of July 10, 2025 No. 253
About nationality of the Republic of Moldova
The parliament adopts this organic law.
(1) This law establishes the main regulations connected with acquisition, preserving and loss of nationality of the Republic of Moldova.
(2) the Purpose of this law is ensuring compliance with the rights provided by the law and freedoms of persons taking into account national interests and the principles of the constitutional state.
(1) Legal relations in the field of nationality in the Republic of Moldova are governed by the Constitution of the Republic of Moldova (further - the Constitution), international treaties which party is the Republic of Moldova, this law, and also regulations another accepted, approved and published according to it.
(2) with discrepancies between provisions of international treaties which party is the Republic of Moldova and the provisions provided by this law, regulations of international treaties have priority.
For the purposes of this law the following concepts are used:
1) the child - person under the age of of 18 years;
2) the foreign citizen - the person having nationality of foreign state and not being the citizen of the Republic of Moldova;
3) the stateless person - person who is not considered by the citizen any state owing to its legislation;
4) person using international protection - the stateless person or the foreign citizen behind whom the status of the refugee is acknowledged or which is given the status of person using humanitarian protection, competent authority for foreigners under the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Moldova;
5) person using political asylum - person who is granted political asylum by the President of the Republic of Moldova;
6) the descendant - the blood relative on the descending line to the third degree of relationship inclusive (children, grandsons and great-grandsons), and also the adopted persons equated to them according to provisions of regulations;
7) the residence - the place of regular stay of person during uncertain term in the territory of the Republic of Moldova or abroad, characterized by close and stable relation of physical person with this place and supported by the official documents issued by competent authorities of the state of stay;
8) legal stay - the stay in the territory of the Republic of Moldova person which does not have nationality of the Republic of Moldova permitted by competent authority for foreigners by provision of the right temporary (for certain term) or stay permanent (sine die) or as a result of recognition of the status of the stateless person or provision of international protection, or permitted by the President of the Republic of Moldova by provision of political asylum.
(1) Nationality of the Republic of Moldova establishes political legal bond between physical person and the state Republic of Moldova which generates the mutual rights, obligations and responsibility based on the recognition and respect of advantage of the personality, its rights and freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution.
(2) Nationality of the Republic of Moldova can be acquired, kept or lost only according to the procedure, provided by this law.
Nationality of the Republic of Moldova is confirmed by the identity document of the citizen of the Republic of Moldova, the certificate of birth (for the child) or other document issued by competent authority containing the records confirming belonging of person to nationality of the Republic of Moldova.
Nationality of the Republic of Moldova is based on the following principles:
a) right of each person to nationality;
b) inadmissibility of discrimination of citizens of the Republic of Moldova irrespective of the bases of acquisition of nationality of the Republic of Moldova;
c) inadmissibility of provision of nationality of the Republic of Moldova contrary to will of person;
d) inadmissibility of any deprivation of person of nationality of the Republic of Moldova, and also right of getting out of nationality of the Republic of Moldova and acquisition of nationality of other state;
e) avoidance of statelessness;
f) lack of consequences in case of nationality change by one of spouses for nationality of other spouse or for nationality of the child in the absence of the corresponding written application of parents;
g) lack of consequences for nationality of spouses in case of registration, termination or recognition invalid scrap between the citizen of the Republic of Moldova and the foreign citizen if this scrap did not form the basis for acquisition of nationality of the Republic of Moldova by one of spouses;
h) lack of consequences for nationality of the children born or adopted by parents whose marriage was dissolved or nullified including in case nationality of the child was acquired based on scrap of parents;
i) priority of the highest interests of the child in case of decision making about his nationality;
j) availability of authentic and valid communication between person petitioning for acquisition of nationality of the Republic of Moldova and the state Republic of Moldova (sociocultural and economic integration).
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