What the Ecuador visa rules mean for Moldova travellers
Moldova citizens need a visa issued in advance by an embassy or consulate of Ecuador. Start the application several weeks before departure: you will typically need a passport valid for six months with blank pages, a completed application form, passport photos, a travel itinerary, proof of accommodation and of sufficient funds, and sometimes an invitation letter or bank statements.
Documents to prepare
Whatever your visa status, Ecuador applies the same entry conditions to every traveller:
- Passport validity: The UK Foreign Office tells British nationals that, to enter Ecuador, their passport must have an expiry date at least 6 months after the date they arrive.
- Blank passport pages: Your passport needs at least 1 blank page.
- Vaccinations: Yellow fever: Ecuador's Ministry of Public Health said on 28 August 2025 that it had modified the requirement to present a yellow fever vaccination certificate to enter the country from Colombia, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil: instead of …
- Travel insurance: The UK government tells British travellers that to enter Galápagos they must have travel health insurance, which it says is mandatory for foreign tourists. No official source we could read states an insurance requiremen…
Ecuador entry rules compared
Ecuador lets 151 passports in without a visa, issues eVisas to 1 and requires an embassy visa from 46. Moldova citizens are treated the same way as Albania. Overall the Moldova passport ranks #87 in the world with 74 visa-free destinations.
More travel options
Planning a longer trip in Americas? With a Moldova passport you can also visit 12 countries in the region without a visa, including Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Brazil, Bahamas, Chile, Colombia, Dominica and Haiti.
In the other direction, Ecuador citizens need evisa to visit Moldova.