
Social Insurance
Pensions, Benefits and Social Aid
What is Social Insurance?Who is Entitled to Social InsuranceWho Pays Contributions to the State Social Insurance BudgetTypes of BenefitsAllowances for Families With ChildrenAllowances for Temporary Incapacity for WorkOther Social Security EntitlementsDocuments Required to Apply for Pensions or Benefits, Might IncludeHow Can the Documents Be Submitted?
Social Insurance
What is Social Insurance?
Social insurance is a social protection system that guarantees the social rights of insured persons
- pensions
- allowances
- social benefits
- allowances for disease prevention and the restoration of working capacity
- other social benefits, under the conditions stipulated by law
Who is Entitled to Social Insurance
- Foreign nationals holding a temporary residence permit
- Foreign nationals holding a permanent residence permit
- Foreign nationals who have been recognised as stateless persons in the Republic of Moldova
- Beneficiaries of international protection or political asylum
Who Pays Contributions to the State Social Insurance Budget
- insured persons who owe social insurance contributions
- employers
- employers in the field of road passenger transport by taxi
- legal entities recognised under the law as employers, for whom the insured persons referred to in Article 4(2) of Law No. 489/1999 on the public social insurance system carry out their activities
- doctors working on a self-employed, independent basis, in accordance with the law
- freelancers in the legal profession
- persons who enter into a social insurance contract
- residents of IT parks with employer status
- natural persons carrying out self-employed activities
Types of Benefits
- old-age pension
- disability pension
- survivor’s pension
- monthly state benefits
- state social allowances
Allowances for Families With Children
- one-time childbirth allowance
- monthly child-care allowance until the child reaches the age of two
- monthly child-rearing allowance until the child reaches the age of three, available only to insured persons
- monthly support allowance for raising twins or multiple children born from a single pregnancy up to the age of three
- one-off allowance for the period of fostering an adoptable child
- a one-off allowance for a child who has been adopted or placed in the care of a guardian/trustee
- monthly allowance for the upbringing of a child over the age of three who has been adopted or placed in the care of the guardianship/curatorship service
- paternity allowance
Allowances for Temporary Incapacity for Work
- allowance for temporary incapacity for work caused by general illnesses or accidents outside work, occupational diseases and accidents at work
- maternity allowance
- death benefit granted to relatives in the event of a death following an accident at work or an occupational disease
- allowance for caring for a sick child
- allowance for disease prevention (quarantine)
- allowance for rehabilitation of work capacity
Other Social Security Entitlements
- unemployment benefit
- financial aid in the event of death
- social assistance
- one-off financial assistance
- annual financial assistance
- Sanatorium health treatment vouchers for insured persons
- energy compensations in the form of cash payments
The following online services are also available:
- online booking and free consultation at the Regional Social Insurance Office (CTAS)
- personal social insurance account, access to the Personal Social Insurance Account (CPAS)
- verification of medical certificates
- pension review
- CPAS statement and access to personal account data
Documents Required to Apply for Pensions or Benefits, Might Include
- identity document (original and copy)
- the child’s birth certificate, where applicable (original and copy)
- extract from the order granting parental leave, issued by each employer where the applicant is employed, only for those in employment (original)
- employment record book (original; a copy is provided if the employment record book has not been scanned)
- documents confirming the retirement benefit contribution period
- degree certificate from a full-time course at a higher education institution (up to 1 January 1999), (original and copy)
- military service record book or documents relating to military service (original and copy)
- documents confirming the period of care for a Group I disabled person or an elderly person who has reached age 75 (up to 1 January 1999)
- other supporting documents, depending on the situation
How Can the Documents Be Submitted?
Documents can be submitted to:
📍 the local social security offices in your area
or
💻 online (using an electronic signature), via the following platforms:
- cnas.gov.md
- servicii.gov.md
For insured persons who hold a specific status in the Republic of Moldova (holders of a temporary or permanent right of residence, beneficiaries of international protection and political asylum), registration for the payment of benefits takes place automatically based on a valid identity document.
Territorial services of Regional Social Insurance Offices
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General Directorate for Benefits for Families with Children
1Chisinau, 3 Gheorghe
General Directorate for the Determination of Benefits
2Chisinau, 108 Burebista Street
National Social Insurance House (CNAS)
3Regional Social Insurance Office Anenii Noi
4Anenii Noi, 4 31 August 1989 Square
Regional Social Insurance Office Balti
5Balti municipality, 4 31 August 1989 Street
Regional Social Insurance Office Basarabeasca
6Basarabeasca, 57 Karl Marx Street
Regional Social Insurance Office Briceni
7Briceni, 44 Independentei Street
Regional Social Insurance Office Cahul
8Cahul municipality, 6 Independence Square
Regional Social Insurance Office Calarasi
9Calarasi, 19 Mihai Eminescu Street
Regional Social Insurance Office Cantemir
10Cantemir, 2 Stefan Voda Street
Regional Social Insurance Office Causeni
11Causeni, 9 Alexei Mateevici Street
Regional Social Insurance Office Ceadir-Lunga
12Ciadir-Lunga, 38A Lenin Street
Regional Social Insurance Office Chisinau — Botanica
13Buiucani district, 21 George Enescu Street
Regional Social Insurance Office Chisinau — Centre
14Centru district, 87 31 August 1989 Street
Regional Social Insurance Office Chisinau — Ciocana
15Ciocana district, 12A Mesterul Manole Street
Regional Social Insurance Office Chisinau — Riscani
16Riscani district, 22/1 Grigore Vieru Boulevard
Regional Social Insurance Office Cimislia
17Cimislia, 7 Sfinta Maria Street
Regional Social Insurance Office Comrat
18Comrat, 42/1 Tretiacov Street
Regional Social Insurance Office Criuleni
19Criuleni town, 12 Biruinta Street Dubasari Branch/CTAS Criuleni
Regional Social Insurance Office Donduseni
20Donduseni town, 12 Komarov Street
Regional Social Insurance Office Drochia
21Drochia, 15 Independentei Street
Regional Social Insurance Office Edinet
22Edinet municipality, 101 Independentei Street
Regional Social Insurance Office Falesti
23Falesti, 27 Moldovei Street
Regional Social Insurance Office Floresti
24Floresti town, Victoriei Street 2
Regional Social Insurance Office Glodeni
25Glodeni, 26 Stefan cel Mare Street
Regional Social Insurance Office Hincesti
26Hincesti municipality, 123 Mihalcea Hincu Street
Regional Social Insurance Office Ialoveni
27Ialoveni, 18 Alexandru cel Bun Street
Regional Social Insurance Office Leova
28Leova, 35 Unirii Street
Regional Social Insurance Office Nisporeni
29Nisporeni, 10 Suveranitatii Street
Regional Social Insurance Office Ocnita
30Ocnita, 51 Independentei Street
Regional Social Insurance Office Orhei
31Orhei, 113 Vasile Lupu Street
Regional Social Insurance Office Rezina
32Rezina, 27 August Street 1
Regional Social Insurance Office Riscani
33Riscani, 2 Ion Neculce Street
Regional Social Insurance Office Singerei
34Singerei, 2A Eugen Voinitchi Street
Regional Social Insurance Office Soldanesti
35Soldanesti, 5 31 August 1989 Street
Regional Social Insurance Office Soroca
36Soroca municipality, 1 Gheorghe Asachi Street
Regional Social Insurance Office Stefan Voda
37Stefan Voda, 8 Grigore Vieru Street
Regional Social Insurance Office Straseni
38Straseni Municipality, 92/2 Stefan cel Mare Street
Regional Social Insurance Office Taraclia
39Taraclia, 36 Stefan cel Mare Street
Regional Social Insurance Office Telenesti
40Telenesti town, Renasterii Street 69
Regional Social Insurance Office Ungheni
41Ungheni Municipality, 8 Gh. Meniuc Street
Regional Social Insurance Office Vulcanesti
42Vulcanesti, 103 Lenin Street
RSIO Chisinau — Botanica
43sect. Botanica, str. Burebista 108
