No visa needed

Do citizens of Malta need a visa for Moldova?

Citizens of Malta 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 Malta: the passport opens 123 countries visa-free; Valletta — Chișinău: ≈ 1,710 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 Moldova without a visa on a Malta passport?

Yes, citizens of Malta 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 Malta passport you can visit 123 countries visa-free, 25 with a visa on arrival and 36 with an e-visa; 14 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Malta passport ranks 3rd of 199.
Malta passport: visa-free access to 123 countries; Moldova passport: 73.
Citizens of Malta and Moldova can travel together visa-free to 70 countries, for example: Tunisia, Italy, Vatican City, Albania, Montenegro, Greece, North Macedonia, San Marino, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Monaco, Bulgaria, Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia, and Liechtenstein.
Citizens of Moldova, in turn, don’t need a visa for Malta. Malta visa for citizens of Moldova

Travelling to Moldova: good to know

Valletta — Chișinău: about 1,710 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 2.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +1 hour.
Local time: Valletta 12:00 — Chișinău 13:00.
Local currency: Moldovan Leu.
Languages: Romanian.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ MDL 18.
Moldova is the 31st closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Malta.