Moldovan passport holders can apply for the Indian eVisa entirely online — no consular appointment, no courier, no passport handed over. Approval typically arrives by email in 24 to 72 hours.
90 days
Maximum stay per visit
24–72 hrs
Typical processing time
Up to 5 years
Longest validity offered
Not eligible
Visa on Arrival
100% online
No embassy visit
Important for Moldovan citizens
Many Moldovans also hold Romanian citizenship. If you do, you have a genuine choice of which passport to apply on — and the fees, stay limits and transit position differ. Apply on the passport you will actually travel and enter India with, and use the same one consistently across your visa, ticket and boarding.
Overview
Chișinău has become a more significant regional gateway in recent years, and Moldovan travel to India is a mix of independent leisure, medical treatment and a growing labour-mobility and education flow. The route is not long — Chișinău to Delhi is around eight hours of flying with one connection.
Every Moldovan citizen needs a visa granted before departure. There is no visa-free entry and no visa on arrival. The eVisa is an electronic authorisation issued by the Government of India, linked to your passport number, with no stamp and no appointment.
Moldovan passport holders receive up to 90 days per visit on the tourist eVisa, and the five-year multiple-entry version is available. The distinctive complication here is dual citizenship: a large share of Moldovans also hold Romanian passports, which changes the calculation.
At a glance
Eligibility
Yes. India extends visa-free entry only to Nepal and Bhutan, and Visa on Arrival only to Japanese, South Korean and Emirati nationals. Moldovan citizens must hold an approved visa before boarding, and because every routing involves a connection, the check often happens at Chișinău.
Choose the category by purpose. Tourism, sightseeing, visiting friends and wellness travel fall under the tourist eVisa. Meetings, trade fairs and supplier visits require the business eVisa. Treatment at an Indian hospital requires the medical eVisa. Employment, journalism, academic research and long-term study are outside the eVisa scheme and need a regular visa from an Indian mission.
On dual citizenship: if you hold both Moldovan and Romanian passports, decide which one you will travel on before applying. Romania is in the EU and Schengen area, which simplifies European transit considerably; Moldova is not. Whichever you choose, use it consistently — the eVisa is tied to a specific passport number, and you must enter India on that document.
Stay & validity
Moldovan citizens are permitted up to 90 days per visit on the tourist eVisa. The 30-day version allows double entry, with its 30 days counted from your arrival date. The one-year and five-year versions are multiple-entry, and their validity begins on the date the Indian government grants the application.
For medical travel the medical eVisa is the better instrument: 60 days from first entry with triple entry, structured around treatment plus follow-up consultations, with medical attendant visas available for accompanying family.
The eVisa is bound to a single passport number. That matters especially here: if you apply on your Moldovan passport, you must enter India on the Moldovan passport, not the Romanian one.
The business eVisa allows up to 180 days per visit within a one-year multiple-entry window. The eVisa cannot be extended or converted from inside India.
Pricing
Live government fees and service charges for Moldovan passport holders, shown all-in — nothing further is charged later.
Your nationality is pre-selected as Moldova
Requirements
Everything Moldovan passport holders need before starting an application. The first five items apply to every applicant; the rest are specific to your nationality or visa type.
Passport bio-data page — a clear colour scan or photo showing your photograph, full name, date of birth, passport number and expiry date
Recent passport-style photograph — square format, plain white background, full face visible, no shadows and no headwear other than for religious reasons
A valid credit or debit card to pay the government fee and service charge
Your return or onward ticket details, or at minimum your intended departure date
The address where you will be staying for your first night in India
Simple process
Four steps, entirely online, with our team checking every field before anything reaches the Indian authorities.
Enter your passport details exactly as printed, choose your visa type and duration, and upload your photo and passport data page.
Our team checks your photo dimensions, passport scan clarity, name spelling and date formats before anything is submitted.
Your application goes to the Government of India on your behalf, and we keep you posted at every status change.
Print it or keep it on your phone, and we explain exactly how to present it at your port of entry in India.
Standard processing takes 48 to 72 hours and express handling 24 to 48 hours. Both are business-day estimates, and Indian public holidays — numerous and often state-specific — extend them.
Apply at least ten days before departure. If you are travelling on the Moldovan passport and your routing needs a Schengen transit visa, start that far earlier. For medical travel, request the hospital letter as soon as your appointment is confirmed — it usually takes longer than the visa.
Separate from your eVisa, every foreign national entering India must complete the digital e-Arrival Card before boarding. It replaces the old paper disembarkation form and is required on every single visit, whatever visa you hold.
Getting there
There is no nonstop service between Moldova and India. Every routing involves at least one connection, most commonly through Istanbul, Bucharest or a Gulf hub. Total journey times run 10 to 16 hours.
Best time to go
October to March is India's dry season and the best window for both leisure travel and medical treatment. Recovery in extreme heat is genuinely harder, so if treatment dates are flexible the cooler months are worth choosing.
For medical travel the Indian hospital calendar matters as much as the weather. Diwali and Holi affect staffing and elective scheduling at private hospitals, and regional festivals close offices in specific states. Confirm dates directly with the hospital.
Avoid the northern plains in May and June, when temperatures exceed 45°C. India is 2.5 to 3.5 hours ahead of Moldovan time depending on the season, so jet lag is minimal.
Avoid these
Refusals are rare, and almost always technical rather than substantive. These are the problems that come up most often on applications from Moldova — we check for every one of them before submitting.
The defining Moldovan-specific problem, and it is a real one because so many Moldovans hold both. The eVisa is tied to one specific passport number, and you must enter India on that document. Applying on the Moldovan passport and then travelling on the Romanian one — or vice versa — means arriving with a visa that does not match your passport. Decide before you apply and use one document consistently across visa, ticket and boarding.
Moldovan names may appear in Romanian or Russian-derived forms, and the two can differ — Alexandru or Aleksandr, Ștefan or Stepan. Your passport uses one specific form and the eVisa must match it exactly. If you hold two passports, they may show different forms, which is another reason to pick one and stick to it.
Moldova is outside the EU and Schengen area, so a European connection on the Moldovan passport may require a Schengen transit visa. If you also hold a Romanian passport, travelling on that removes the issue entirely — but then apply for the Indian eVisa on the Romanian passport too.
If you are travelling for treatment, the medical eVisa is the correct category — it allows triple entry for follow-ups and lets accompanying family apply as medical attendants. Indian hospitals increasingly ask which visa you hold.
Moldovan citizens receive 90 days per visit, not the 180 days granted to American, British, Canadian and Japanese nationals. The eVisa cannot be extended from inside India.
Photo rejected on technical grounds
By far the most common cause of delay. The photograph must be square, on a plain white background, with your full face visible and no shadow behind your head. Cropped selfies and phone photos taken against a cream wall are routinely bounced back.
Passport scan unreadable
Glare across the machine-readable zone, a cut-off corner, or a scan where the passport number is blurred will stall the application. Photograph the page flat, in daylight, with no flash.
Applying too close to departure
The eVisa must be granted before you fly, and airlines check it at the gate. Applications submitted the night before a flight leave no room for a document re-upload.
Conditions
These conditions are set by the Government of India and do not vary by nationality. They are worth reading before you book, because two of them — the port-of-entry rule and the restricted-areas rule — catch out a lot of otherwise well-planned trips.
Validity is measured from your date of arrival in India, not from the date you apply. You also need at least two blank pages for immigration stamps.
The India eVisa is accepted at India's designated eVisa airports and authorised seaports. It cannot be used to cross a land border, so overland arrivals from Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh or Pakistan need a different visa.
Every person travelling needs their own eVisa and their own passport, including infants and children. Children cannot be added to a parent's application.
An eVisa does not grant access to Protected Areas, Restricted Areas or Cantonment Areas. Parts of Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Mizoram, Sikkim, Ladakh, the Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep require a Protected Area Permit or Restricted Area Permit in addition to your visa.
You cannot extend an eVisa from inside India or convert it into another visa category. If your plans change, you must leave and apply again.
Diplomatic, official and service passports are not eligible for the eVisa route, and neither are international travel documents or refugee travel documents.
Consular services
The Indian mission serving Moldova is not involved in eVisa applications, which are handled entirely online. Moldova may be covered under concurrent accreditation by an Indian mission in a neighbouring country rather than by a resident embassy, so if you need a student, employment or research visa, a regular medical visa, or an OCI card, confirm which mission covers you first.
FAQs
The questions Moldovan passport holders ask most often about applying for an Indian eVisa.
Decide before you apply, and then use that one document consistently. The eVisa is tied to a specific passport number and you must enter India on that passport. The Romanian passport simplifies European transit considerably, since Romania is in the EU and Schengen area while Moldova is not — but if you apply on the Romanian passport you must travel and enter India on it too. Mixing the two means arriving with a visa that does not match your document.
Up to 90 days per visit on the tourist eVisa. The 30-day version allows 30 days with double entry; the one-year and five-year versions are multiple-entry with a 90-day cap per visit. The business eVisa permits up to 180 days per visit within a one-year window, and the medical eVisa 60 days from first entry with triple entry.
The medical eVisa. It allows 60 days from first entry with triple entry — designed around treatment plus follow-up consultations — and accompanying family members can apply for medical attendant visas linked to your application. You will need a letter from the treating hospital, which must be on India's recognised list. Request it as soon as your appointment is confirmed.
Fees are set by nationality and duration, so the pricing panel on this page loads live figures for Moldovan passport holders across all available options. You can compare 30-day, one-year and five-year prices side by side, and the amount shown is the full cost including our service fee. Note that fees may differ if you apply on a Romanian passport instead.
No. Every routing involves at least one connection, most commonly through Istanbul — usually the cheapest — or Dubai, Doha and Abu Dhabi. Bucharest is close by road and rail and is a practical alternative departure point with good onward feed. Total journey time is 10 to 16 hours.
Exactly as printed on the passport you are travelling on. Moldovan names may appear in Romanian or Russian-derived forms, and these can differ — Alexandru versus Aleksandr, for instance. If you hold two passports they may even show different forms, which is a further reason to pick one document and use it consistently across visa, ticket and boarding.
No. Indian Visa on Arrival is limited to Japanese, South Korean and Emirati nationals. Moldovan citizens need an approved visa before boarding, and because every routing starts with a connection, your airline may check it at Chișinău.
No. The eVisa cannot be extended or converted from inside India. If you need longer, either split the trip across two entries on a multiple-entry visa — leaving India by air and returning — or apply for a regular visa through an Indian mission before you travel.
Your nationality is already set to Moldova. Complete the form in under ten minutes, and our team will check every detail before it reaches the Indian authorities.
Other nationalities
Stay limits, fees and requirements differ by passport. Here are the guides for other nationalities.
