No visa needed

Do citizens of Timor-Leste need a visa for Moldova?

Citizens of Timor-Leste 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 Timor-Leste: the passport opens 55 countries visa-free; Dili — Chișinău: ≈ 11,210 km, about 14.5 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 Timor-Leste passport?

Yes, citizens of Timor-Leste 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 Timor-Leste passport you can visit 55 countries visa-free, 27 with a visa on arrival and 53 with an e-visa; 63 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Timor-Leste passport ranks 99th of 199.
Timor-Leste passport: visa-free access to 55 countries; Moldova passport: 73.
Citizens of Timor-Leste and Moldova can travel together visa-free to 45 countries, for example: Malaysia, Micronesia, Seychelles, Palestine, Cyprus, Finland, Romania, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Greece, Bulgaria, Poland, Sweden, and Hungary.
Citizens of Moldova, in turn, get a visa on arrival in Timor-Leste. Timor-Leste visa for citizens of Moldova

Travelling to Moldova: good to know

Dili — Chișinău: about 11,210 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 14.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −6 hours.
Local time: Dili 12:00 — Chișinău 06:00.
Local currency: Moldovan Leu.
Languages: Romanian.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ MDL 18.
Moldova is the 90th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Timor-Leste.