Migrant Workers

If you want to work in Romania and have a citizenship of a country outside the European Union European, Economic Area and the Swiss Confederation? You have to find an employer and pass the tests required by them. If they decide to hire you, they will obtain the work permit. You can be employed in Romania by a single employer, person or entity.

If you do not have Romanian citizenship or citizenship of another member state of the European Union, European Economic Area or the Swiss Confederation you can work in Romania, with a work permit, if the following conditions are met:

• The vacant positions cannot be filled by Romanian citizens of EU Member States / EEA or by permanent residents in Romania
• You meet the specific training, work experience and authorization conditions
• You prove that you are medically capable to engage in the respective activity
• You do not have a criminal record incompatible with the work that you are doing or are going to exercise in Romania
• You fall within the annual quota approved by Government Decision
• The employer has no unpaid obligations to the state
• The employer carries out activities compatible with the job for which the foreigner is required to work;
• The employer / beneficiary of the service was not punished for undeclared work or illegal employment during the last 6 months prior to the settlement of the application for permanent / seasonal / trainees / cross-border / trained / au pair / detached / ICT workers.

Depending on the type of business you want to pursue in Romania, you can be hired as:​

– permanent employee – foreigner employed in Romania with individual contract of indefinite duration or fixed term concluded with an employer based on the work permit

The work / deployment permit shall be kept by the employer / beneficiary of the services for the entire period of the employment or deployment. The employer / beneficiary of the services must keep for at least the duration of the employment / deployment, a copy of the residence permit or travel document showing legality of stay of the foreigner in Romania.

After obtaining the work permit, the employer should send you this document, and you will obtain the long stay visa for employment / deployment from the diplomatic missions and consular offices of Romania. (See list of these).

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