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Moldova travel essentials: advice, plugs, emergency numbers

Before you visit Moldova: travel advice level, plug type C/F, 220V, emergency 112, currency MDL.

📷 Chișinău · Photobank MD from Chisinau, Moldova · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

Travel advice (UK FCDO)

Avoid all travel to parts Updated 2026-11-04

Latest change (original, English)
This travel advice has been reviewed for accuracy with changes made throughout, including updated information about visa requirements, land border crossings, entering Moldova from Ukraine, political situation, humanitarian support workers, crime, using cameras, money and taxi's ('Entry requirements'

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⚠️ This is the UK government’s assessment. Rules for your passport (visa, entry) can be different — check your own government’s official travel advice too.

CapitalChișinău
CurrencyMDL
LanguagesRomanian
Calling code+373
Emergency numbers112
Plug typesType C, Type F
Voltage220 V
Driving sideRight
Population2.4M
Type CType F

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📷 Photos

Simiprof · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
D-Stanley · CC BY 2.0 · Commons
Steindy (talk) 18:18, 10 September 2015 (UTC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons
Serhio · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons
? · Public domain · Commons
Jan Tomas · Public domain · Commons
Vladislav Litvinov · CC0 · Commons
Alex Prodan · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons

About this data

Safety levels and entry notes are based on the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) travel advice published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence, checked every day. Capitals, languages, currencies, time zones and photos come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons.

Advice is written for British travellers; your own government’s advice, visa rules and insurance terms may differ. Always check your foreign ministry and the destination’s embassy before you travel.

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