Entry conditions
The conditions that should be met in order to be allowed to enter Romania and implicitly the Schengen area:
- In order to be allowed to enter Romania and thus the Schengen area, you must be able to prove that you fulfil the relevant conditions (e.g. provide information on the length of your stay in Romania/Schengen area and/or the purpose of your stay) when checks at the state border-crossing points are performed. In some cases, the result of such checks may be that you are not allowed to enter the Schengen area. It is advisable to carry copies of the documents submitted when applying for the visa (invitation letter, travel confirmation or other documents proving the purpose of the stay).
- IMPORTANT! As per the provisions of Regulation (EU) no. 610/2013, when entering the territory of Romania, both the validity of your visa and the length of your previous stays in the Schengen area will be checked. You will only be allowed to enter and stay in Romania, and thus in the Schengen area, for the duration stated in your visa and only if your previous stays in the Schengen area, cumulatively, do not exceed the maximum duration of 90 days in any 180 day period, in relation to the date on which you wish to enter the Schengen area.
- ATTENTION! You have to respect the duration of stay and validity periods specified on your visa.If you exceed these periods, you risk being returned to your country of origin and banned from entering the Schengen area for a certain period of time.
- In accordance with the provisions of the regulatory framework in force,entry into Romania and implicitly into the Schengen area may be granted to third-country nationals who fulfil the following conditions:
- a) carry a valid travel document accepted by Romania;
- b) hold a visa or a residence permit granted as per current legislation or, as the case may be, carry any and all authorization that confers to the bearer the right of transit or stay on the territory of Romania, as per European Union legislation that is mandatory and applicable to Romania, unless otherwise established by international treaties;
- c) submit, as per current legislation, documents that attest to the purpose and conditions of their stay and provide proof of holding financial means corresponding both to support during the stay as well as to return to their country of origin or to transit to another country in which they will be guaranteed entry;
- d) present guarantees that they will be guaranteed entry to the territory of the destination country or that they will leave Romania, for transiting aliens;
- e) no entries are registered in their name, in the Romanian National Signaling Information System (N.SIS) for the purpose of refusing their entry into the territory of Romania;
- f) no entries are registered in their name in the Schengen Information System (SIS) for the purpose of refusing their entry;
- g) are not reported by the competent authorities as posing a threat to public policy, internal security, public health or the international relations of any of the Member States and, in particular, are not the subject of an alert issued in Member States' databases for the purpose of refusing entry on the abovementioned reasons.are have not been notified by competent authorities as a hazard to national security, order or public health.
- ATTENTION! Holding an entry visa does not guarantee the entry on the territory of the Member State. All foreign citizens who wish to travel to Romania or to another member State must make sure they abide by the conditions mentioned above. The visa granting conditions and the conditions of entry are complementary. The purpose of travel of third-state nationals who have entered Romania on the basis of a Schengen visa cannot be changed during their stay in Romania.