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Visa Information

Documents for admission into Romania

• A valid passport is required for all overseas/ non-EU visitors.
• Your passport must be valid for the entire duration of your visit (it will not expire sooner than your intended date of departure).
• However, please check the expiration date on your passport carefully before traveling to Europe. Although Romania is not part of the Schengen agreement, some airlines (i.e. Lufthansa) may refuse boarding at your point of origin or while transferring planes if your passport is not valid for at least three months beyond your intended date of departure; or your entry into the Schengen Area could be denied.
• For this reason, the U.S. Department of State - Bureau of Consular Affairs recommends that your passport has at least six months' validity remaining whenever you travel abroad.
• For stays longer than 90 days visitors need to need to apply for a temporary residence permit (either before arriving into Romania or at least 30 days before the 90-day "no visa" stay expires).

To apply for an extended stay visa please visit eVisa.MAE.ro

Citizens of the European Union countries can enter Romania with a valid passport or with their National Identity Card.

Romanian Entry Visa

• Depending on your citizenship, you may be required to show different documents at the port-of-entry.
• American and Canadian citizens as well as citizens of Australia, New Zealand and most European countries do not need an entry visa to visit Romania, providing duration of stay is not more than 90 (ninety) days, accumulated during a single visit - or multiple visits - within a six-month period.
• Citizens of certain countries and territories need a visa to visit Romania.

To quickly check if you need a visa please go to www.E-Visa.MAE.ro
(select the "Get Informed" tab (up left) and enter the following information: passport issuing country, type of passport, purpose of your visit to Romania).

Entry requirements and visa information are also available at www.mae.ro.

Please send all inquiries regarding visa and entry requirements to the nearest Consulate of Romania www.mae.ro.

• List of countries whose nationals, bearer of a regular passport, are exempt from the requirement of a Romanian visa
• List of countries whose nationals, bearer of diplomatic, service, official passport and seamen's books, are exempt from the requirement of a Romanian visa.
• List of countries whose nationals, holders of regular passport, need a visa to enter Romania.

The Schengen Visas

Romania is not yet part of the Schengen visa agreement, but Schengen Visa holders do not need to get a (special) Romanian visa to visit Romania as long as their Schengen visa allows at least two entries in Schengen space and the number of entries and/ or length of stay has not been not exhausted.

More info concerning Schengen Visa Validity in Romania

Please double-check all (Schengen) visa requirements with the nearest Consulate of Romania www.mae.ro.