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American Samoa → Moldova: Short-stay tourist

What you need before you submit, checked against official requirements, not guesswork.

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Required documents

10 items

Identity

  • Completed visa application form (tourism category, C/T)

    Required

    Moldova issues the C/T visa to third-state citizens travelling for tourism, and publishes a document list for that category specifically, make sure you're filing against the tourism list rather than the visit (C/V) or business one, since they differ. Moldova also runs an e-visa service at evisa.gov.md.

    Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Moldova

  • If you're under 18: your birth certificate and your legal representative's passport

    Required

    For a tourism visa, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs asks minors for their birth certificate and the passport of their legal representative, on top of the usual documents.

    Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Moldova

  • One recent matt colour photo, 35 × 45 mm

    Required

    Matt finish and colour are both specified, at 35 mm by 45 mm.

    Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Moldova

  • Passport issued within the last 10 years, valid 3+ months past departure

    Required

    Both conditions apply together: the travel document must have been issued in the past 10 years and remain valid at least three months beyond the date you intend to leave Moldova. For a minor, add the birth certificate and the legal representative's passport.

    Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Moldova

Financial

  • Consular fee: EUR 40

    Required

    EUR 40 for a short-stay visa, plus additional fees where they apply. For comparison, the airport transit visa (type A) is EUR 20 and the transit visa (type B) is EUR 40.

    Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Moldova

  • Proof of means: EUR 30 per day, minimum EUR 300

    Required

    Moldova puts exact numbers on this: a bank statement issued no more than 10 days before you submit, showing at least EUR 30 for each day of the stay, and not less than EUR 300 in total for a stay shorter than 10 days. The 10-day freshness window catches people out, a statement printed when you started planning won't qualify. The alternative is the signed commitment of maintenance and accommodation from a person in Moldova.

    Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Moldova

Purpose of travel

  • Migration-service invitation: or a qualifying EU/Schengen/UK/US/Canada visa or permit

    Required

    This item has two alternatives and you only need one. Either an invitation issued by the General Inspectorate for Migration, where that is required for your nationality; or a residence permit or valid visa, anything except a transit visa, issued by an EU member state, a state party to the Schengen Agreement, the United Kingdom, the United States or Canada. If you already hold one of those, you don't need to arrange an invitation.

    Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Moldova

Accommodation

  • Reservation at a tourist accommodation unit, or a signed maintenance commitment

    Required

    Either a booking at a tourist accommodation unit, or the official 'commitment of maintenance and accommodation' form completed and signed by someone in Moldova. Applicants whose visa rests on an invitation from the General Inspectorate for Migration are explicitly excepted from this item.

    Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Moldova

Insurance

  • Travel medical insurance valid in Moldova, minimum EUR 30,000

    Required

    The policy must be valid throughout Moldova and cover the whole expected stay, with a minimum of EUR 30,000. It has to cover repatriation for medical reasons, emergency medical treatment, emergency hospitalisation and death, check the policy covers all four, not just medical expenses.

    Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Moldova

Travel

  • Round-trip ticket reservation: or your vehicle documents if driving

    Required

    A reservation for a valid round-trip ticket to the destination. If you're driving instead, the equivalent is your driving licence, green card insurance and the vehicle's registration documents.

    Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Moldova

Why applications on this route get refused

  • Bank statement older than 10 days, or below the EUR 30/day floor

    Two separate tests on the same document: it must have been issued no longer than 10 days before you submit the application, and it must show at least EUR 30 per day of stay, never less than EUR 300 for a stay under 10 days.

    How to avoid it: Get the statement issued in the week you actually file, not when you start planning, and check the balance against the length of the trip rather than a flat minimum.

  • Insurance below EUR 30,000 or not covering the full list of events

    The policy must be valid throughout Moldova, cover the whole expected period of stay, and reach at least EUR 30,000 covering repatriation for medical reasons, emergency medical treatment, emergency hospitalisation and death.

    How to avoid it: Read the policy's covered-events list, not just its headline sum, and match the dates to the visa rather than the flights.

  • Documents filed against the wrong short-stay sub-category

    Moldova's type C visa is split into sub-categories that each have their own document list, tourism (C/T), private visit (C/V), official mission (C/MI) and others. A private visit needs the inviting person's identity document and a free-form invitation; a tourist trip needs an accommodation reservation instead. Filing one list against the other leaves the application incomplete.

    How to avoid it: Work from the C/T list if you're travelling as a tourist, and switch lists, rather than adding to them, if the purpose of the trip changes.

  • Neither an invitation nor a qualifying visa or residence permit

    The fourth item on the tourism list is satisfied either by an invitation from the General Inspectorate for Migration, where required, or by a residence permit or valid non-transit visa from an EU or Schengen state, the UK, the US or Canada. A transit visa doesn't count for this.

    How to avoid it: Check whether an invitation is required for your nationality before you book anything, and don't assume a Schengen transit visa will serve in place of one.

Sources

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