No visa needed

Do citizens of Kazakhstan need a visa for Moldova?

Citizens of Kazakhstan 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 Kazakhstan: the passport opens 40 countries visa-free; Astana — Chișinău: ≈ 3,090 km, about 4.5 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 Kazakhstan passport?

Yes, citizens of Kazakhstan 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 Kazakhstan passport you can visit 40 countries visa-free, 33 with a visa on arrival and 40 with an e-visa; 85 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Kazakhstan passport ranks 124th of 199.
Kazakhstan passport: visa-free access to 40 countries; Moldova passport: 73.
Citizens of Kazakhstan and Moldova can travel together visa-free to 28 countries, for example: Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Russia, Georgia, Armenia, Ukraine, Belarus, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Palestine, Serbia, Albania, and Macau.
Citizens of Moldova, in turn, don’t need a visa for Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan visa for citizens of Moldova

Travelling to Moldova: good to know

Astana — Chișinău: about 3,090 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 4.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −2 hours.
Local time: Astana 12:00 — Chișinău 10:00.
Local currency: Moldovan Leu.
Languages: Romanian.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ MDL 18.
Moldova is the 23rd closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Kazakhstan.