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Long-Stay Visa D/AS — foreign-company branch, representative office or subsidiary manager

RomaniaStarting a business

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Is this for a founder, startup entrepreneur, self-employed person, freelancer, company owner or another business profile?

This route is for persons appointed to the management of a subsidiary, representative office or branch in Romania of a company headquartered abroad.

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What must actually exist or be demonstrated: business plan, company, innovation, clients, contracts, economic activity, job creation or other substance?

The applicant must be appointed to the management of a subsidiary, representative office or branch on the territory of Romania of a company that has its headquarters abroad. At the date of the request, they must not be associates, shareholders or administrators of a Romanian legal person. There must be no other foreign national with a right of residence for that purpose in that subsidiary, representative office or branch. They must have means of subsistence at the level of the guaranteed minimum gross national salary for the entire period entered on the visa.

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Limits of the record
  • The source does not mention a business plan, innovation, clients, contracts, economic activity, or job creation as requirements.
  • Long-stay visa for other purposes (marked D/AS) - subsidiary/representative office/branch managers
    those who are appointed to the management of a subsidiary, representative office or branch on the territory of Romania of a company that has its headquarters abroad, if they prove that they meet all the following conditions: (i) at the date of the request there are no associates, shareholders or administrators of a Romanian legal person; (ii) there is no other foreign national with a right of residence for that purpose in that subsidiary, representative office or branch; (iii) have means of subsistence at the level of the guaranteed minimum gross national salary for the entire period entered on the visa.

What investment, capital, income, revenue, funding or viability evidence is central to this pathway?

The applicant must have means of subsistence at the level of the guaranteed minimum gross national salary for the entire period entered on the visa. The official source does not state an investment or capital minimum.

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What business/self-employed activity may the holder conduct? Are there important restrictions? What is the family position where clearly stated?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the business activity the holder may carry out, its restrictions and the family position.

What approval/application sequence applies, how long is the status granted, how is it renewed, and what longer-term residence direction is officially stated?

The D/AS visa is a long-stay visa 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 an extension on the national territory; the extension is materialised through a residence permit issued by the Inspectorate General for Immigration. Applications for extension must be personally submitted at least 30 days before the expiry of the right of stay granted through the visa. The official source does not state a longer-term residence direction for D/AS holders.

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Limits of the record
  • The source does not state the specific approval/application sequence for the D/AS subsidiary/representative office/branch manager visa beyond the general long-stay visa provisions.
  • The source does not state how the D/AS visa is renewed beyond the general extension mechanism.
  • The source does not state any longer-term residence direction (e.g., permanent residence) for D/AS holders.
  • General long-stay visa provisions
    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. 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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