Countries the nationals of which must obtain a visa in order to travel to Romania
I. The list of countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when traveling to Romania (the list herein is established in accordance with the provisions of Regulation EU 1806/2018)
| Afghanistan * (1) |
| South Africa |
| Algeria * |
| Angola * |
| Saudi Arabia |
| Armenia |
| Azerbaijan |
| Bahrain |
| Bangladesh * (1) |
| Belarus |
| Belize |
| Benin |
| Bhutan |
| Bolivia |
| Botswana |
| Burkina Faso |
| Burma/Myanmar |
| Burundi |
| Cambodia |
| Cameroon |
| Cape Verde |
| Central African Republic |
| Chad * |
| China |
| The Comoros |
| Congo |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo * (1) |
| Côte d'Ivoire |
| CUBA |
| Djijbouti |
| Dominican Republic |
| Ecuador |
| Equatorial Guinea |
| Egypt * |
| Eritrea (1) |
| Ethiopia (1) |
| Fiji |
| Gabon |
| Gambia |
| Ghana (1) |
| Guinea |
| Guinea-Bissau |
| Guyana |
| Haiti |
| India * |
| Indonesia * |
| Iran * (1) |
| Iraq * (1) |
| Jamaica |
| Jordan * |
| Kazakhstan |
| Kenya |
| North Korea * |
| Kuwait |
| Kyrgyzstan |
| Laos |
| Lebanon * |
| Lesotho |
| Liberia |
| Libya * |
| Madagascar |
| Malawi |
| Maldives |
| Mali * |
| Mauritania * |
| Mongolia |
| Morocco * |
| Mozambique |
| Namibia |
| Nepal |
| Niger |
| Nigeria*(1) |
| Oman |
| Pakistan * (1) |
| Papua New Guinea |
| Philippines |
| Qatar |
| Russia |
| Rwanda |
| São Tomé and Príncipe |
| Senegal |
| Sierra Leone |
| Somalia * (1) |
| Sri Lanka * (1) |
| Sudan * |
| South Sudan * |
| Surinam |
| Eswatini |
| Syria * |
| Tajikistan |
| Tanzania |
| Thailand |
| Togo |
| Tunisia * |
| Turkey |
| Turkmenistan |
| Uganda |
| Uzbekistan * |
| Vanuatu (2) |
| Vietnam |
| Yemen * |
| Zambia |
| Zimbabwe |
NOTE:
* The states whose nationals must be in possession of an invitation endorsed by the Inspectorate General for Immigration from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, that they must submit when applying for a short-stay visa;
(1) States whose nationals are subject to the airport transit visa requirement.
(2) Starting with 4 May 2022, the application of the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Vanuatu on short-stay visa waiver for citizens of the Republic of Vanuatu holding ordinary passports issued by the Republic of Vanuatu as from 25 May 2015 shall be suspended. NB: The Council Decision does not affect holders of ordinary passports issued before 25 May 2015, as they will continue to benefit from the visa-free regime when entering the territory of the EU MS.
2. ENTITIES AND TERRITORIAL AUTHORITIES THAT ARE NOT RECOGNISED AS STATES BY AT LEAST ONE MEMBER STATE:
1. Palestine*
2. Kosovo - as defined by the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999
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