Our Law Firm offers juridical representation and consulting regarding obtaining Romanian citizenship, gaining Romanian citizenship or regaining Romanian citizenship. Our Law Office has got a vast experience regarding the gaining or regaining the Romanian citizenship and Romania immigration procedures.
 

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We offer assistance and representation in completing the files or picking it up.

In order to be granted Romanian citizenship, a solicitor must complete the following steps:

A.The process of obtaining or regaining of Romanian citizenship by those who had lost it before December 1989 is described below:

The regaining of the Romanian citizenship by the Romanian citizen who had lost it before December 22nd 1989 without having any fault, or it had been taken away from them without their will, as well as their descendants until grade 2nd, can regain or they may be given the Romanian citizenship at their request while maintaining at the same time a foreign citizenship and a home address in Romania or abroad, if he/she fulfils the following conditions:

a) The solicitor proves by his/her behavior, actions and attitude loyalty towards the Romanian state, the solicitor does not do or support actions against state order or national security and declares that he/she has not done so in the past either.

b) The solicitor is least 18 years old.

c) The solicitor is well known as having a good behavior, has not been convicted in the country or abroad for any offence that would make him/her unworthy of being a Romanian citizen.

d) The solicitor can prove that in Romania he/she has legal opportunities for a decent living under the legal conditions regarding foreigners’ legislation.

B.The process of obtaining the Romanian citizenship by a person without citizenship or a foreign citizen if the solicitor fulfils the following conditions:

a) Was born, and is living on the Romanian territory at the date of request or, if he wasn't born in Romania, he/she has been living in Romania according to the Romanian laws for at least 8 years, or in case he/she is married and living with a Romanian citizen for at least 5 years since the date of marriage.

b) The solicitor proves by his/her behavior, actions and attitude loyalty towards the Romanian state, the solicitor does not do or support actions against state order or national security and declares that he/she has not done so in the past either.

c) The solicitor is at least 18 years old.

d) The solicitor can prove that in Romania he/she has legal opportunities for a decent living under the legal conditions regarding foreigners’ legislation.

e) The solicitor is well known as having a good behavior, has not been convicted in the country or abroad for any offence that would make him/her unworthy of being a Romanian citizen.

f) The solicitor can speak Romanian and has got a minimum knowledge about the Romanian culture and civilization in order to become easily integrated in the social life.

g) The solicitor knows the Romanian constitution and the Romanian national anthem.

The terms from point a) can be reduced to half the stated interval of time in the following situations:
a) The solicitor is a well known personality abroad
b) The solicitor is the citizen of an E.U. member country
c) The solicitor has gained the refugee status according to the enforced legal provisions
d) The solicitor had invested over 5.000.000 EUR in Romania.

THE APPLICATION PROCEDURES FOR GAINING THE ROMANIAN CITIZENSHIP

The application for gaining or regaining the Romanian citizenship must be addressed to the Commission for citizenship, where the solicitor must present it in person, or, in extraordinary cases it must be filed as a mandated document which is authenticated by the Ministry of Justice, Office of Citizenship, and must be accompanied by documents which testify that the solicitor fulfills all the above mentioned requests.

In the case of the solicitors who have been abusively deprived of their Romanian citizenship in the past and currently reside abroad, they can present the application for regaining the Romanian citizenship, accompanied by documents which testify that the solicitor fulfills all the above mentioned requests, to competent Romanian Diplomatic Missions or Consulates. The applications and all the supporting documents will then be automatically redirected to the Commission for citizenship.

The process of obtaining the Romanian citizenship will take a minimum of one year

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