No visa needed

Do citizens of New Zealand need a visa for Moldova?

Citizens of New Zealand 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 New Zealand: the passport opens 113 countries visa-free; Wellington — Chișinău: ≈ 17,250 km, about 22 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 New Zealand passport?

Yes, citizens of New Zealand 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 New Zealand passport you can visit 113 countries visa-free, 36 with a visa on arrival and 34 with an e-visa; 15 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the New Zealand passport ranks 37th of 199.
New Zealand passport: visa-free access to 113 countries; Moldova passport: 73.
Citizens of New Zealand and Moldova can travel together visa-free to 71 countries, for example: Fiji, Micronesia, Malaysia, Chile, Macau, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Seychelles, Colombia, Brazil, Zambia, Haiti, Bahamas, and Grenada.
Citizens of Moldova, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to New Zealand. New Zealand visa for citizens of Moldova

Travelling to Moldova: good to know

Wellington — Chișinău: about 17,250 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 22 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −10 hours.
Local time: Wellington 12:00 — Chișinău 02:00.
Local currency: Moldovan Leu.
Languages: Romanian.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ MDL 18.
Moldova is the 154th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of New Zealand.