Long-stay employment visa D/AM1 — ministry-requested activities, teaching, scientific and artistic activities, and professional athletes
Residency route facts
Identity
| Official name (local) | Viza de lungă şedere pentru angajare în muncă tip D/AM1 — activităţi solicitate de ministere, activităţi didactice, ştiinţifice sau artistice şi sportivi profesionişti as of 2026-08-25[2][7] |
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| Official name (English) | Long-stay employment visa D/AM1 — ministry-requested activities, teaching, scientific and artistic activities, and professional athletes as of 2026-08-25[2][7] Translation of the authority's Romanian wording; no official English name was found. |
| Legal basis | Ordonanţa de urgenţă a Guvernului nr. 194/2002, republicată, cu modificările şi completările ulterioare — regimul vizei de lungă şedere pentru angajare în muncă tip D/AM1, astfel cum a fost modificat prin Ordonanţa de urgenţă a Guvernului nr. 32/2026; art. 2 lit. jj) defineşte personalul cu calificare specială as of 2026-08-25[7][8] Article 2 lit. jj), read directly in the consolidated text, defines 'personal cu calificare speciala' as university professors, researchers and scientific staff carrying on academic or research activity in accredited higher-education institutions, education and research institutions, or central public administration authorities. The article that carries the category list itself is behind the retrieval ceiling, so that part of the citation is at one remove. |
| Instrument type | residence permit as of 2026-08-25[2][3] A D/AM1 long-stay visa followed by a single permit. |
Who can apply
| Nationals not served by this route | EU, EEA as of 2026-08-25[2][8] |
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| Minimum age | Not established from a qualifying source Not established. No age condition is stated. |
| Criminal-record condition | Yes as of 2026-08-25[7] A criminal record certificate, or another document of the same legal value from the country of origin or residence, is among the documents the employer uploads. |
Permit terms
| Initial duration | up to 2 years as of 2026-08-25[3] The general work rule: a period equal to the validity of the employment contract, capped at 2 years. |
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| How the initial term is set | matches the contract |
| Renewable | Yes as of 2026-08-25[3] IGI describes first and subsequent extensions of the single permit. |
| Renewal duration | up to 2 years as of 2026-08-25[3] Same rule as the initial grant. |
| Work rights | employment only as of 2026-08-25[3][8] |
Permanent residence and citizenship
| Counts toward permanent residence | Yes as of 2026-08-25[5] IGI publishes the categories to which the long-term residence right is NOT granted as a closed list: holders of temporary residence for studies; applicants for and beneficiaries of temporary protection; applicants for and beneficiaries of protection other than international protection; applicants for international protection; holders of a residence right conferred by a short-stay, diplomatic or service visa; and holders of a right obtained to work as a seasonal worker or an au-pair worker. This route is not in that list. IGI's long-term residence page also names 'munca' among the purposes of stay from which the right may be obtained. |
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Requirements
| Job offer required | Yes as of 2026-08-25[7] The single application rests on an individual employment contract registered in REGES-ONLINE. |
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| Labour-market test | Not established from a qualifying source Not established. IGI states the labour-availability condition only for the highly qualified worker and the shortage-occupation condition only for the D/AM2 procedure. What it does state for these categories is a different gate: an order of the minister of education and research, the rector's decision and the ministry's aviz, or the culture minister's order, or an express nomination by the requesting central authority, or an employment contract with a sports structure, as the case may be. |
| Employer sponsorship | Yes as of 2026-08-25[7] The single application is completed exclusively by the employer. |
| Job-search route | No as of 2026-08-25[7] Not a job-search instrument. |
Process
| Where to apply from | from abroad only as of 2026-08-25[2][7] Two stages. The long-stay visa is granted by a Romanian diplomatic mission or consular post, for 90 days with one or more journeys; the residence permit that follows is filed in country, in person or through IGI's online portal, at least 30 days before the residence right conferred by the visa expires. One statutory exception is recorded on the work routes: a foreigner who already holds a Romanian residence right for any purpose under the Ordinance may apply to extend it for work purposes after obtaining a work aviz, without obtaining a long-stay employment visa at all. |
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| Statutory processing time | up to 60 days as of 2026-08-25[2] The Ministry states that for the categories of foreigner exempted from the prior employment aviz the visa decision deadline is up to 60 days from submission, against 20 days for an ordinary D/AM application. Letters b), c) and d) here correspond to categories the Ministry's catalogue lists as exempted from presenting a copy of the employment aviz. The application to grant or extend the residence right is decided within 30 days of submission, extendable by at most 15 days where further checks are needed. Where the information or documents supplied are inadequate, IGI sets a reasonable deadline of no more than 30 days for the applicant to supply more and the 30-day clock is suspended until they arrive; if they do not, the application may be rejected. |
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Physical presence
| none stated | to keep the permit as of 2026-08-25[3] |
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Family inclusion
| Family members may be included | Yes as of 2026-08-25[4] A holder of a temporary residence permit valid one year is a sponsor for family reunification. |
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| Eligible relations | spouse, minor child, adult dependent child, parent as of 2026-08-25[4] The general reunification list; conditions on ro-reintregirea-familiei. |
| Family members' work rights | Not established from a qualifying source Not established. |
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Verification
| Sources cited | 8 |
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| of which official (tier 1) | 8 |
| 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
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Ministerul Afacerilor Externe – Centrul Naţional de Vize (eViza) · official portal · Tier 1 · Accessed 2026-08-25 - [3] Permisul unic / Cartea albastra a UE — obtinerea si prelungirea dreptului de sedere in scop de munca si de detasare
Inspectoratul General pentru Imigrari · official portal · Tier 1 · Accessed 2026-08-25 - [4] Aprobarea reintregirii familiei cu cetateni terti
Inspectoratul General pentru Imigrari · official portal · Tier 1 · Accessed 2026-08-25 - [5] Informare privind dreptul de şedere pe termen lung, condiţiile de acordare şi când încetează acesta
Inspectoratul General pentru Imigrări · official guidance · Tier 1 · Published 2023-03-29 · Accessed 2026-08-25 - [6] Taxele pe care trebuie sa le achitati pentru obtinerea permisului de sedere
Inspectoratul General pentru Imigrari · fee schedule · Tier 1 · Accessed 2026-08-25 - [7] Viza de lunga sedere pentru angajare in munca
Inspectoratul General pentru Imigrari · official portal · Tier 1 · Accessed 2026-08-25 - [8] Ordonanţa de urgenţă a Guvernului nr. 194/2002 privind regimul străinilor în România, republicată – formă consolidată valabilă la 30 aprilie 2026 (publicată de IGI)
Inspectoratul General pentru Imigrări / Guvernul României · statute · Tier 1 · Published 2008-06-05 · Accessed 2026-08-25