Immigration

Number of temporary stay permits issued to foreigners in Moldova, 2001-2006

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Total % from total

Total 925 1219 1750 1743 1763 1961 9361 100%

Including by Countries of Origin

Russia 346 477 648 703 622 727 3523 38%

Ukraine 201 295 507 515 552 657 2727 29%

Moldova 154 151 236 126 94 34 795 8%

Romania 20 32 40 41 62 90 285 3%

Turkey 19 29 45 55 66 63 277 3%

Syria 19 29 28 34 50 42 202 2%

Belarus 14 18 29 30 26 39 156 2%

Kazakhstan 26 22 30 15 27 18 138 1%

Israel 9 19 29 19 23 30 129 1%

Armenia 9 12 6 19 27 39 112 1%

Azerbaijan 5 2 17 21 34 31 110 1%

Jordan 12 19 10 21 22 22 106 1%

Italy 1 7 9 14 14 22 67 1%

Lebanon 4 7 13 14 12 12 62 1%

Georgia 7 4 12 7 14 9 53 1%

Sudan 6 8 7 7 9 10 47 1%

Germany 3 6 5 14 11 7 46

Bulgaria 9 3 5 4 10 11 42

USA 1 5 3 9 7 10 35

Uzbekistan 6 5 4 3 6 6 30

China 5 5 5 5 3 3 26

Latvia 2 5 6 6 4 1 24

Nigeria 6 6 3 3 1 1 20

Turkmenistan 3 4 5 3 1 4 20

Greece 3 2 2 3 4 5 19

Lithuania 2 2 2 5 2 5 18

Kyrgyzstan 5 1 3 1 4 1 15

Iran 2 3
2 4 3 14

Venezuela 26 41 41 44 52 59 263 3%

Number of fixed-term stay permits issued to foreigners in Moldova, 2001-2006

	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	Total	% from total

Total	1105	2360	3185	2892	3130	3144	15816	100%
Including by Countries of Origin
Syria	302	655	757	585	435	307	3041	19%
Turkey	110	341	401	480	673	749	2754	17%
Ukraine	85	217	419	301	335	357	1714	11%
Jordan	201	361	352	296	214	132	1556	10%
USA	93	120	143	166	182	192	896	6%
Israel	34	53	114	139	190	206	736	5%
Romania	12	44	172	75	106	168	577	4%
Bulgaria	45	53	115	106	120	109	548	3%
Sudan	37	101	124	105	93	55	515	3%
Russia	9	47	88	90	118	153	505	3%
Italy	12	33	31	47	59	71	253	2%
China	15	54	34	35	29	33	200	1%
Lebanon	16	29	32	31	33	33	174	1%
Uzbekistan		16	33	18	44	46	157	1%
Azerbaijan	2	9	27	22	39	46	145	1%
Kazakhstan	15	9	27	26	29	31	137	1%
India	5	12	19	24	31	26	117	1%
Yemen	5	16	30	30	7	21	109	1%
Armenia	2	10	16	22	23	33	106	1%
Germany	7	12	14	17	23	30	103	1%
France	1	6	11	16	20	34	88	1%
Poland	2	10	20	14	20	22	88	1%
Greece	10	10	8	10	15	19	72
Belarus	2	5	8	10	20	22	67
Iran	3	2	6	20	14	13	58
Iraq	5	7	4	13	12	12	53
Belgium	4	2	10	10	12	12	50
Georgia	1	2	9	8	16	13	49
Other states	70	124	161	176	218	199	948	6%