Visa policy of Moldova

The Moldovan visa is a document, which is placed in the passport. It contains the name and the indication of nationality.

A tourist visa entitles its holder only to tourism trips and visits of relatives and/or friends. Tourist visa holders are prohibited to engage in business or work activities in the Republic of Moldova.

Anyone wishing to live and work in Moldova will be required to apply for a temporary residence visa. To obtain a temporary visa for employment purposes, you will need to secure a job offer from a Moldovan company or government department, or a foreign company based in Moldova. The criteria for approval of an employment visa include suitable educational qualifications or work experience, a secured employment contract in Moldova, provide proof of adequate means of subsistence in Moldova, police confirmation that you have no criminal record, and a satisfactory medical examination. All official documents must be translated into the Romanian language.

Citizens of the following 102 countries and territories, as well as stateless persons and refugees residing in those countries, can enter the Republic of Moldova without a visa for a period of up to 90 days within any 180 day period.^[2][3][4][5]

_{ID — May enter with a machine-readable national ID card (including Irish passport card) in lieu of a passport.}

Citizens of all other countries may obtain an eVisa. Processing times may take up to 20 days.^[28]

Foreigners who come from the states that must present an invitation issued by the General Inspectorate for Migration of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Moldova, are not exempt from presenting this document, when applying for the eVisa.^[29]

Citizens of visa-required countries are allowed to visit Moldova without a Moldovan visa if they hold a valid residence permit, a valid 'C'-type, or a valid 'D'-type visa issued by a Schengen member state or a European Union member state.^[30]

However, this policy does not apply to passport holders of the following countries and territories:^[30]

Nationals of the following countries are required to provide an invitation letter in order to obtain a visa for Moldova:^[3][31]

Anyone, regardless of nationality, having a valid visa or a residence permit issued by an EU/Schengen State, is exempted from the invitation letter requirement.^[3]

Additionally, holders of diplomatic or official/service passports of Brunei, China, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Qatar, Singapore, Turkmenistan and Vietnam do not require a visa to visit Moldova.

An agreement was signed with India in May 2024 and is pending ratification.^[32]

Moldovan citizens can enter many of the countries whose citizens are granted visa-free access to Moldova without a visa except for Argentina, Australia, Canada, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Grenada (grants visa on arrival), Guatemala, Hong Kong, Honduras, Ireland, Japan, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Mexico, Nicaragua (grants visa on arrival), New Zealand, Paraguay, Saint Lucia, Singapore (grants eVisa), Solomon Islands, South Korea, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu (grants visa on arrival), United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Vanuatu and Venezuela.

Entry and transit are refused to citizens Note: Kosovar are allowed for eVisa to Moldova Kosovo, and Taiwan.^[33][34]

Most visitors arriving to Moldova were from the following countries of nationality:

Country	2018[35]	2017[36]	2016[37]	2015[38]
Romania	2,524,403	2,140,028	1,864,586	1,300,945
Ukraine	1,069,066	1,049,307	974,357	1,013,779
Russia	322,256	314,266	247,846	258,320
Bulgaria	78,870	70,592	55,391	47,831
Italy	46,549	42,972	34,829	32,884
Germany	30,061	26,206	22,925	20,419
Turkey	25,936	24,529	21,193	21,818
Israel	28,358	22,891	20,551	17,518
United States	25,778	21,878	18,263	17,133
Belarus	20,039	16,469	13,930	14,136
Total	4,334,215	3,879,964	3,395,132	2,856,089