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Visa-free Schengen short stay

RomaniaShort stays and visits

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For the relevant traveller scope, is a visa, electronic authorisation, visa on arrival or no advance visa normally required?

A visa is needed only if required under Regulation (EU) 2018/1806 (or not needed for holders of a valid residence permit or long-stay visa); travellers not subject to the visa requirement enter without a visa if they meet the Schengen entry conditions.

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Limits of the record
  • The list of visa-exempt nationalities itself was not captured.
  • https://eviza.mae.ro/home/ConditionsOfEntry
    (b)They are in possession of a valid visa, if required pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/1806, except where they hold a valid residence permit or a valid long-stay visa;
  • https://eviza.mae.ro/home/HowTo
    In case you are not subject to the visa requirement, please refer to the section regarding the "Conditions of entry" section, in order to check the conditions that must be fulfilled in order for aliens to be allowed entry on the Schengen area.

What short-visit purposes does this route cover?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the visit purposes this route covers.

What maximum stay, rolling-period rule, validity and entry rules apply?

Visa exemption applies to stays of no more than 90 days in any 180-day period.

See recorded sources
Limits of the record
  • Stated as the title of the exempt-countries list; no further detail on entries captured.
  • https://eviza.mae.ro/home/ConditionsOfEntry
    Countries the nationals of which are exempt from the requirement to be in possession of a visa when crossing the external borders of the member states for stays of no more than 90 days in any 180-day period

What important funds, accommodation, invitation, insurance, onward-travel or passport evidence may be required?

At the border the traveller must hold a travel document valid at least three months after the intended departure and issued within the previous 10 years; must justify the purpose and conditions of the stay and have sufficient means of subsistence for the stay and the return or onward transit; must not be the subject of an SIS entry-refusal alert and must not be a threat to public policy, internal security, public health or international relations.

See recorded sources
  • https://eviza.mae.ro/home/ConditionsOfEntry
    a) They are in possession of a valid travel document entitling the holder to cross the border satisfying the following criteria: (i)its validity shall extend at least three months after the intended date of departure from the territory of the Member States. In a justified case of emergency, this obligation may be waived; (ii) it shall have been issued within the previous 10 years;
  • https://eviza.mae.ro/home/ConditionsOfEntry
    (c)They justify the purpose and conditions of the intended stay, and they have sufficient means of subsistence, both for the duration of the intended stay and for the return to their country of origin or transit to a third country into which they are certain to be admitted, or are in a position to acquire such means lawfully;
  • https://eviza.mae.ro/home/ConditionsOfEntry
    (d)They are not persons for whom an alert has been issued in the SIS for the purposes of refusing entry; (e)They are not considered to be a threat to public policy, internal security, public health or the international relations of any of the Member States, in particular where no alert has been issued in Member States’ national data bases for the purposes of refusing entry on the same grounds;

Where/how is permission obtained when required, and under what important circumstances can a stay be extended or changed?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm where to apply and when a stay can be extended or changed.

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

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