Romania digital nomad visa

Requirements

• Monthly income of at least roughly 3× Romania's average gross salary (about RON 26,730 / €5,370+ per month), shown for the prior six months
• Remote work for a company registered outside Romania, or your own foreign-registered business
• Valid passport
• Health insurance valid in Romania
• Proof of accommodation in Romania
• Clean criminal record

How to apply

1. Confirm your income meets the ~3× average-salary threshold (around €5,000+/month) over the last six months
2. Gather documents: passport, six months of income proof, employment/business proof, insurance, accommodation, criminal record
3. Apply online via Romania's Ministry of Foreign Affairs e-visa portal, or at a consulate, 2 weeks to 3 months before travel
4. Pay the €120 application fee; online decisions typically take 7–14 business days
5. Enter on the long-stay visa and obtain a residence permit; renewable, up to 3 years total on temporary residence

Renewal and long-term stay

• Renewable: yes, up to 2 years in total

One year, renewable once — 24 months and the nomad route is exhausted, so staying longer means switching to a different permit. Whether the nomad time counts toward the five years for permanent residency is genuinely unsettled: reputable 2026 sources contradict each other, and we would rather say so than pick one. Confirm with the Romanian Immigration Office before planning around it. Separately, the long-stay visa fee rose from €120 to €300 on 27 April 2026.

Bringing a partner or children

• Dependants: yes — a partner and children can be included

Tax

• You become tax resident: after 183 days in the country
• Foreign income taxed locally: no — foreign-earned income is not taxed locally
• Special nomad or expat tax regime: yes — see below

One of the strongest deals in Europe and not widely known: Law No. 69/2023 exempts digital nomad visa holders from Romanian income tax and social contributions on foreign-earned income. It pairs oddly with the visa's own 24-month ceiling — the tax treatment is excellent, the runway is short. Standard residency rules (183 days) still frame everything, and your home country taxes you on its own terms regardless.

This summarises published rules, not your situation, and it is not tax advice. Two things it can't tell you: your home country may tax you anyway — US citizens are taxed on worldwide income wherever they live — and day-count is only the most common trigger for tax residency, not the only one. Having a permanent home, a family or your centre of economic interests in a country can make you resident well before the day count does. Get advice before you move.

What changed

Rule changes we've confirmed for Romania, with the date each took effect. Every country we track is on the full changelog.

• 27 April 2026 Romania raised the fee for every long-stay (Type D) visa from €120 to €300, the digital nomad visa included.

Moving abroad means more than the visa — sort your travel insurance (many visa applications require proof of coverage), set up borderless banking, and land with data working.

First nomad visa? Our digital nomad visa guide explains how qualifying, applying, and taxes work across every country.