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Long-Stay Visa D/SD — higher-education trainee

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What education or training is this pathway designed for?

The D/SD visa may be granted to a third-country national admitted to a professional training programme as a trainee; the page defines a trainee as a person with or pursuing higher-education studies admitted to gain professional knowledge, practice and experience.

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  • MFA eVisa, D/SD visa, trainee definition
    “Trainee” means a third-country national who holds a degree of higher education or is pursuing a course of study that leads to a higher education degree and who is admitted for a training programme for the purpose of gaining knowledge, practice and experience in a professional environment.

What type of institution/course must accept or enrol the applicant?

The applicant must be admitted to a training programme in a professional environment, under a training agreement; the host entity must give a written commitment to reimburse expenses if the intern stays illegally.

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  • MFA eVisa, D/SD visa, trainee definition
    who is admitted for a training programme for the purpose of gaining knowledge, practice and experience in a professional environment.
  • STUDIES - The long stay visa - IV. In the case of trainees participating in an unpaid vocational training program
    IV. In the case of trainees participating in an unpaid vocational training program: • training agreement • written commitment of the host entity in the sense that, if an intern stays illegally in Romania, the entity is responsible for reimbursing the expenses incurred from public funds for the stay and removal of the intern • proof of having a higher education diploma in the last two years preceding the date of application or proof of participation in a course of study leading to such a diploma • proof of means of subsistence in the amount of at least the level of the minimum gross basic salary per country guaranteed in payment for the entire period entered in the visa • proof of accommodation conditions.

What are the most important financial or study-related conditions: tuition, funds, insurance, full-time study, attendance or equivalent?

For a higher-education trainee, the visa application requires a training agreement, a written commitment from the host entity to reimburse expenses if the intern stays illegally, proof of a higher education diploma obtained in the last two years or proof of participation in a course leading to such a diploma, proof of means of subsistence at least at the minimum gross basic salary per country guaranteed for the entire visa period, and proof of accommodation conditions. The official source does not mention tuition, insurance, full-time study or attendance for this category.

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Limits of the record
  • No information on tuition fees for trainees.
  • No information on health insurance requirements for trainees.
  • No information on full-time study or attendance requirements for trainees.
  • STUDIES - The long stay visa - IV. In the case of trainees participating in an unpaid vocational training program
    IV. In the case of trainees participating in an unpaid vocational training program: • training agreement • written commitment of the host entity in the sense that, if an intern stays illegally in Romania, the entity is responsible for reimbursing the expenses incurred from public funds for the stay and removal of the intern • proof of having a higher education diploma in the last two years preceding the date of application or proof of participation in a course of study leading to such a diploma • proof of means of subsistence in the amount of at least the level of the minimum gross basic salary per country guaranteed in payment for the entire period entered in the visa • proof of accommodation conditions.

Can the student work? Under what major restrictions? What is the family position where clearly stated?

Holders of a temporary right of residence for studies may work only under a part-time individual employment contract of maximum 6 hours per day. The official source does not state the family position.

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Limits of the record
  • Family position not stated

How long does the status last, how is it renewed, and what officially documented post-study work or residence possibilities exist?

The long-stay visa is granted for 90 days, with one or multiple entries. The right of residence can be extended on Romanian territory, through a residence permit issued by the General Inspectorate for Immigration; the application must be submitted personally at least 30 days before the right of stay granted by the visa expires, at the Inspectorate's territorial bureau for the area of residence. The official source does not state post-training work or residence options.

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Limits of the record
  • The length of a trainee's residence extension and any post-training work or residence options are not stated in the cited passages.
  • https://eviza.mae.ro/home/TypeOfVisa
    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.
  • https://eviza.mae.ro/home/TypeOfVisa
    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. The applications for the extension of the temporary right of residence must be personally submitted by applicants, at least 30 days before the expiry of the right of stay granted through the visa, at the territorial bureaus of the Inspectorate General for Immigration from the area of residence.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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