ORDER OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA

of December 23, 2025 No. 804

About approval of the Regulations on procedure for acquisition and loss of nationality of the Republic of Moldova

Based on part (2) article 43 of the Law No. 253/2025 on nationality of the Republic of Moldova (The official monitor of the Republic of Moldova, 2025, Art. No. 498-501, 650) DECIDES: the Government

1. Approve Regulations on procedure for acquisition and loss of nationality of the Republic of Moldova it (is applied).

2. Declare invalid the Order of the Government No. 1144/2018 about approval of the Regulations on procedure for acquisition and loss of nationality of the Republic of Moldova (The official monitor of the Republic of Moldova, 2018, No. 512, the Art. 1341), with subsequent changes.

3. To provide to the agency of the state services:

3.1. creation of specifications for filing of application concerning nationality electronically, and also integration of information systems with information systems of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Service of information and safety, diplomatic representations and consular establishments of the Republic of Moldova, and also the Office of the President of the Republic of Moldova;

3.2. placement on the official website of the Agency of the state services of the announcement of implementation of the information systems connected with provision of services concerning nationality.

4. From the date of publication of the announcement of implementation of the information systems connected with provision of services concerning nationality:

4.1. the application concerning nationality can be submitted electronically for preliminary check by the body responsible for reception of applications and the documents submitted by the applicant;

4.2. the term of consideration of the application concerning nationality is estimated from the date of filing of application on paper and all necessary documents in divisions of the Agency of the state services or in diplomatic representations and consular establishments of the Republic of Moldova;

4.3. to divisions of the Agency of the state services, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Service of information and safety, diplomatic representations and consular establishments of the Republic of Moldova, and also the Office of the President of the Republic of Moldova to interact by means of interdepartmental information systems for the purpose of decision making according to statements concerning nationality.

5. This resolution becomes effective since December 24, 2025.

Approved by the Order of the Government of the Republic of Moldova of December 23, 2025 No. 804

Regulations on procedure for acquisition and loss of nationality of the Republic of Moldova

I. Basic provisions

1. The regulations on procedure for acquisition and loss of nationality of the Republic of Moldova (further - the Provision) are the regulation which regulates legal relations between physical persons, legal entities and public institutions in the course of consideration of the applications and petitions concerning nationality of the Republic of Moldova.

2. This Provision establishes procedure for giving and consideration of the applications about acquisition of nationality of the Republic of Moldova, including about its recovery, about getting out of nationality of the Republic of Moldova, cancellation of the decree or part of the Presidential decree of the Republic of Moldova about permission of getting out of nationality of the Republic of Moldova, provision of offers on deprivation of nationality of the Republic of Moldova, and also order of interaction of the public institutions participating in process of approval of statements concerning nationality.

3. In this Provision the concepts established in the Law No. 253/2025 on nationality of the Republic of Moldova and also the following concepts are used:

competent authority - public authority or the public organization responsible for provision of the state services in questions of nationality, depending on legal status of applicants and their location - the division responsible for provision of the specified services, as a part of Public institution "Agency of the state services" (further - divisions of the Agency of the state services), diplomatic representations and consular establishments of the Republic of Moldova (further - DPKU);

confirmation of nationality of the Republic of Moldova - is confirmed by the identification document of the citizen of the Republic of Moldova, the certificate of birth - in case of the child, or other document containing the records confirming availability at person of the nationality of the Republic of Moldova issued by competent authority (the identity certificate of the seaman, the certificate on provision of nationality of the Republic of Moldova, the conclusion about recognition of person by the citizen of the Republic of Moldova, the statement from the State register of the population);

documents of civil status - the official documents issued by authorized bodies which certify registration of the events or the facts of civil status which occurred in the territory of the Republic of Moldova or abroad concerning person and determining its status: acquisition or change of name, relationship (motherhood/paternity), civil status of person, change of personal data. Belong to this category of documents: the electronic documents on civil status (the statement from the act of civil status, the certificate of civil status, the multilingual statement from the act of civil status) issued in the Republic of Moldova since November 1, 2025; documents of civil status on paper (equipped with elements of strict accounting): certificates on civil status, duplicates of certificates on civil status, statements from acts of civil status, including multilingual, issued in the Republic of Moldova till November 1, 2025; the official documents from abroad confirming the civil status of person (administrative, judicial, notarial) based on which acquisition or change of name of person, relationship (motherhood/paternity), marital status of person, change or correction of the personal data including concerning relationship or the status "live / the dead" is determined;

mobile office - service in case of which the supplier of the state services leaves at the place of residence, temporary stay or finding of person for rendering services in questions of nationality, issue of identity documents and registration at the place of residence or temporary stay, created for the purpose of process optimization of provision of services.

4. The state services in questions of nationality are provided by competent authorities according to the terms established by the corresponding regulatory base, and also fees and rates which are paid by the applicant.

5. The competent authority provides equal and non-discriminatory access to the state services in questions of nationality.

6. Statements, questionnaires, the conclusions, the declarations and references used by provision of the state services in questions of nationality represent the standard form and contain the personal data necessary for accounting of citizens of the Republic of Moldova and updating of the Automated information system "State Register of the Population" (further - the State register of the population).

Samples of the used standard forms affirm Public institution "Agency of the state services" (further - the Agency of the state services).

7. Processing of personal data in the course of provision of the state services in questions of nationality is performed according to provisions of regulations in the field of personal data protection.

According to requirements of this provision, personal data, strictly necessary and not excessive for the established purpose, according to the powers assigned to state bodies with ensuring sufficient level of safety and confidentiality concerning the risks connected with processing and nature of data according to the principles, the established law are processed.

8. The personal data containing in the forms represented to competent authorities according to this Provision are certified by person responsible for reception of an application, method of application of the signature of the specified place.

9. The application concerning nationality is submitted personally to competent authority, and on demand can be submitted in the place of stay of the applicant by means of the mobile office in the territory of the Republic of Moldova which is under control of the constitutional authorities. Filing of application by other persons is allowed in case of compulsory attendance of the represented person in the following cases:

9.1. in case of the child, including the child, the without parental support or temporarily without parental support, placed in service guardianship/guardianship, the application concerning nationality is submitted by his legal representative (one of parents, the single parent, the guardian, the custodian) from written consent of other parent, depending on circumstances, other guardian or the custodian.

The consent of the parent, the guardian/custodian submitting the application for receipt of nationality on behalf of the child is considered provided, and the consent of other parent or, depending on circumstances, the guardian or the custodian is expressed in writing in the face of, responsible for reception of an application in competent authority, or it is represented in the form certified by the notary, or other persons, such authority given according to the law.

If parents do not reach agreement on the child's belonging to nationality of the Republic of Moldova, the issue of belonging of the child to nationality is resolved by competent degree of jurisdiction, proceeding from the highest interests of the child;

9.2. in case of the child, temporarily without parental support or without parental support concerning which guardianship or custody is not established including the child placed in service of placement of family type or in service of placement of residential type, the statement for acquisition of nationality of the Republic of Moldova owing to recognition by recovery moves territorial authority of guardianship in the location or accommodations of the corresponding child;

9.3. in case of person to whom the measure of judicial protection in the form of guardianship is applied the application concerning nationality is submitted by the guardian.

10. Access to mobile office is provided in priority procedure to persons, being in vulnerable provision, including to the expectant mothers, lonely mothers, persons who are in socially vulnerable provision including the victims of domestic violence.

11. In case of filing of application concerning nationality addressed to the child who reached 14-year age its written consent is required. The consent of the child is not required in cases when he falls under the recognition conditions established by the law his face without nationality, or it is deprived of capability to realize value of the actions.

The consent of the child or other parent, depending on circumstances, the guardian/custodian on acquisition of nationality of the Republic of Moldova, including on recovery or getting out of nationality of the Republic of Moldova by the child, is expressed in writing in the face of, responsible for reception of an application in competent authority, or it is represented in the form certified by the notary, or other persons, such authority given according to the law.

12. The statement for acquisition of nationality of the Republic of Moldova, including for its recovery, is rejected in the following cases:

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