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In this part of the CEFTA Trade Web Portal you will find the procedures that apply to foreigners entering the economy in each CEFTA Economy. Border control procedures are divided into two parts: visa requirements and working permits. This trade portal only includes border procedures for citizens from CEFTA Economies. These include: 1.Border crossing procedures for citizens from other CEFTA Economies; 2.Visa regulations and fees for citizens from other CEFTA Economies; 3.Working permits for citizens from other CEFTA Economies; 4.Documents for obtaining working permits in the respective CEFTA Economy. If you would like to know more about border crossing procedures, please refer to the respective links under the section for border control for each Economy.




The foreign citizens and stateless persons shall perform labor activities on the territory of the Republic of Moldova only on the basis of the permit for temporary stay for labor purposes. The permit is issued on the basis of the right to work, granted by the National Employment Agency, and the right for temporary stay, granted by the Ministry of Home Affairs.
The granting and extension of the right to work is done in compliance with the provisions of the Law on labor migration, nr. 180 - XVI from 10.07.2008.
In order to employ foreign citizens and stateless persons in the Republic of Moldova the employer shall register the job vacancies at the regional office of the National Employment Agency and place the announcement about these job vacancies in the press.
If within 15 days period he regional office does not identify any Republic of Moldova’s’ citizens who may fill the vacancies announced by the employer, it address the National Agency.
In order to invite foreign citizens and stateless persons to the Republic of Moldova for employment, the employer shall receive a positive notice from the National Agency. In order to receive the notice, the employer or its empowered representative shall submit to the National Agency the following documents:

a) request about the need to invite the foreign citizen/stateless person;
b) registration of job vacancies and the copy of the announcement;
c) copies of documents on constitution of enterprise/organization /institution (registration certificate, excerpt from the State Register of Enterprises and Organizations);
d) draft individual employment contract. 

The National Agency shall examine the request of the employer and within 30 calendar days shall give the decision on the issuing or refusal of the positive notice.
To receive the right to work and the right to temporary stay for labor purposes for the immigrant worker, employer or its empowered representative shall submit the following documents:

a) the request of the enterprise/organization/institution addressed to the National Agency for granting the right to work and the request addressed to the Ministry of Home Affairs for granting the right to stay for labor purposes;
b) a questionnaire-application of the immigrant worker;
c) a copy of the positive notice issued by the National Agency;
d) copies of documents on constitution of the enterprise/organization/institution (enterprise registration certificate, excerpt from the State Register of Enterprises and Organizations, activity authorization/license (if exists));
e) documents confirming enterprise activity (certificate from the Tax Inspectorate on lack of debts to the national public budget, copy of the financial statement for the last reporting period, if this exceeds 3 months);
f) individual employment contract;
g) copy of the foreign citizen’s national ID card or the stateless person’s ID card with the appropriate imprints about state border crossing in accordance with the laws in force;

h) copy of the education certificate or another document that confirms the qualifications of the specialist who was invited to work, translated into the state language and legalized or with apostil in accordance with the law in force;
i) medical certificate of the required form and the medical certificate that confirms that the person is HIV/AIDS-negative;
j) document that confirms the existence of dwelling space for the requested period (owner’s declaration/leasing contract/sales contract);
k) 2 recent color photos (50×60 mm), on a light and uniform background;
l) criminal record from the economy of origin, translated into the state language and authorized or with apostil in accordance with the law in force.

The right to work, without the positive notice, shall be granted to foreign citizens/stateless persons who have set up an enterprise/organization/institution or to the managers of this enterprise/organization/institution, registered in the Republic of Moldova, as well as to the associate or stockholder having a managing function.  
To receive the right to work and the right to temporary stay for labor purposes for foreign citizens/stateless persons, mentioned in the previous paragraph, the manager or his/her empowered representative, shall submit the following documents:

a) questionnaire-application of the immigrant worker;
b) copies of documents on constitution of the enterprise/organization/institution (enterprise registration certificate, excerpt from the State Register of Enterprises and Organizations, activity authorization/license (if exists));
c) documents confirming enterprise activity (certificate from the Tax Inspectorate on lack of debts to the national public budget, copy of the financial statement for the last reporting period, if this exceeds 3 months);
d) individual employment contract (if needed);
e) copy of the foreign citizen’s national ID card or the stateless person’s ID card with the appropriate imprints about state border crossing in accordance with the laws in force;
f) medical certificate of the required form and the medical certificate that confirms that the person is HIV/AIDS-negative;
g) document that confirms the existence of dwelling space for the requested period (owner’s declaration/leasing contract/sales contract);
h) 2 recent color photos (50×60 mm), on a light and uniform background;
i)criminal record from the economy of origin, translated into the state language and authorized or with apostil in accordance with the law in force.

The right to work shall be revoked if:

a) the employment contract was terminated due to justifiable reasons, according to Labor Code;
b) a decision to reduce the period of temporary stay for labor purposes was taken;
c) upon the conducted verification and/or notifications received from the competent authorities, it was concluded that the holder does not meet anymore the requirements under which the right to work was granted/extended;
d) at the holder’s request.

The decision to revoke the right to work shall be taken within 15 working days since the date the revocation reason was established and the holder and the Ministry of Home Affairs shall be notified about that in writing within 5 working days with indicating the reasons for revocation.
The revocation of the right to work shall serve as a reason for reducing the period of stay and annulling the permit for temporary stay for labor purpose.
The Law on labor migration stipulates some facilities for the foreign citizen/stateless person or the representative of the foreign legal entity, holding the office of enterprise manager who made investments exceeding USD 10 thousand. This category of persons shall be granted the right to work and the right to temporary stay for labor purposes for a period of up to 5 with the possibility of extending this period for another period.

Samples of requests for issuing and extension of stayng permits for labor purposes.