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The D/AM1 application category includes citizens of Moldova, Ukraine and Serbia employed in Romania under a full-time individual employment contract.
citizens of the Republic of Moldova, Ukraine and the Republic of Serbia employed on the territory of Romania with full-time individual employment contract
This D/AM1 category requires a full-time individual employment contract in Romania.
with full-time individual employment contract
For this D/AM1 category, the decisive professional fit is citizenship of Moldova, Ukraine or Serbia plus a full-time individual employment contract for work in Romania. The employer, rather than the foreign worker, completes the single D/AM1 application, and uploads the employment contract registered in REGES-ONLINE. The IGI page lists this category separately from highly qualified workers, ministry-requested specialists, academic/artistic work and professional athletes; the latter categories’ special professional conditions should not be imported into this citizenship/full-time-contract category.
The long-stay visa for employment of type D/AM1 is issued based on the single application submitted by the employer in the electronic platform, and the long-stay visa for employment of type D/AM2 is issued based on the single application submitted by the foreigner placement agency or by the authorized employer in the same electronic platform, with the fulfillment of the general and special conditions provided for by this emergency ordinance.
In order to apply for a long-stay visa type D/AM1, for employment through the electronic platform «WorkinRomania.gov.ro», a single application is completed, exclusively by the employer, for the following categories of foreigners: a) highly qualified; b) who are to carry out activities requested by ministries or other bodies of the central public administration on the territory of Romania, including within projects that contribute to the development and modernization of the national economic infrastructure; c) who are to carry out teaching, scientific or other categories of specific activities in state higher education institutions in Romania, based on bilateral agreements, in accordance with the order of the Minister of Education and Research, as well as in accordance with the institutional strategy of state higher education institutions, based on the decision of the rector and the opinion of the Ministry of Education and Research, personnel with special qualifications, as well as foreigners who carry out artistic activities in cultural institutions in Romania, based on the order of the Minister of Culture; d) professional athletes who have concluded an individual employment contract with a sports structure; e) citizens of the Republic of Moldova, Ukraine and the Republic of Serbia employed on the territory of Romania with a full-time individual employment contract.
To complete the single application in the case of the categories of foreigners mentioned above, employers upload the following documents regarding the foreigner to the electronic platform: a) the individual employment contract registered in the General Register of Employees – REGES-ONLINE, according to Government Decision no. 295/2025 on the General Register of Employees – REGES-ONLINE, with subsequent amendments;
The D/AM1 long-stay employment visa attests the holder's right to work in Romania for the employment purpose. The official source does not state any tie to a specific employer or family rights.
The long-stay visa for employment is granted to foreigners for the purpose of employment on the territory of Romania to an employer and also attests the foreigner's right to work on the territory of Romania.
The long-stay visa is granted for 90 days, with one or multiple entries. The residence right may be extended in Romania through a residence permit issued by the Inspectorate General for Immigration. The official source does not state a longer-term residence direction.
The long-stay visa is granted to third-state nationals, upon request, for periods of 90 days, with one or multiple entries. The right of residence granted through the D-type visa can be extended by applying for such an extension of the right of residence on the national territory. The extension of the right of residence is materialised through a residence permit issued by the Inspectorate General for Immigration from the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Romania.
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