In this article is analyzed the socio-political impact of international labor migration on the Republic of Moldova. The authors reveal the major trends and volumes of contemporary international migration of Moldovan population, draws attention to the main effects of labor migration as the remittances of mi-grant workers, material well-being of migrant families, strengthening the nati-onal currency, the consolidation of the national banking system. In the article is described the impact of migration on the labor market, employment, attitudes toward work as a social value in modern society, analy-zes the changes in the gender and age employment, educational and territorial structures of the Moldovan society, family and marital sphere, gender’s role in the family, etc. The authors analyze the situation of the most vulnerable and po-orly protected social groups of the Moldovan society, such as children and the elderly (the old men). The paper concludes that the impact of labor migration is contradictory, ambiguous, sharpens the contradiction between economic benefits and social costs of migration. Aware of the consequences of mass international labor mig-ration, the Moldovan authorities seek to minimize the negative effects and pro-mote a positive, pursuing a policy to regulate labor migration. The article cha-racterized the main stages in the regulation of migration, revealed the contents and evolution of the main approaches in the field of migration management. This article was written on a wealth of statistical and sociological material, equipped with lots of tables and diagrams.