No visa needed

Do citizens of Moldova need a visa for Romania?

Citizens of Moldova don’t need a visa for Romania 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 Moldova: the passport opens 73 countries visa-free; Chișinău — Bucharest: ≈ 360 km, about 1 hour 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 Romania without a visa on a Moldova passport?

Yes, citizens of Moldova don’t need a visa for Romania for up to 90 days. A valid passport is enough.

Romania visa rules at a glance

With a Moldova passport you can visit 73 countries visa-free, 31 with a visa on arrival and 44 with an e-visa; 50 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Moldova passport ranks 90th of 199.
Moldova passport: visa-free access to 73 countries; Romania passport: 120.
Citizens of Moldova and Romania can travel together visa-free to 70 countries, for example: Ukraine, Bulgaria, Serbia, Hungary, Belarus, Poland, North Macedonia, Turkey, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovakia, Lithuania, Montenegro, Austria, Albania, and Croatia.
A language both countries share: Romanian.
Moldova and Romania share a border, so you can also travel overland.
Citizens of Romania, in turn, don’t need a visa for Moldova. Moldova visa for citizens of Romania

Travelling to Romania: good to know

Chișinău — Bucharest: about 360 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 1 hour.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: Romanian Leu.
Languages: Romanian.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ RON 4.63.
Romania is the 1st closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Moldova.