Visa requirements for Moldovan citizens are administrative entry restrictions imposed on citizens of Moldova by the authorities of other states.
As of 2024, Moldovan citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 122 countries and territories, ranking the Moldovan passport 44th in the world according to the Henley Passport Index.[1]
On 28 April 2014 Moldovan citizens were granted visa-free entry to 29 Schengen Area countries as well as Cyprus, countries that are applying the Schengen policy and also Monaco, San Marino, Andorra and Vatican City, countries that have no immigration control.[2] Visa waiver applies only to holders of biometric passports.[3]
Country | Visa requirement | Allowed stay | Notes (excluding departure fees) | |
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Afghanistan | ||||
Albania | 90 days |
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Algeria | ||||
Andorra | ||||
Angola | ||||
Antigua and Barbuda | 1 month | |||
Argentina | ||||
Armenia | ||||
Australia | [4] |
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Austria | 90 days |
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Azerbaijan | 90 days |
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Bahamas | 3 months | |||
Bahrain | 14 days | |||
Bangladesh | 30 days | |||
Barbados | 28 days | |||
Belarus | ||||
Belgium | 90 days |
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Belize | ||||
[8] | 30 days |
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Bhutan | [9] | |||
[10] | 30 days | |||
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 90 days |
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Botswana | [11] | 3 months | ||
Brazil | 90 days | |||
Bulgaria | 90 days |
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Burkina Faso | [12] | |||
Burundi | 1 month | |||
Cambodia | [13] | 30 days | ||
Cameroon | [14] | |||
Canada | ||||
Cape Verde | ||||
Central African Republic | ||||
Chad | ||||
Chile | 90 days | |||
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Colombia | 90 days | |||
Comoros | 45 days | |||
[15] | 7 days | |||
Costa Rica | ||||
Cote d'Ivoire | [16] | 3 months |
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Croatia | 90 days |
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Cuba | 90 days |
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Cyprus | 90 days |
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Czech Republic | 90 days |
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90 days |
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Djibouti | [17] | 90 days | ||
Dominica | 21 days | |||
Dominican Republic | ||||
Ecuador | 90 days | |||
Egypt | [18] | 30 days | ||
El Salvador | ||||
Equatorial Guinea | [19] | |||
Eritrea | ||||
Estonia | 90 days |
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Ethiopia | [20] | up to 90 days |
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Fiji | 4 months | |||
Finland | 90 days |
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90 days |
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Gabon | [21] |
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Gambia |
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Georgia | 365 days | |||
Germany | 90 days |
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Ghana | ||||
Greece | 90 days |
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Grenada | 3 months | |||
Guatemala | ||||
Guinea | [23] | 90 days | ||
Guinea-Bissau | 90 days | |||
Guyana | ||||
Haiti | 3 months | |||
Honduras | ||||
Hungary | 90 days |
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Iceland | 90 days |
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India | [24] | 30 days | ||
Indonesia | ||||
[25] | 30 days | |||
Iraq | [26] | |||
Ireland | ||||
Israel | 90 days |
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Italy | 90 days |
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Jamaica | ||||
Japan | ||||
Jordan | [27] |
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Kazakhstan | 90 days | |||
Kenya | [28] | 90 days |
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Kiribati | ||||
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Kuwait | ||||
Kyrgyzstan | ||||
30 days | ||||
Latvia | 90 days |
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Lebanon | 1 month |
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Lesotho | ||||
Liberia | ||||
Libya | [30] | |||
Liechtenstein | 90 days |
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Lithuania | 90 days |
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Luxembourg | 90 days |
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Madagascar | 60 days | |||
Malawi | [31] | 90 days | ||
Malaysia | 30 days | |||
Maldives | 30 days | |||
Mali | ||||
Malta | 90 days |
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Marshall Islands | ||||
Mauritania |
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Mauritius | 60 days | |||
Mexico | ||||
30 days | ||||
Monaco | ||||
Mongolia | [32] | 30 days | ||
Montenegro | 90 days |
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Morocco | ||||
Mozambique | [33] | 30 days | ||
Myanmar | ||||
Namibia | 3 months | |||
Nauru | ||||
Nepal | [34] | 90 days | ||
90 days |
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New Zealand |
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Nicaragua | 90 days | |||
Niger | ||||
Nigeria | [37] | 90 days | ||
90 days | ||||
Norway | 90 days |
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Oman | [38] | 14 days / 30 days | ||
Pakistan | [39] | 90 days | ||
Palau | 30 days | |||
Panama | 90 days | |||
Papua New Guinea | [40] | 60 days | ||
Paraguay | ||||
Peru | 183 days | |||
Philippines | ||||
Poland | 90 days |
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Portugal | 90 days |
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Qatar | 90 days |
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Romania | 90 days |
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90 days |
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Rwanda | 30 days |
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Saint Kitts and Nevis | 90 days | |||
Saint Lucia | ||||
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3 month | |||
Samoa | 90 days | |||
San Marino | ||||
[41] | ||||
Saudi Arabia | ||||
Senegal | ||||
Serbia | 90 days |
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Seychelles | [42] | 3 months | ||
Sierra Leone | [43] | 3 months | ||
Singapore |
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Slovakia | 90 days |
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Slovenia | 90 days |
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Solomon Islands |
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Somalia | 30 days | |||
South Africa | ||||
[45] |
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Spain | 90 days |
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Sri Lanka | [46] | 60 days / 30 days | ||
Sudan | ||||
Suriname | [47] | 90 days | ||
Sweden | 90 days |
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Switzerland | 90 days |
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[48] | ||||
Tajikistan | Unlimited | |||
[52] | 90 days | |||
Timor-Leste | 30 days | |||
Tonga | ||||
Togo | [53] | 15 days | ||
Trinidad and Tobago | ||||
Tunisia | 3 months | |||
Turkey | 90 days | |||
Turkmenistan | ||||
Tuvalu | 1 month | |||
Uganda | [56] | 3 months |
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Ukraine | 90 days |
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United Arab Emirates |
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United Kingdom | ||||
United States | ||||
Uruguay | ||||
Uzbekistan | Unlimited | |||
Vanuatu | ||||
[58] |
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Yemen | ||||
Zambia | [59] | 90 days | ||
Zimbabwe | 30 days |
Visa requirements for Moldovan citizens for visits to various territories, disputed areas, partially recognized countries and restricted zones:
Visitor to | Visa requirement | Notes (excluding departure fees) | |
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Europe | |||
[60] | |||
Mount Athos | Special permit required (4 days: 25 euro for Orthodox visitors, 35 euro for non-Orthodox visitors, 18 euro for students). There is a visitors' quota: maximum 100 Orthodox and 10 non-Orthodox per day and women are not allowed.[61] [62] | ||
3 months[63] | |||
UN Buffer Zone in Cyprus | [64] | Access Permit is required for travelling inside the zone, except Civil Use Areas. | |
Faroe Islands | [65] | ||
Gibraltar | |||
[66] | |||
[67] | |||
Jan Mayen | Permit issued by the local police required for staying for less than 24 hours[68] and permit issued by the Norwegian police for staying for more than 24 hours.[69] | ||
[70] | |||
[71] | |||
Several closed cities and regions in Russia require special authorization.[72] | |||
Multiple entry visa to Russia and three-day prior notification are required to enter South Ossetia.[73] [74] | |||
Africa | |||
British Indian Ocean Territory | Special permit required.[75] | ||
Eritrea outside Asmara | To travel in the rest of the country, a Travel Permit for Foreigners is required (20 Eritrean nakfa).[76] | ||
Mayotte | [77] | 90 days within 180 days | |
Reunion | 90 days within 180 days | ||
[78] [79] | 3 months within any year period. | ||
[80] [81] | |||
Permission to land required for 15/30 pounds sterling (yacht/ship passenger) for Tristan da Cunha Island or 20 pounds sterling for Gough Island, Inaccessible Island or Nightingale Islands.[82] | |||
Undefined visa regime in the Western Sahara controlled territory. | |||
30 days for 30 USD, payable on arrival.[83] [84] | |||
All foreigners traveling more than 25 kilometers outside of Khartoum must obtain a travel permit. | |||
Darfur | Separate travel permit is required.[85] | ||
Asia | |||
Hong Kong | |||
India PAP/RAP | Protected Area Permit (PAP) required for whole states of Nagaland and Sikkim and parts of states Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh. Restricted Area Permit (RAP) required for all of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and parts of Sikkim. Some of these requirements are occasionally lifted for a year.[86] [87] [88] [89] [90] [91] | ||
Special permission required for the town of Baikonur and surrounding areas in Kyzylorda Oblast, and the town of Gvardeyskiy near Almaty.[92] | |||
Kish Island | Visitors to Kish Island do not require a visa.[93] | ||
Macao | 90 days | ||
Maldives | With the exception of the capital Malé, tourists are generally prohibited from visiting non-resort islands without the express permission of the Government of Maldives.[94] | ||
outside Pyongyang | People are not allowed to leave the capital city, tourists can only leave the capital with a governmental tourist guide (no independent moving) | ||
Arrival by sea to Gaza Strip not allowed.[95] | |||
Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province | OIVR permit required (15+5 Tajikistani Somoni) and another special permit (free of charge) is required for Lake Sarez.[96] [97] [98] | ||
Tibet Autonomous Region | Tibet Travel Permit required (10 USD).[99] [100] [101] | ||
Turkmenistan | A special permit, issued prior to arrival by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is required if visiting the following places: Atamurat, Cheleken, Dashoguz, Serakhs and Serhetabat.[102] | ||
Korean Demilitarized Zone | Restricted zone. | ||
UNDOF Zone and Ghajar | Restricted zone. | ||
Yemen | Special permission needed for travel outside Sana’a or Aden.[103] | ||
Caribbean and North Atlantic | |||
Anguilla | |||
Aruba | [104] | 30 days | |
Bermuda | |||
Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba | [105] | 90 days | |
Cayman Islands | |||
90 days | |||
French Guiana | 90 days within 180 days | ||
French West Indies refers to Martinique, Guadeloupe, Saint Martin and Saint Barthélemy. | |||
Greenland | |||
Montserrat | |||
Puerto Rico | |||
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 90 days within 180 days | ||
[106] | 90 days | ||
Turks and Caicos Islands | |||
Oceania | |||
American Samoa | |||
Ashmore and Cartier Islands | Special authorisation required.[107] | ||
Cook Islands | 31 days | ||
Lau Province | Special permission required.[108] | ||
French Polynesia | 90 days within 180 days | ||
Guam | |||
New Caledonia | [109] | ||
Niue | 30 days | ||
Northern Mariana Islands | |||
14 days visa free and landing fee 35 USD or tax of 5 USD if not going ashore.[110] [111] [112] | |||
Tokelau | [113] | ||
United States Minor Outlying Islands | Special permits required for Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, Palmyra Atoll and Wake Island.[114] [115] [116] [117] [118] [119] [120] | ||
Wallis and Futuna | [121] | ||
South Atlantic | |||
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | Pre-arrival permit from the Commissioner required (72 hours/1 month for 110/160 pounds sterling).[122] [123] | ||
Antarctica | Special permits required for,,, Australian Antarctic Territory, Chilean Antarctic Territory, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Peter I Island, Queen Maud Land, Ross Dependency.[124] [125] [126] [127] [128] [129] [130] [131] [132] [133] [134] [135] |
Moldovan passports are recognized by all countries of the world. However, in some rare cases, Moldovan citizens may be refused entry.
Several countries including Argentina, Cambodia, Japan, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, South Korea and the United States demand all passengers to be fingerprinted on arrival.[144] [145] [146] [147] [148] [149] [150]