Moldova entry requirements, by passport

How much money you need to show

Applies to: e-Visa, Visa required

€30 per day of stay, and never less than €300

This is the minimum Moldova's Government sets for visa applications (annex to Decision No. 332 of 2011), in euros or the equivalent in another currency.

Source: Border Police of Moldova, entry conditions for foreign nationals. Checked on 1 November 2026.

Vaccinations

• No vaccinations are required to enter Moldova. Tetanus, hepatitis and typhoid are recommended, plus rabies vaccination in case of a dog bite.

Customs limits

Cash

The traveller's customs declaration form is mandatory above €10,000 in currency values; below that figure declaring is voluntary. Spain's Ministry of Foreign Affairs notes that currency may be brought in without limit if declared, and that less than €10,000 in cash may be taken out of the country.

Alcohol

Allowance of the Moldovan Customs Service: 1 litre in total of drinks over 22% ABV (or undenatured ethyl alcohol of 80% or more), or 2 litres of drinks up to 22%, or any proportional combination of the two; plus 2 litres of still wine and 5 litres of beer.

Tobacco

Allowance of the Moldovan Customs Service: 200 cigarettes, 200 tobacco refills for heating devices, 50 cigars, 50 cigarillos or 250 grams of smoking tobacco. The rest of personal baggage enters duty-free up to €300 per person by land and €430 by air or sea.

Overstay penalties

Failing to leave the country when the authorised period expires is an offence under Article 333 of the Contravention Code: a fine of 12 to 30 conventional units (the conventional unit is 50 lei, i.e. roughly 600 to 1,500 lei) plus a return decision. There is one important escape valve: no penalty is applied to anyone who leaves Moldova voluntarily within 15 days of the deadline expiring. If the irregular stay exceeds three months, Articles 9 and 10 of Law 200/2010, which govern entry bans, apply. The amounts come from information published by the General Inspectorate for Migration and could not be confirmed against the official text of the Code.

Grounds for refusal

• Not holding a valid travel document recognised or accepted by the Republic of Moldova.
• Not presenting documents justifying the purpose of entry or the existence of sufficient means for the stay and for the return to the country of origin.
• When in transit, not presenting guarantees that entry into the destination country will be allowed or that Moldovan territory will be left.
• Being subject to an entry ban (Article 9 of Law 200/2010) or having been declared undesirable (Article 55).
• Representing a danger to national security, public order or public health.

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