At a glance
If you have a job contract with an employer in Moldova, you may qualify to live and work there. Your employer must also meet the hiring rules, including registering the vacancy where required.
- Job offer required?
- Yes, under a lawful individual contract
- Qualifications
- Training or a professional license appropriate to the role
- Other requirements
- A lawful address, background records, and employer compliance with pay and contribution rules
Summary
Moldova’s employee residence is for foreign workers taking a local job under a lawful individual contract, with an employer that meets its hiring duties. The employer may need to register the vacancy, while the worker supplies the contract and personal records for the work-based residence decision.
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Lawful local contract Confirm the real role, pay, and qualifications.
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Hiring requirements The employer checks vacancy, wage, and contribution obligations.
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Work-based residence Prepare address, background, and any professional-recognition records.
The contract and residence file should describe the same employment.
Eligibility
A Moldovan employer must offer a lawful individual employment contract and meet its hiring obligations, including vacancy registration where required. The worker applies for work-based residence with the contract and supporting records.
The qualifications must fit the profession and position, and the employer must meet the wage, social-security, and medical-contribution obligations. The worker needs a lawful address and the required background records.
The employment contract must identify the real job and its pay and conditions. You also need the qualifications or professional license required for that role in Moldova; experience alone does not replace a mandatory license.
More about this route
The employment relationship needs to work in practice as well as on paper. Pay, social-security and medical contributions, and the worker’s professional qualifications all form part of a lawful hire. This makes the route most relevant to someone joining a business that can support both the immigration application and the ongoing employment obligations.
Employment residence will move into the new framework
Employment residence will move into the new framework
The new law reorganizes work-related residence and the employer’s application process. Current work-residence requirements remain the basis for present applications; the implementing rules will determine the documents and transition for later filings.
Timing: The main residence framework begins June 1, 2027. A June 2026 consultation concerned implementing procedures; that consultation is not itself the start of the new residence system.
What This Route Allows
The permit allows you to live in Moldova and do the work covered by the approval. The permit must continue to correspond to the approved employment. If the employer or role changes, the applicable notification or approval procedure needs to be checked before relying on the existing permission for the new job.
What This Route Is Not
A job offer does not by itself authorize work. This route does not cover general freelancing or unrestricted work for other employers.
Next Steps
The employer can confirm the vacancy-registration requirements and prepare the employment contract with the correct role and pay. The worker then assembles the residence documents, including the address and background records, with any professional recognition needed for the position.
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