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1. Romanian short-stay visa is the visa which allows the foreigners to request entry on the Romanian territory, for other reasons than immigration, in view of an uninterrupted stay or several stay intervals whose duration should not exceed 90 days, within 6 month, as of the first entry. Such type of Romanian visa may be issued with one or multiple entries.
2. In case of foreigners traveling frequently to Romania, for business cooperation relations, upon the request of the central administrative authorities or of the companies with far-reaching economic and financial power, the short stay visa with multiple entries may also be granted for one year, and in exceptional cases, for an interval up to 5 years. In such cases, the duration of the stay may not exceed 90 days within 6 month, as well.
3. Short stay visa shall be granted for the following purposes :
- mission – to foreigners who for reasons related to their political administrative or public utility office, have to travel to Romania. This type of visa shall be issued to foreigners occupying offices within the governments, public administrations or international organizations, as well as to those who, by reason of their stay in Romania, are of interest for the relationship between the Romanian state and the state of their origin. Such visa can also be issued to the family members accompanying them;
- tourism – to the foreigner who is to travel to Romania for tourist purposes;
- visit – to the foreigner who intends to travel to Romania in order to visit Romanian citizens of foreigners with a valid stay permit;
- business – to the foreigner who intends to travel to Romania for economic and / or commercial purposes, for contracts negotiations, to learn or to verify the use and operation of goods acquired or sold under commercial and industrial co-operation contracts, as well as to the foreigner that is or will become an associate or shareholder of a Romanian trade company;
- transportation – to the foreigner who is to travel for short periods of time in order to carry out professional activities related to goods or persons transportation;
- sports – to the foreigner who is to enter Romania for a limited interval in order to participate to sportive competitions;
- cultural, scientific, humanitarian activities, short term medical treatment or other activities which do not breach the Romanian legislation – subject to justify the presence in Romania;
4. The stay right in Romania, granted to the foreigner through the short stay visa, cannot be renewed.
Conditions for granting Romania short-stay visas
1. Depending on the purpose for which the short-stay visa has been requested, the fulfillment of the following conditions shall be necessary:
- mission – Romanian visa shall be granted to foreigners proving that they have one of the qualities foreseen above and travel to Romania pursuant to such qualities;
- tourism – Romanian visa shall be granted to foreigners if they present:
- a voucher or firm reservation from a tourist accommodation unit;
- a travel ticket valid up to the destination point or driving license, green card and the registration documents of the means of transportation in case of vehicle drivers;
- medical insurance
- the proof of the financial means in amount of EUR 50 / day for the entire period of time, but not less than EUR 500 or the equivalent value in convertible currency;
- visit – Romanian visa shall be granted to foreigners if they present :
- a travel ticket valid up to the destination point or the driving license, green card and the registration documents of the means of transportation, in the case of vehicle drivers;
- medical insurance
- certified invitation from the person to be visited, from which to conclude that such person shall ensure the return costs, in case the invited foreigner does not leave Romania until the date the stay right established through visa expires, as well as, when the visited person has undertaken such thing, the means for support and accommodation of the foreigner;
- the proof of the financial means in amount of EUR 50 / day for the entire period of time but not less than EUR 500, or the equivalent value in convertible currency;
- the proof of providing accommodation conditions in form of a firm reservation with an accommodation unit, an ownership deed or rent agreement of a dwelling in Romania in the name of applicant if the visited person does not ensure the accommodation;
- business – Romanian visa shall be granted to foreigner if they present:
- a travel ticket valid up to the destination point or driving license, green cad and the registration documents of the means of transportation, in case of vehicle drivers;
- medical insurance;
- invitation from a trade company or public authority to participate to meetings, conferences, fairs or congresses related to commerce or to the industry, which indicates the fact that such trade company or public authority shall ensure the return costs, in case the invited foreigner does not leave Romania until the date the stay right established through the visa or through other documents proving the purpose of the trip, expires;
- the proof of the financial means in amount of EUR 50 / day for the entire period of time, but not less than EUR 500, or the equivalent value in convertible currency;
- the proof of accommodation conditions;
- transportation – Romanian visa shall be granted to foreigners if they present:
- documents attesting the profession of the applicant, as well as the activity to be carried out during his/her stay;
- medical insurance;
- the driving license, green card and registration documents of the means of transportation;
- transportation license and execution license;
- sports – Romanian visa shall be granted to foreigners if they present
- invitation from the organizers, which attests the existence of the medical insurance and of the accommodation;
- the official list of the foreign sports delegation specifying the offices of each member;
- the approval of the territorially competent county directorate for youth and sports;
- cultural, scientific, humanitarian activities, short-term medical treatment or other activities which do not breach the Romanian laws – Romanian visa shall be granted to foreigners if they present :
- documents issued by the institutions where they are to travel in order to justify their presence in Romania;
- a travel ticket valid up to the destination point or driving license, green card and the registration documents of the means of transportation, in case o vehicle drivers;
- the proof of financial means in amount of EUR 100 / day or the equivalent value in convertible currency for the entire period of time;
- medical insurance;
- proof of accommodation conditions.
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