Entry/Exit Requirements

If you have a U.S. passport, you do not need a visa to enter Moldova. The Moldovan Ministry of Foreign Affairs posts a current list of countries whose citizens do not need visas to enter Moldova. For more information on entry requirements, please contact the Embassy of Moldova in Washington, D.C., or the Embassy of Moldova in a country near you.

U.S. citizens can stay in Moldova for up to 90 days within a six-month period. Residence permits are required for stays over 90 days. Immigration, residence, and work permits are issued for up to five years. The Moldovan Government receives applications at a "one-stop window" located at the Bureau of Migration office at 124, Stefan cel Mare Street in Chisinau.

Visitors to Moldova are required to register their arrival with the Moldovan Government. Visitors are typically automatically registered upon arrival at Chisinau Airport or a land border with Romania or Ukraine.

U.S. citizens are permitted to enter Moldova through the separatist region of Transnistria. However, visitors who enter Moldova through Transnistria are not automatically registered and must register themselves within three days of their arrival in right-bank (western) Moldova at the Ministry of Information Development (MID) registration office located in central Chisinau at 42 A. Puskin Street or at the Bureau of Migration and Asylum located at 124 Boulevard Stefan cel Mare, Chisinau.  Outside of Chisinau, registration can be performed at the local passport office.  To register your stay, you must present a valid passport and proof of travel (e.g. car insurance, if driving a vehicle into Moldova; plane ticket, bus or train ticket).the following documents:

• Valid Passport
• Proof of travel (e.g.., car insurance, if driving a vehicle into Moldova; plane, bus, or train ticket)

Failure to register may result in fines and difficulties when leaving Moldova.

If planning to stay in Transnistria, you should register with the Passports Division of the Ministry of Interior in the city or town in which you are staying within the first 24 hours of arrival.

Some HIV/AIDS entry restrictions exist for visitors and foreign residents of Moldova. HIV testing is not required if you visit for less than 90 days.  The HIV testing is required if you visit for longer than 90 days and/or apply for a residence permit. Please check this information with the Moldovan Ministry of Foreign Affairs before you travel.

Information about dual nationality or the prevention of international child abduction can be found on our website.  For further information about customs regulations, please read our Customs Information page.