No visa needed

Do citizens of Moldova need a visa for Cyprus?

Citizens of Moldova don’t need a visa for Cyprus and can stay up to 90 days. You need a valid passport; border officers may ask for a return ticket and accommodation. For a longer stay you need a visa or an extension.

For citizens of Moldova: the passport opens 73 countries visa-free; Chișinău — Nicosia: ≈ 1,370 km, about 2 hours of flying.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 90 days

Can I travel to Cyprus without a visa on a Moldova passport?

Yes, citizens of Moldova don’t need a visa for Cyprus for up to 90 days. A valid passport is enough.

Cyprus visa rules at a glance

With a Moldova passport you can visit 73 countries visa-free, 31 with a visa on arrival and 44 with an e-visa; 50 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Moldova passport ranks 90th of 199.
Moldova passport: visa-free access to 73 countries; Cyprus passport: 121.
Citizens of Moldova and Cyprus can travel together visa-free to 68 countries, for example: Romania, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Serbia, Hungary, Belarus, Poland, North Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovakia, Lithuania, Montenegro, Austria, Albania, and Croatia.
Citizens of Cyprus, in turn, don’t need a visa for Moldova. Moldova visa for citizens of Cyprus

Travelling to Cyprus: good to know

Chișinău — Nicosia: about 1,370 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 2 hours.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: Euro.
Languages: Greek and Turkish.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ €0.88.
Cyprus is the 25th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Moldova.