3. DEPARTURE OF THE FOREIGNERS FROM THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA
Foreigners may leave the territory of the Republic of Moldova on the basis of a valid travel
document on the basis of which they entered the country, or a new valid travel document issued by
the foreign diplomatic mission or consular post or other competent body, according to legislation in
force. The Border Police can also allow the foreigner to leave the Republic of Moldova based on the
document attesting another citizenship, in case of loss, theft or damage of the document with which
they entered the Republic of Moldova. Stateless persons, refugees and beneficiaries of humanitarian
protection have the right to leave the Republic of Moldova on the basis of a travel document, issued
by the competent bodies.
The foreigner is not allowed to leave the country due to the suspension of the right to free
movement abroad for the following reasons:
the foreigner executes a custodial sentence based on a decision of the court of the Republic
of Moldova;
– in a process of criminal investigation or trial of the criminal case on the territory of
the Republic of Moldova, the foreigner is notified in search by the competent body
or one of the following preventive measures has been applied, according to the Code
of Criminal Procedure: the obligation not to leave the city; the obligation not to leave
the country; the transmission under supervision of the minor; house arrest; pre-trial
detention; provisional release under judicial control or on bail, with the obligation
not to leave the city;
medical coercive measures were applied to the foreigner, under the conditions of the
criminal law;
the foreigner is prohibited from leaving the country on the basis of a court decision,
according to the Enforcement Code.
The measure of not leaving the country ceases de jure if it is proved that:
with regard to the foreigner, it was ordered not to start the criminal investigation, to remove
him from the criminal investigation or to stop the criminal investigation, to pay or end the
criminal trial or to revoke the preventive measure of the obligation not to leave the country;
the foreigner has executed the sentence, has been pardoned, benefits from an amnesty or has
been sentenced, by a final court decision, with the conditional suspension of the execution of
the sentence.
The legislation in force does not provide for the possibility of prohibiting the departure from the
territory of the Republic of Moldova of foreigners, who have unpaid administrative fines or arrears
to the state budget or budgets of territorial administrative units. Thus, the foreigner cannot be
detained when leaving the country on the grounds that he has not paid the fines or has debts
to the public budget.
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