No visa needed

Do citizens of Moldova need a visa for Italy?

Citizens of Moldova don’t need a visa for Italy 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 — Rome: ≈ 1,410 km, about 2.5 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 Italy without a visa on a Moldova passport?

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

Italy 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; Italy passport: 122.
Citizens of Moldova and Italy can travel together visa-free to 69 countries, for example: Romania, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Serbia, Hungary, Belarus, Poland, North Macedonia, Turkey, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovakia, Lithuania, Montenegro, Austria, and Albania.
Citizens of Italy, in turn, don’t need a visa for Moldova. Moldova visa for citizens of Italy

Travelling to Italy: good to know

Chișinău — Rome: about 1,410 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 2.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −1 hour.
Local time: Chișinău 12:00 — Rome 11:00.
Local currency: Euro.
Languages: Italian.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ €0.88.
Italy is the 28th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Moldova.