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- Adults pay 65 euro (20 working days) or 105 euro (5 working days). Minors aged 12 to 18 pay 34 euro (20 working days) or 74 euro (5). Children under 12 pay 34 euro (20 working days) or 59 euro (5).
- Validity: 4 years for ages 0 to 7; 7 years for ages 7 to 16; 10 years over 16; 1 year if fingerprints are temporarily impossible. People who cannot give fingerprints, and children under 12, do not have to.
- You can hold two valid passports at once if the personal data in them are identical.
- Adults apply in person at the embassy or consulate (MDOC). If there is none in your country of residence, apply at any MDOC.
Need a Moldovan passport while living abroad?
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Ask a questionHow to apply
- You do this
Submit the application
At a Moldovan embassy or consulate (list); book through eProgramare. If there is none in your country of residence, at any of them.
- You do this
Pay the fee
Pay the fee by bank transfer.
- The office does this
Your file is processed
They take your face photo and fingerprints and scan your signature, fill in the PA application-questionnaire, and mark your previous passport as "invalid/returned to the holder" and issue a receipt, or record a declaration of loss or theft.
Then the order is processed and the decision is taken, the passport is produced and its quality checked.
- You do this
Collect your passport
At the counter of the consular section, in person or through your legal representative or someone with a power of attorney. On request it can be delivered to an address through MDelivery.
Required documents
- Civil status documents of you and of your minor childrenbirth, marriage, divorce, death and others. Documents in a language other than Romanian are translated and notarised.
- Passportvalid for at least one year from the day you apply
- ID
Fees and processing times
| Time | Fee |
|---|---|
| 20 working days Adults | 65 euro |
| 5 working days Adults | 105 euro |
| 20 working days Minors 12 to 18, and children under 12 | 34 euro |
| 5 working days Minors 12 to 18 | 74 euro |
| 5 working days Children under 12 | 59 euro |
When do you need a new passport?
- your first passport;
- a change or correction of your personal data;
- the passport expired;
- the passport was lost, stolen or damaged;
- you ask for a second passport;
- you acquired Moldovan citizenship;
- discrepancies or forgeries were found in your documents, or your identity was stolen or falsified;
- you were authorised to emigrate.
Can someone else apply for you?
In some special cases, yes: for a child, the legal representative (a parent, guardian or curator) applies and the child must be present; there are other special situations, for example a child whose parents are minors. Check the details with the embassy or consulate.
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Legal basis (5)
- Law no. 242/2010 on consular fees
- Law no. 1024/2000 on the citizenship of the Republic of Moldova
- Law no. 273/1994 on identity documents of the national passport system
- Law no. 242/2010 on consular fees
- Government Decision no. 125/2013 approving the Regulation on the issuance of identity documents and the records of residents of the Republic of Moldova
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Source. This guide is written by us in plain words, based on the official service page on the government portal evo.gov.md. The amounts and deadlines are the ones on the official page.