Consular protection

Consular protection is the help an EU Member State can provide to its citizens in case they need assistance abroad. Typically, consular protection can include cases such as:

  • A need for emergency travel documents;
  • A serious accident or serious illness;
  • Relief and repatriation in case of an emergency;
  • Being a victim of crime;
  • Arrest or detention;
  • Death

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain and Sweden have a resident Embassy/Consulate/Office in Chisinau, while Finland, Luxembourg, Croatia, Cyprus, Ireland, Malta, Portugal, and Slovenia do not.

You are an EU citizen in need of consular protection in Moldova?

  • You can contact your resident Embassy/Consulate/Honorary Consul able to provide consular protection.
  • If your EU Member State has no resident Embassy/Consulate/Honorary Consul able to provide consular protection in Moldova, you can turn to another EU Member State for consular protection, noting there are specific arrangements among EU Member States for your consular protection.

Indeed, any EU citizen abroad whose own Member State has no local representation is entitled to receive consular protection from the diplomatic or consular authorities of any other EU Member State. In that case, EU citizens are entitled to benefit from consular protection under the same conditions as the nationals of that other EU Member State.

You can find contact details of the resident EU Member States Embassies/Consulates/Honorary Consuls who can provide consular protection as well as existing arrangements between EU Member States for consular protection in third countries in the document below.

Please note that the EU Delegation Moldova cannot provide direct consular assistance.

As an EU citizen, you can take simple steps to make consular protection more effective, for example:

  • Following the travel advice issued by your country’s Foreign Ministry.
  • When abroad, registering with your Embassy or Consulate and/or through dedicated platforms, if applicable.
  • Other tips include keeping an electronic copy of your travel documents, subscribing to a travel insurance or saving crisis contact details.

For more information on consular protection, see the dedicated pages on the websites of the EEAS, the European Commission and the Council of the EU.

Consular emergency contact details

AUSTRIA

Austrian Embassy Chisinau, Strada Matevicci 23 A, 2009 Chisinau,

Tel. +373 22 20 83 33,

E-Mail: chisinau-ob@bmeia.gv.at;

Emergency number: +373 687 67 777;

BELGIUM

Embassy of Belgium in Chișinău

NBC Building

B-dul Ștefan cel Mare și Sfânt 73/1, 4th floor

MD-2001 Chisinau

Tel.: +373 61188860

chisinau@diplobel.fed.be

BULGARIA

Consular section: Chisinau, 4, Mihai Eminescu Str.

Tel.: 022 24 03 62, 022 24 02 62,

Consulate.Chisinau@mfa.bg;

CROATIA

Chancellery: 024 031 Bucharest, 1 Dr. Burghelea St., Sector 2

Tel: (0040-21) 300 36 55

CYPRUS

Chancellery:  2, Petofi Sandor Street , Sector 1, 011406, Bucuresti

Tel: (0040-31) 433 62 90; 0040-72763964                          

HONORARY CONSUL: Kyriakos Pattihis

Chancellery: Chisinau, 105 V. Alecsandri St.

Tel.:  (+373 22) 272 000

 

CZECH REPUBLIC

Chancellery:

73/1, Stefan cel Mare Str., NBC 

MD-2001, Chisinau

Tel. Consular Section: (+373 22) 20 99 33,

chisinau@embassy.mzv.cz

DENMARK

Chancellery and Consular section: 024031 Bucharest, 3  Dr. Burghelea St., District 2

Tel.: +40 21 300 08 00

@: buhamb@um.dk

ESTONIA

Consular Section: Aleea Modrogan 4A-3, Bucharest

(Estonian Embassy in Romania)

Tel.:  +4021 311 55 22

HONORARY CONSUL Igor Goncearov

Chancellery: Chisinau, 83 Bucuresti St., of. 2

Tel. (+373 22) 24 42 45

FINLAND

Chancellery and Consular section: 011832, Bucharest, Atena 2 bis St., District 1  

Tel.: (004) 021 230 75 04; 021 230 75 45

Emergency line + 358 9 160 55 555

 

FRANCE

Chancellery: Chisinau, 106 București Str.

Tel.: 022 200 400; Fax: 022 200 401                           

Emergency line +373 69 12 03 68

 

GERMANY

Chancellery: str. Alexei Mateevici, 82, MD-2009 Chisinau

Tel.: 00373 22 20 06 00; 00373 22 20 06 01; 00373 22 20 06 02

00373 22 200 613;

 Emergency line + 373 760 00 813

GREECE

Embassy of Greece in Chisinau

67 Alexei Mateevici Str., MD-2009, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova

Tel.: +373 796 32 339

 gremb.chisinau@mfa.gr

HUNGARY

Chancellery: 131 Stefan cel Mare Av., Chisinau

Tel.: (+373-22) 200 078

 

 

IRELAND

Embassy of Ireland, Strada Buzesti 50-52, Etaj 3, Sector 1, Bucharest 011015       Consular Section: +40 21 408810

bucharestvisa@dfa.ie                                          

Out of hours: +40 720 999 446

ITALY

Chancellery: Chisinau, 63 Vlaicu Pircalab St.

Tel: (+373 22) 26 67 20                  

Emergency phone 068303333

(24/24 7/7)

Emergency phone 079049557

(24/24 7/7)

LATVIA

Chancellery: MD 2012, Chisinau, Mitropolit Gavriil Banulescu-Bodoni 27

Tel: (+373 ) 22 025266; (+373 ) 79999816

Embassy.Moldova@mfa.gov.lv

LITHUANIA

Chancellery:

Chisinau, 24/1 Ion Vasilenco str.

Tel: (+373 22) 54 31 94

 

LUXEMBOURG

Netherlands embassy office in Chișinău, NBC Building, Blvd. Stefan cel Mare 73/1, 2nd floor, MD-2001 Chișinău

MALTA

Honorary Consul Prof. Adrian Hotineanu

Cuza Voda 29/1, Chisinau, Moldova

Phone: 0037369167171

Emergency Phone: 0037369147171 

Email: maltaconsul.chisinau@gov.mt

NETHERLANDS

Netherlands embassy office in Chisinau

Address NBC Building

Blvd. Stefan cel Mare 73/1, 2nd floor

MD-2001 Chișinău 

Tel. +373 22 024 141

chs@minbuza.nl

POLAND

Consular section: Chisinau, 101 V. Alecsandri Str.

Tel.: 00373 22 22 38 50; 0037322 22 38 51; 0037322 22 38 04

Emergency line: +373 69 110 680

 

PORTUGAL

Chancellery: 55, Paris St., District 1, Bucharest, Romania

Tel: (0040 21) 230 41 36  

sconsular@bucareste@mne.pt; bucareste@mne.pt

Emergency phone: +40746224455

ROMANIA

Consular section: 2 Grigore Ureche St., MD 2001 Chisinau http://www.chisinau.mae.ro

Tel: (+373 22) 26 07 20, (+373 22) 85 50 02

Emergency line: 00373 68 336 363

E-mail: chisinau.consul@mae.ro

SLOVAKIA

Chancellery: 101, A. Sciusev street MD-2012 Chisinau

Landline:+373 22200252;

Emergency GSM contacts: +373-61-072 333 (Ability to call in crisis situations outside working hours );

SLOVENIA

Chancellery: Embassy of Slovenia in Bucharest, Strada Teheran 25, Secor 1, Bucharest, Tel: +40213002780                                                                  

Honorary Consul in Moldova

Leonard Gorceac, 23/13 Petru Movila Mitropolit st., 2004 Chisinau

Cell phone: +37379462506

 

SPAIN

Chancellery: 011751 Bucharest, 3 Louis Blanc St., District 1

Tel.: +40 21  318 10 77; +40 318 11 01; +40 318 1087

Consular Section Tel.: +40 21 318 10 80

@: HUemb.bucarest@maec.es

 

SWEDEN

Chancellery: 12, Toma Ciorba St., MD2004, Chisinau

Phone: +373 22 26 73 20,

Swedish MFA consular crisis line: +46 8-405 50 05

 

Arrangements for non-represented countries

CROATIA

Embassy in Bucharest

CYPRUS

Embassy in Bucharest

 

FINLAND

Represented locally by Sweden

IRELAND

Honorary Consul in Chisinau

LUXEMBOURG

Represented locally by the Netherlands

MALTA

Honorary Consul in Chisinau

PORTUGAL

Embassy in Bucharest

SLOVENIA

Embassy in Bucharest