Visa requirements for Moldovan citizens

Moldovan citizens can enter all 29 Schengen states without a visa, for up to 90 days in any 180-day period across the whole area.

Of the 198 countries whose entry rules are known in both directions, Moldova and 75 of them let each other’s citizens in without a visa obtained in advance (visa-free, on arrival or with an ETA; an e-visa counts as a visa).

27 countries ask holders of the Moldovan passport for a visa beforehand, although their own citizens enter Moldova without one: Argentina, Australia, Brunei, Canada, Costa Rica and 22 others.

The reverse holds for 34 countries: holders of the Moldovan passport get in without a visa obtained in advance, but their citizens need one for Moldova (Bangladesh, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Comoros and 29 others).

49 countries ask holders of the Moldovan passport for a visa obtained before travel from an embassy, a consulate or a visa centre. 4 of them have an embassy or consulate on record in Moldova.

45 countries have no embassy or career consulate on record in Moldova, so the application usually goes to one of their posts in another country. Counting the post an official diplomatic list names for Moldova, or else the nearest one within 2,000 km, those posts are most often in Romania (11), Turkey (7), Belgium (4) and Poland (4).

The United States refused 45% of visitor-visa (B1/B2) applications from citizens of Moldova in fiscal year 2025, by the State Department’s adjusted refusal rate. 131 of the 197 nationalities with a published rate had a lower one and 65 a higher one; the middle value was 32%.

Visa-free travel with the Moldovan passport

By continent, the Moldovan passport is visa-free in 42 countries in Europe, 13 countries in the Americas, 12 countries in Asia, 4 countries in Africa and 2 countries in Oceania. The longest visa-free stays for Moldovan citizens are allowed in Georgia (360 days), Antigua and Barbuda (180 days), Armenia (180 days), Peru (180 days), Fiji (120 days) and Andorra (90 days).

Visa on arrival

Moldovan citizens can get a visa at the airport or land border of Bangladesh, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, the Comoros, Djibouti, Guinea-Bissau and 25 others.

E-Visa and electronic travel authorisation

An e-Visa, applied for online before the trip, is how Moldovan citizens enter Australia, Bahrain, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Burkina Faso and 33 others. Israel, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Saint Kitts and Nevis and Suriname ask instead for an electronic travel authorisation (ETA), a lighter online check than a visa.

Moldova’s neighbours

Romania and Ukraine admit Moldovan citizens without a visa.

How the passport compares

Among neighbouring passports, the Romanian passport ranks 28th (159 destinations) and the Ukrainian passport ranks 61st (132 destinations). Of the 198 passports in the data, 102 can enter visa-free, 92 need an e-Visa, 3 need a visa from an embassy or consulate and 1 is not admitted for Moldova.