The Moldovans not having biometric passports may get short term visas to France. The announcement comes from the Hungarian Embassy to Chisinau, which manages a center issuing Moldovans visas for a series of European countries.

France is the 17th country to join the Joint Visas Center, the other being Austria, Denmark, Belgium, Finland, Croatia, Switzerland, Greece, Estonia, Latvia, Norway, Luxemburg, Slovenia, Slovakia, Sweden, the Netherlands and Hungary.

The long term visas will be issued by the French embassy to Bucharest.