No visa needed

Do citizens of Uruguay need a visa for Moldova?

Citizens of Uruguay 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 Uruguay: the passport opens 96 countries visa-free; Montevideo — Chișinău: ≈ 12,420 km, about 16 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 Uruguay passport?

Yes, citizens of Uruguay 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 Uruguay passport you can visit 96 countries visa-free, 32 with a visa on arrival and 43 with an e-visa; 27 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Uruguay passport ranks 59th of 199.
Uruguay passport: visa-free access to 96 countries; Moldova passport: 73.
Citizens of Uruguay and Moldova can travel together visa-free to 64 countries, for example: Chile, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Grenada, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Panama, Dominica, Haiti, Bahamas, Portugal, Spain, and Andorra.
Citizens of Moldova, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Uruguay. Uruguay visa for citizens of Moldova

Travelling to Moldova: good to know

Montevideo — Chișinău: about 12,420 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 16 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +6 hours.
Local time: Montevideo 12:00 — Chișinău 18:00.
Local currency: Moldovan Leu.
Languages: Romanian.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ MDL 18.
Moldova is the 138th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Uruguay.