Embassy of Sweden Chisinau, Moldova

From the 28th of April, 2014 Moldovan citizens with biometric passports can travel to the Schengen area without visa, and stay for 90 days within a 180-day period.

Moldovan citizens with older passport (non-biometric) should contact the EU Common Visa Application Centre, administered by the Embassy of Hungary in Moldova. The Center issues visas for citizens of Moldova wishing to travel to Sweden or to Denmark, Norway, Austria, Slovenia, Sweden, Luxemburg, Estonia, Finland, Belgium, Greece, Slovakia, Switzerland, Netherlands, Latvia, and Hungary.

Embassy of Hungary
131, Stefan cel Mare Street, Chisinau, MD-2004
Tel: +373 22 223 404;
Fax: +373 22 224 513
E-mail: cac.chisinau@mfa.gov.hu
Website: https://kisinyov.mfa.gov.hu/eng

Issues related to residence and work permits should be addressed to the Swedish Embassy in Bucharest. 

Unfortunately, there are no official Swedish language courses organized in Moldova. 

If you are interested in studying Swedish in Sweden, you can find more information on Studying in Sweden - learn Swedish.

Uppsala International Summer Session, UISS, organizes summer courses taught in English and Swedish. Foreign language courses are taught 20-28 hours per week, and courses on Swedish culture, history and society - 12 hours per week.

SWEDEX is an international certificate for Swedish as a foreign language. This can be obtained in Sweden or abroad and is an independent certificate that you can obtain regardless of how you learned Swedish. Two different exams are required at levels A2 and B1 according to the Council of Europe levels. At both levels, all language skills are tested, with an emphasis on communication skills.

The Swedish Embassy can make temporary passports. Read more about temporary passports here (in Swedish):
> Provisoriskt pass 

The Embassy does not have the technical possibilities to make ordinary passports or National ID cards. That can be done at other embassies in the region or in Sweden.

General information about passports here (in English).

The Embassy legalises Swedish documents that are requested by or are to be presented to a foreign authority. A legalisation certificate is a stamp confirming that a signature on a document is genuine. A legalisation can be done in Swedish or English.

The Embassy can not provide an Apostille.

The service is subject to a fee. 

The Swedish Government has supported the Republic of Moldova in its national development and reform agenda for the past twenty years. The newly adopted Strategy for Sweden’s reform cooperation with Eastern Europe for 2021–2027 outlines the areas where Sweden will assist the countries in the region to forge closer links with the EU through reforms. 

You find the strategy on reform cooperation with Eastern Europe here.

Read more about the Development Cooperation - Sweden Abroad.