<const uint8_t*>(static_cast<const void*>(tensor_info->double_data().data()));
             tensor_meta_info.m_tensor_data_size = tensor_info->double_data_size();
             break;
+        case TensorProto_DataType::TensorProto_DataType_STRING:
+            tensor_meta_info.m_tensor_data_any =
+                std::vector<std::string>(tensor_info->string_data().begin(), tensor_info->string_data().end());
+            tensor_meta_info.m_tensor_data_size = tensor_info->string_data_size();
+            break;
         default:
             throw std::runtime_error("Unsupported type " +
                                      ::ONNX_NAMESPACE::TensorProto_DataType_Name(tensor_info->data_type()));
@@ -304,10 +316,10 @@ void GraphIteratorProto::initialize(const std::string& path) {
     m_model_dir = std::make_shared<std::string>(ov::util::get_directory(path).string());
     try {
         std::ifstream model_file(path, std::ios::binary | std::ios::in);
-        FRONT_END_GENERAL_CHECK(model_file && model_file.is_open(), "Model file does not exist: ", path);
+        FRONT_END_GENERAL_CHECK(model_file && model_file.is_open(), "Could not open the file: ", path);
 
         m_model = std::make_shared<ModelProto>();
-        m_model->ParseFromIstream(&model_file);
+        FRONT_END_GENERAL_CHECK(m_model->ParseFromIstream(&model_file), "Model can't be parsed");
         model_file.close();
         if (m_model->has_graph()) {
             m_graph = &m_model->graph();
@@ -320,6 +332,8 @@ void GraphIteratorProto::initialize(const std::string& path) {
         m_graph = nullptr;
         node_index = 0;
         m_decoders.clear();
+        m_tensors.clear();
+        throw;
     }
 }
 
@@ -445,7 +459,7 @@ void GraphIteratorProto::reset() {
                 output_tensors.push_back(&this->get_tensor(empty_name, &tensor_owner)->get_tensor_info());
             }
         }
-        const std::string& domain = node.has_domain() && node.domain() != "ai.onnx" ? node.domain() : DEFAULT_DOMAIN;
+        const std::string& domain = node.has_domain() ? node.domain() : DEFAULT_DOMAIN;
         int64_t opset = get_opset_version(domain);
         if (opset == -1) {
             // Forcing a first opset instead of failing
@@ -477,7 +491,8 @@ std::int64_t GraphIteratorProto::get_opset_version(const std::string& domain) co
               });
 
     for (const auto& opset_import : opset_imports) {
-        if (domain == opset_import.domain()) {
+        if ((domain == DEFAULT_DOMAIN && opset_import.domain() == "ai.onnx") ||
+            (domain == "ai.onnx" && opset_import.domain() == DEFAULT_DOMAIN) || (domain == opset_import.domain())) {
             return opset_import.version();
         }
     }
@@ -485,21 +500,6 @@ std::int64_t GraphIteratorProto::get_opset_version(const std::string& domain) co
     return -1;
 }
 
-}  // namespace onnx
-}  // namespace frontend
-}  // namespace ov
-
-#include <algorithm>
-#include <array>
-#include <cstdint>
-#include <exception>
-#include <map>
-#include <unordered_set>
-#include <vector>
-
-namespace ov {
-namespace frontend {
-namespace onnx {
 namespace detail {
 namespace {
 enum Field {
diff --git a/src/frontends/onnx/frontend/src/core/node.cpp b/src/frontends/onnx/frontend/src/core/node.cpp
index 97c57c81149018..dc7c3d90e9a134 100644
--- a/src/frontends/onnx/frontend/src/core/node.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/onnx/frontend/src/core/node.cpp
@@ -800,6 +800,7 @@ Tensor Node::get_attribute_value(const std::string& name) const {
             std::vector<std::string>{*tensor_meta_info.m_tensor_name},
             tensor_meta_info.m_tensor_data,
             tensor_meta_info.m_tensor_data_size,
+            tensor_meta_info.m_tensor_data_any,
             tensor_meta_info.m_external_location,
             tensor_meta_info.m_is_raw);
         return {tensor_place};
@@ -826,6 +827,7 @@ SparseTensor Node::get_attribute_value(const std::string& name) const {
             std::vector<std::string>{*values_meta_info.m_tensor_name},
             values_meta_info.m_tensor_data,
             values_meta_info.m_tensor_data_size,
+            values_meta_info.m_tensor_data_any,
             values_meta_info.m_external_location,
             values_meta_info.m_is_raw);
 
@@ -839,6 +841,7 @@ SparseTensor Node::get_attribute_value(const std::string& name) const {
             std::vector<std::string>{*indices_meta_info.m_tensor_name},
             indices_meta_info.m_tensor_data,
             indices_meta_info.m_tensor_data_size,
+            indices_meta_info.m_tensor_data_any,
             indices_meta_info.m_external_location,
             indices_meta_info.m_is_raw);
         return {values_place, indices_place, sparse_tensor_info.m_partial_shape};
diff --git a/src/frontends/onnx/frontend/src/core/tensor.cpp b/src/frontends/onnx/frontend/src/core/tensor.cpp
index 6e4574b30dc8f0..5ba4f461295e79 100644
--- a/src/frontends/onnx/frontend/src/core/tensor.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/onnx/frontend/src/core/tensor.cpp
@@ -366,13 +366,15 @@ std::vector<char> Tensor::get_data() const {
 
 template <>
 std::vector<std::string> Tensor::get_data() const {
-    if (m_tensor_place != nullptr) {
-        FRONT_END_NOT_IMPLEMENTED(get_data);
-    }
-
     if (has_external_data()) {
         FRONT_END_THROW("External strings are not supported");
     }
+    if (m_tensor_place != nullptr) {
+        FRONT_END_GENERAL_CHECK(!m_tensor_place->is_raw(), "Loading strings from raw data isn't supported");
+        FRONT_END_GENERAL_CHECK(m_tensor_place->get_data_any().is<std::vector<std::string>>(),
+                                "Tensor data type mismatch for strings");
+        return m_tensor_place->get_data_any().as<std::vector<std::string>>();
+    }
     if (m_tensor_proto->has_raw_data()) {
         FRONT_END_THROW("Loading strings from raw data isn't supported");
     }
@@ -477,11 +479,6 @@ std::shared_ptr<ov::op::v0::Constant> Tensor::get_ov_constant() const {
                 "UINT4, UINT8, UINT16, UINT32, UINT64, STRING");
         }
     } else if (element_count == shape_size(m_shape) && m_tensor_place != nullptr) {
-#if 0
-        constant = std::make_shared<ov::op::v0::Constant>(m_tensor_place->get_element_type(),
-                                                          m_tensor_place->get_partial_shape().get_shape(),
-                                                          m_tensor_place->get_data());
-#endif
         switch (m_tensor_place->get_element_type()) {
         case ov::element::f32:
         case ov::element::f64:
@@ -524,6 +521,9 @@ std::shared_ptr<ov::op::v0::Constant> Tensor::get_ov_constant() const {
         case ov::element::f8e5m2:
             constant = std::make_shared<ov::op::v0::Constant>(ov_type, m_shape, get_data<ov::float8_e5m2>().data());
             break;
+        case ov::element::string:
+            constant = std::make_shared<ov::op::v0::Constant>(ov_type, m_shape, get_data<std::string>().data());
+            break;
         default:
             ONNX_UNSUPPORTED_DATA_TYPE(
                 m_tensor_proto->data_type(),
diff --git a/src/frontends/onnx/frontend/src/core/tensor.hpp b/src/frontends/onnx/frontend/src/core/tensor.hpp
index aa904610323189..dae0bb3547101e 100644
--- a/src/frontends/onnx/frontend/src/core/tensor.hpp
+++ b/src/frontends/onnx/frontend/src/core/tensor.hpp
@@ -85,11 +85,13 @@ class TensorONNXPlace : public ov::frontend::onnx::TensorPlace {
                     const std::vector<std::string>& names,
                     const void* data,
                     const size_t data_size,
+                    const ov::Any& data_any,
                     std::shared_ptr<std::string> data_location,
                     const bool is_raw)
         : ov::frontend::onnx::TensorPlace(input_model, pshape, type, names),
           m_input_model(input_model),
           m_data(data),
+          m_data_any(data_any),
           m_data_size(data_size),
           m_data_location(data_location),
           m_is_raw(is_raw) {};
@@ -125,6 +127,10 @@ class TensorONNXPlace : public ov::frontend::onnx::TensorPlace {
         return m_data_size;
     }
 
+    const ov::Any get_data_any() const {
+        return m_data_any;
+    }
+
     std::shared_ptr<std::string> get_data_location() const {
         return m_data_location;
     }
@@ -140,6 +146,7 @@ class TensorONNXPlace : public ov::frontend::onnx::TensorPlace {
     int64_t m_input_idx = -1, m_output_idx = -1;
     const ov::frontend::InputModel& m_input_model;
     const void* m_data;
+    ov::Any m_data_any;
     size_t m_data_size;
     std::shared_ptr<std::string> m_data_location;
     bool m_is_raw;
diff --git a/src/frontends/onnx/frontend/src/input_model.cpp b/src/frontends/onnx/frontend/src/input_model.cpp
index 00d9972f9c5eac..ee9d83120842a3 100644
--- a/src/frontends/onnx/frontend/src/input_model.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/onnx/frontend/src/input_model.cpp
@@ -656,6 +656,7 @@ std::shared_ptr<ov::frontend::onnx::TensorONNXPlace> decode_tensor_place(
                                                               std::vector<std::string>{*tensor_meta_info.m_tensor_name},
                                                               tensor_meta_info.m_tensor_data,
                                                               tensor_meta_info.m_tensor_data_size,
+                                                              tensor_meta_info.m_tensor_data_any,
                                                               tensor_meta_info.m_external_location,
                                                               tensor_meta_info.m_is_raw);
     return tensor_place;
@@ -774,19 +775,8 @@ InputModel::InputModelONNXImpl::InputModelONNXImpl(const GraphIterator::Ptr& gra
                                                    const ov::frontend::InputModel& input_model,
                                                    const std::shared_ptr<TelemetryExtension>& telemetry,
                                                    const bool enable_mmap)
-    : m_graph_iterator(graph_iterator),
-      m_input_model(input_model),
-      m_telemetry(telemetry),
-      m_enable_mmap(enable_mmap) {
-    FRONT_END_GENERAL_CHECK(m_graph_iterator, "Null pointer specified for GraphIterator");
-    if (m_enable_mmap) {
-        m_mmap_cache = std::make_shared<std::map<std::string, std::shared_ptr<ov::MappedMemory>>>();
-        m_stream_cache = nullptr;
-    } else {
-        m_mmap_cache = nullptr;
-        m_stream_cache = std::make_shared<std::map<std::string, std::shared_ptr<std::ifstream>>>();
-    }
-    load_model();
+    : InputModelONNXImpl(graph_iterator, input_model, enable_mmap) {
+    m_telemetry = telemetry;
 }
 
 InputModel::InputModelONNXImpl::InputModelONNXImpl(const GraphIterator::Ptr& graph_iterator,
diff --git a/src/frontends/onnx/tests/onnx_importer_test.cpp b/src/frontends/onnx/tests/onnx_importer_test.cpp
index 6dc364edd45221..fca22e1ad1cfef 100644
--- a/src/frontends/onnx/tests/onnx_importer_test.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/onnx/tests/onnx_importer_test.cpp
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ TEST(ONNX_Importer_Tests, ImportModelWithNotSupportedOp) {
 TEST(ONNX_Importer_Tests, ImportModelWhenFileDoesNotExist) {
     try {
         auto model = convert_model("not_exist_file.onnx");
-        FAIL() << "Any expection was thrown despite the ONNX model file does not exist";
+        FAIL() << "No exception was thrown despite the ONNX model file does not exist";
     } catch (const Exception& error) {
         EXPECT_PRED_FORMAT2(testing::IsSubstring, std::string("Could not open the file"), error.what());
     } catch (...) {