Registration as unemployed
Information checked on 4 October 2026. The official page was last updated on 10 July 2026. Rules change: confirm with the responsible institution before you act.
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Ask a questionAn unemployed person is a person looking for a job who meets the following conditions cumulatively:
- is aged between 16 and the age set for obtaining the right to an old-age pension;
- is fit to do work;
- does not have a job;
- is not studying in a full-time form of education;
- actively looks for a job both individually and through the territorial subdivision and is available to start work;
- is registered with the status of unemployed at one of the territorial employment subdivisions.
At a glance
- Processing time1 working day
- CostFree
- Provided byNational Employment AgencyPhone: +373 22 721 003
How to apply
- Submitting the application
The application can be submitted:
- Online, using the Apply online button.
Note: Applications submitted online are validated by the specialist of the territorial employment subdivision when the person attends the territorial employment subdivision. The time for the person to attend the territorial employment subdivision cannot exceed 14 calendar days from the date the application is submitted. Failure to attend within the set period is grounds for rejecting the application.
- In person, at any ANOFM territorial subdivision, list available here.
- Completing the unemployed person's record
Completing the unemployed person's record in the Labour Market Information System administered by ANOFM.
- Drawing up the file
Applying the applicant's signature on the personal record printed from the system on paper and drawing up the unemployed person's file.
Required documents
The identity card or the residence permit, as applicable, with a valid period
The education and qualification documents held
If the documents are registered in the Information System for Personalising Education Documents (SIPAS), they are not presented.
A copy of the order (instruction, decision) of release from the last workplace for persons who worked in the last 24 calendar months before the date of registration.
If the documents are registered in the Information System for Personalising Education Documents (SIPAS), they are not presented.
Legal basis
- Law no.105/2018 on promoting employment and unemployment insurance
- Government Decision no.1276/2018 approving the procedures on access to employment measures
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Ask a questionSource. The information comes from the official page “Înregistrarea oficială în calitate de șomer”, provided by National Employment Agency, on the government portal evo.gov.md.
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