U.S. Citizen Services

How to contact us

You may write to us, visit the Consular Section in person during ACS hours, or call the Embassy.

Recorded information is available on (373-22) 40-83-00, 24 hours a day.
After-Hours telephone number is 23-73-45 or 40-84-45

EMERGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION

In case of a life or death emergency involving a UNITED STATES citizen call the duty officer at 0-69-11-08-51

ACS Hours

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Starting January 1, 2007 U.S. citizens are exempt from Moldovan visa requirements. They are able to stay in Moldova for up to 90 days within a six-month period without registration. Residence and work permits are still required for stays over 90 days, which may prove problematic for some long-term American visitors. The new travel regime also will facilitate travel through the Transnistrian segment of the Moldovan-Ukrainian border. Current Moldovan government border registration procedures remained unchanged under the new law. Immigration, residence and work permits usually need to be extended annually, but may be issued for up to five years.

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CONSULAR OFFICES ABROAD RESUME ACCEPTING I-130 IMMIGRANT VISA PETITIONS

As of January 22, 2007, consular offices abroad were instructed to cease accepting certain immigrant visa petitions because consular officers lacked the means to perform the required criminal background checks on American citizen petitioners, as required by the Adam Walsh Act.

Subsequently, the Department of State and the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) worked to develop a mechanism whereby USCIS will perform these required "Adam Walsh Act" checks for any petitions accepted abroad by consular officers.

Effective immediately, consular posts abroad will accept petitions for immediate relative immigrant classification from American citizens who are resident in their consular districts, including members of the armed forces, as well as true emergency cases, such as life and death or health and safety, and others determined to be in the national interest.

Examples of family emergency include minor children who would be unexpectedly left without a caretaker. Examples of national interest include facilitating the travel of United States military and other USG direct hire employees assigned overseas who are pending transfer on orders and need to petition for immigrant classification of their spouse and minor children at posts overseas.

To demonstrate residency in a consular district, American Citizen petitioners must be able to show that they have permission to reside in the consular district and that they have been doing so continuously for at least six months before filing the petition. Individuals who are in the country on a temporary status, such as student or tourist, would not be considered to meet the residency standard.

All lawful permanent residents, and American Citizens resident in the United States or with a permanent address in the United States, must file I-130 petitions at the USCIS Service Center having jurisdiction over their place of residence (as indicated on the USCIS website: http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/i-130.pdf)

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- Consular Information Sheets, Public Announcements and Travel Warnings for U.S. Citizens and other travel information provided by the Department of State – http://travel.state.gov/ 

- Entry Requirements for American Citizens traveling to other countries – http://travel.state.gov/foreignentryreqs.html#m

Latest Worldwide Public announcement

No FEAR Act

Please register your stay in Moldova or other travel abroad at https://travelregistration.state.gov. This allows us to contact you, should the need arise. Please call the Consular Section if your travel plans change, you move, or you depart Moldova earlier than expected. We have developed a Warden System for American Citizens in Moldova. -. When you register with us, we will assign you to a warden who is an American Citizen living or working in your area. Should we need to disseminate urgent information to our citizens in Moldova, it will be done through this system. You may also visit the Embassy in order to register.

According to the Diplomatic Note number DC-05/464/5103 of the Ministry of External Affairs and European Integration of the Republic of Moldova dated March 24, 2008 "Beginning February 18, 2008, foreign citizens who apply for temporary or permanent residence in Moldova will no longer be required to present police certificates from their countries of origin."

Our most popular Topics

1. Adoption in Moldova

2. Arrested or detained US citizens

3. Consular birth certificate

4. Consular death certificate.

5. Information on medical treatment

6. List of English speaking doctors

7. List of English speaking attorneys

8. Marriage in Moldova

9. Moldovan Visas

10.  Notarial services

11.  Passport

12.  Welfare and/or whereabouts

13. Voting Overseas

PLEASE NOTE: FEES PAID TO THE CONSULAR SECTION CAN ONLY BE ACCEPTED IN CASH: EITHER US DOLLARS OR MOLDOVAN LEI.