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Moldova passport

Rank #52 · Strength 125 destinations (visa-free + on arrival + eTA) · score 55.3

Moldova passport

Citizens of Moldova can reach 125 of 248 destinations without applying for a consular visa in advance — 97 visa-free, 22 visa on arrival and 6 eTA. Ranked #52 for passport strength worldwide.

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97Visa-free
22Visa on arrival
6eTA
51e-⁠Visa
71Visa required

Moldova passport: where it stands

This passport is stronger than 54% of the 198 passports in the Passport Index. Within Europe it ranks 41 of 44; the strongest in the region is Spain, with 203 destinations. Across 6 major destinations: the Schengen Area allows visa-free entry; the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and Japan require a consular visa; Australia issues an e-⁠Visa online. Beyond those 125 destinations, 51 issue an e-⁠Visa online and 71 require a consular visa; e-⁠Visas do not count towards passport strength.

Visa-free (97)

Albania Andorra Antigua and Barbuda Armenia Aruba Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Barbados Belarus Belgium Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba Bosnia and Herzegovina Bouvet Island Brazil Bulgaria Chile Colombia Cook Islands Croatia Curaçao Cyprus Czechia Denmark Dominica Ecuador Estonia Faroe Islands Fiji Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Georgia Germany Greece Greenland Guadeloupe Haiti Hungary Iceland Italy Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macao Malaysia Malta Martinique Mayotte Micronesia Monaco Montenegro Netherlands New Caledonia Nicaragua North Macedonia Norway Oman Panama Peru Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Réunion Saint Barthélemy Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino Serbia Sint Maarten Slovakia Slovenia Spain Svalbard and Jan Mayen Sweden Switzerland Tajikistan Tunisia Turkey Tuvalu Ukraine Uzbekistan Vatican City Wallis and Futuna Zambia Åland Islands

Visa on arrival (22)

Bahrain Bangladesh Burundi Cambodia Cape Verde Comoros Grenada Guinea-Bissau Jordan Laos Lebanon Madagascar Malawi Maldives Mauritius Namibia Nepal Palau Pitcairn Islands Tanzania Timor-Leste Zimbabwe

eTA — electronic travel authorisation (6)

Israel Kenya Seychelles South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Sri Lanka Suriname

e-⁠Visa — applied for online in advance (51)

Angola Australia Benin Bhutan Botswana Burkina Faso Cameroon Chad Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cuba Côte d’Ivoire DR Congo Djibouti Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eswatini Ethiopia Gabon Ghana Guinea Heard Island and McDonald Islands India Indonesia Iran Iraq Liberia Libya Mauritania Mongolia Mozambique New Zealand Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island Pakistan Papua New Guinea Philippines Sao Tome and Principe Sierra Leone Solomon Islands Somalia South Sudan Thailand Togo Trinidad and Tobago Uganda Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam

Visa required (71)

Afghanistan Algeria American Samoa Anguilla Argentina Belize Bermuda Bolivia British Indian Ocean Territory British Virgin Islands Brunei Canada Cayman Islands Central African Republic China Congo Costa Rica Dominican Republic Eritrea Falkland Islands Gambia Gibraltar Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guyana Honduras Hong Kong Ireland Isle of Man Jamaica Japan Jersey Kiribati Kuwait Lesotho Mali Marshall Islands Mexico Montserrat Morocco Myanmar Nauru Niger North Korea Northern Mariana Islands Palestine Paraguay Puerto Rico Saint Helena Saint Lucia Saudi Arabia Senegal Singapore South Africa South Korea Sudan Syria Taiwan Tokelau Tonga Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States United States Minor Outlying Islands United States Virgin Islands Uruguay Western Sahara Yemen

What the index measures

  • 248 destinations, countries and territories
  • Strength = visa-free + visa on arrival + eTA; e-⁠Visa is not taken into account.
  • Passports with the same score share a rank

Data sources

  • Government portals of each destination.
  • Immigration authorities, foreign ministries, and official e-⁠Visa and eTA portals.
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Method

  • How each entry condition is classified
  • The limits of the data and how to check official sources
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