No visa needed

Do citizens of Bulgaria need a visa for Moldova?

Citizens of Bulgaria don’t need a visa for Moldova 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 Bulgaria: the passport opens 119 countries visa-free; Sofia — Chișinău: ≈ 650 km, about 1.5 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 Moldova without a visa on a Bulgaria passport?

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

Moldova visa rules at a glance

With a Bulgaria passport you can visit 119 countries visa-free, 29 with a visa on arrival and 35 with an e-visa; 15 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Bulgaria passport ranks 21st of 199.
Bulgaria passport: visa-free access to 119 countries; Moldova passport: 73.
Citizens of Bulgaria and Moldova can travel together visa-free to 70 countries, for example: North Macedonia, Romania, Albania, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Hungary, Croatia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Austria, Turkey, San Marino, and Italy.
Citizens of Moldova, in turn, don’t need a visa for Bulgaria. Bulgaria visa for citizens of Moldova

Travelling to Moldova: good to know

Sofia — Chișinău: about 650 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 1.5 hours.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: Moldovan Leu.
Languages: Romanian.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ MDL 18.
Moldova is the 10th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Bulgaria.