We propose necessary and sufficient conditions for a bisequence of complex
numbers to be a moment one of Sobolev type over the real line, the unit cir
cle and the complex plane. We achieve this through converting the moment pr
oblem in question into a matrix one and utilizing some techniques coming fr
om operator theory. This allows us to consider the Sobolev type moment prob
lem in its full generality, not necessarily in the diagonal case and even o
f infinite order.