Temporary residence right for foreigners appointed as administrators of a company
Residency route facts
Identity
| Official name (local) | Drept de şedere temporară pentru străinii desemnaţi ca administratori ai unei societăţi comerciale as of 2026-08-25[2][5] The Aliens Ordinance names no permit here, so the authority's own published descriptor is recorded. The wording is IGI's, taken from the heading of its April 2024 notice, set in sentence case. The visa side of the route carries no name of its own either – it is the viza de lunga sedere pentru alte scopuri, symbol D/AS, which eViza shares with unpaid training, volunteering, the head of a branch or representative office, au-pair work, long-term medical treatment, sport, digital nomads and a residual limb, so the visa symbol does not identify this route. |
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| Official name (English) | Temporary residence right for foreigners appointed as administrators of a company as of 2026-08-25[2][5] Translation of IGI's Romanian descriptor. IGI's own English page for this purpose calls the holder a manager of a company and describes the same conditions; that page is dated January 2022 and its wording is not adopted as the English name. |
| Legal basis | Ordonanţa de urgenţă a Guvernului nr. 194/2002 privind regimul străinilor în România, republicată, cu modificările şi completările ulterioare, art. 69, citit împreună cu art. 50 (condiţiile generale de prelungire) as of 2026-08-25[5][6] IGI's April 2024 notice opens 'In conformitate cu prevederile articolului 69 din Ordonanta de Urgenta nr. 194/2002 … strainii intrati in Romania in baza unei vize de lunga sedere, pentru alte scopuri, pot solicita prelungirea dreptului de sedere temporara in calitate de straini desemnati ca administratori ai unei societati comerciale'. The article text was not read – see the same note on the commercial-activities routes – and the scouting extract's article 50 for this route is wrong for the same reason. |
| Instrument type | residence permit as of 2026-08-25[2][5] Two-stage like the commercial-activities routes: a D/AS long-stay visa granted for 90 days by a Romanian mission, then a residence permit from IGI. |
Who can apply
| Nationals not served by this route | EU, EEA as of 2026-08-25[4] IGI's English page for this purpose addresses a citizen of a country outside the European Union and European Economic Area. Switzerland is named rather than encoded, for the reason given on the commercial-activities routes. |
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| Minimum age | Not established from a qualifying source Not established. No age condition is stated for this purpose. |
| Criminal-record condition | Yes as of 2026-08-25[4] IGI's English page lists a criminal record certificate, or another document with the same legal value issued by the authorities of the country of origin, among the documents for the D/AS long-stay visa. That page is dated January 2022; the 2024 Romanian notice on this purpose does not repeat the visa-stage document list. |
Permit terms
| Initial duration | up to 1 year as of 2026-08-25[4][6] The general rule of article 50 as IGI states it: temporary residence may be extended successively for periods of up to one year. IGI's English page for the other-purposes category says the same of that category – successive periods of up to one year – and records the two exceptions inside it that do not apply here: four-year periods for stateless persons of Romanian origin repatriated under international agreements, and a non-extendable maximum of one year for unpaid professional training. |
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| Renewable | Yes as of 2026-08-25[4][5] IGI's notice distinguishes the conditions at the first grant from what must be proved at subsequent extensions, so extension is contemplated in terms. |
| Renewal duration | up to 1 year as of 2026-08-25[6] Successive periods of up to one year. |
| Maximum total duration | Not established from a qualifying source Not established for this purpose. |
| Work rights | Not established from a qualifying source |
Permanent residence and citizenship
| Counts toward permanent residence | Not established from a qualifying source Not established. IGI's long-term residence page names commercial activities among the qualifying purposes by way of example and does not enumerate the purposes, and this route is a different purpose – alte scopuri – from that one. It is not on the page's list of excluded categories either, so nothing is asserted in either direction. |
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Requirements
| Minimum capital | EUR 50,000 one-off as of 2026-08-25[2][5] The company concerned must have made a contribution of capital or a transfer of technology of at least 50,000 euro. Note whose money it is: the condition is on the COMPANY, not on the applicant, and unlike the commercial-activities routes it is not divided by any participation quota – the applicant must in fact not be an associate or shareholder at all. eViza states the same figure in its own cumulative list for the D/AS visa, so this is two Tier-1 statements rather than one. |
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| Business plan required | Not established from a qualifying source |
| Endorsement required | Not established from a qualifying source Not established. See the business_plan_required note – no opinion of an investment authority is named for this purpose. |
| Innovation criterion | Not established from a qualifying source Not established. |
| Jobs to be created | Not applicable as of 2026-08-25[2][5] |
| Own means requirement | EUR 500 per month as of 2026-08-25[3] Means of maintenance of at least 500 euro a month, from the activity carried on under the mandate agreement. IGI's other-purposes page states it in terms: „dovada mijloacelor de întreţinere în cuantum de cel puţin 500 euro lunar proveniţi din activitatea desfăşurată conform contractului de mandat". |
Process
| Where to apply from | from abroad only as of 2026-08-25[2][4] eViza states the D/AS visa is granted on request by the Romanian diplomatic missions and consular posts in the country where the applicant has their residence or domicile, and IGI's own page for the purpose says the same. The permit that follows is filed in country. |
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| Statutory processing time | up to 30 days as of 2026-08-25[4][6] The general 30-day clock on an application to grant or extend the residence right, extendable by 15 days where further checks are needed and suspended while IGI waits for additional information it has asked for. At the visa stage IGI's favourable opinion is issued within 30 days of receiving the request, extendable by 15. |
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Physical presence
| none stated | to keep the permit as of 2026-08-25[5][6] Neither the purpose-specific cumulative conditions nor the general conditions of article 50 impose a minimum presence or cap absence. The article 50 requirement to live in fact at the declared address is an address condition, not a day count. |
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Family inclusion
| Family members may be included | Yes as of 2026-08-25[2] |
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| Eligible relations | spouse, minor child, parent, adult dependent child as of 2026-08-25[2] The same two-tier list as on the commercial-activities routes: spouse and unmarried minor children as of right, first-degree ascendants who cannot support themselves and unmarried adult children who cannot support themselves for medical reasons on IGI's approval. |
| Family may apply at the same time | Not established from a qualifying source Not established. |
| Family members' work rights | Not established from a qualifying source |
Your next step
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Verification
| Sources cited | 6 |
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| of which official (tier 1) | 6 |
| Oldest as-of date | 2026-08-25 |
| Newest as-of date | 2026-08-25 |
| Reviewed on | 2026-08-26 |
| Schema version | 1.1 |
Sources
- [1] Perceperea taxei de viza
Ministerul Afacerilor Externe — Centrul National de Vize · fee schedule · Tier 1 · Accessed 2026-08-25 - [2] Tipuri de vize şi scopurile deplasării
Ministerul Afacerilor Externe – Centrul Naţional de Vize (eViza) · official portal · Tier 1 · Accessed 2026-08-25 - [3] Alte scopuri — administrator, sef de filiala sau reprezentanta, formare profesionala neremunerata, voluntariat, lucrator au-pair, tratament medical, nomazi digitali
Inspectoratul General pentru Imigrari · official portal · Tier 1 · Accessed 2026-08-25 - [4] How can I obtain a right of residence in Romania if a shareholder / partner in a Romanian legal entity? (frequent questions, English)
Inspectoratul General pentru Imigrări · official guidance · Tier 1 · Published 2022-01-29 · Accessed 2026-08-25 - [5] Informare referitoare la condiţiile pentru prelungirea dreptului de şedere temporară în România a străinilor desemnaţi ca administratori ai unei societăţi comerciale
Inspectoratul General pentru Imigrări · official guidance · Tier 1 · Published 2024-04-25 · Accessed 2026-08-25 - [6] Informare privind condiţiile de prelungire a dreptului de şedere temporară
Inspectoratul General pentru Imigrări · official guidance · Tier 1 · Published 2024-07-10 · Accessed 2026-08-25