Schengen Short-Stay Visa (type C)

List of third countries whose nationals are required to be in possession of a visa when crossing the external borders of the Member States (the list herein is established in accordance with the provisions of Regulation EU 2018/1806)

* The states whose nationals must be in possession of an invitation endorsed by the Inspectorate General for Immigration from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, that they must submit when applying for a short-stay visa;

Uniform visa , which is valid for the entire territory of the Member States (MS); this visa may be issued for the following purposes: tourism, business, visit to relatives or friends, cultural, sport, official visit, medical reasons, study, other;

Romania will issue visas for stays of no more than 90 days in any period of 180 days in the territory of the Member States or for transit through international transit areas at Member States' airports.

A uniform visa can have one, two or multiple entries.

You will only be allowed to enter and stay for the duration stated in your visa, if your previous stays in the Schengen area, cumulatively, do not exceed the maximum duration of 90 days in any 180 day period, in relation to the date on which you enter the Schengen area.

present a valid travel document on which the visa shall be applied and which has to: - be valid for at least three months after the estimated day of exit from the territory of the Member States; - contain at least two free pages; - have been issued within the last 10 years. submit one photo, color, ¾, of recent date; allow fingerprinting; provide supporting documents specific to the purpose of the journey; provide proof of appropriate and valid travel medical insurance; provide proof of means of subsistence during the stay; provide proof of the possibility of returning to their country of origin or continuing their journey in another country at the end of their stay in the Schengen area; provide proof of payment of the visa fee.

The insurance must be valid throughout the territory of the member states and fully cover the expected period of stay or transit of the person in question. The minimum coverage is EUR 30,000.

A visa application is lodged at the diplomatic missions or consular posts of Romania competent in the area of domicile or residence of the applicant.

6. Lodging your visa application file personally. You lodge your visa application at the diplomatic mission / consular post of your choice, by presenting yourself in person at the scheduled date and time. The visa application file that you personally submit must contain all the supporting documents in original and in copy. In order to lodge your visa application file, you must sign the application form in front of the consular staff, as well as pay the corresponding visa fee.

validity of the uniform visa issued by the Romanian authorities or by another Schengen State may be extended by means of a visa sticker.

The national authority responsible for extending the validity of visas affixed to ordinary passports is the General Inspectorate for Immigration and its territorial units, and for those affixed to service or diplomatic passports is the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.