Long-stay employment visa D/AM1 — nationals of the Republic of Moldova, Ukraine and the Republic of Serbia
Route status
Active as of 2026-08-25[2][7]
Both publishers list the category in the present tense in their current statement of the D/AM1 procedure.
Open to new applications under the rules recorded below.
| Open only to nationals of | md, ua, rs as of 2026-08-25[2][7] This is an allowlist and not a restriction: the category exists only for citizens of the Republic of Moldova, Ukraine and the Republic of Serbia employed in Romania on a full-time individual employment contract. It is recorded as its own route rather than folded into the other D/AM1 categories precisely so that the allowlist is true of the record that carries it. NOTE A DIVERGENCE INSIDE ONE PUBLISHER: the Ministry's visa catalogue states elsewhere, in the passage on categories exempted from the employment aviz, that citizens of these three states may work in Romania on a full-time contract 'pe o perioada de maximum 9 luni intr-un an calendaristic'. The 9-month cap appears in the aviz-exemption passage and not in the D/AM1 category list, and it is not asserted here as a condition of this route. |
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Residency route facts
Identity
| Official name (local) | Viza de lungă şedere pentru angajare în muncă tip D/AM1 — cetăţeni din Republica Moldova, Ucraina şi Republica Serbia as of 2026-08-25[2][7] The law gives this limb no permit name of its own, so the authority's own wording is recorded. Both IGI and the Ministry describe it as one of the five categories for which the employer files a D/AM1 single application. |
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| Official name (English) | Long-stay employment visa D/AM1 — nationals of the Republic of Moldova, Ukraine and the Republic of Serbia as of 2026-08-25[2][7] Translation of the authority's Romanian wording; no official English name was found for this limb. |
| 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 privind accesul străinilor pe piaţa muncii din România as of 2026-08-25[2][7] IGI and the Ministry both attribute the D/AM1 category list to the Ordinance as amended by Ordonanta de urgenta nr. 32/2026, and IGI's page reproduces it, but neither names the article. The article itself is behind the retrieval ceiling, so this 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 issued by IGI. |
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 for this route. |
| Criminal-record condition | Yes as of 2026-08-25[7] The employer uploads a criminal record certificate, or another document of the same legal value from the country of origin or residence, translated and legalised. |
Permit terms
| Initial duration | up to 2 years as of 2026-08-25[3] IGI: the temporary residence right for work purposes is extended for a period equal to the validity of the employment contract, but not more than 2 years. The three-month tail and the 3-year ceiling apply only to highly qualified workers. |
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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 employer files the single application on the basis of an individual employment contract already 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 as a SPECIAL condition for the highly qualified worker and the shortage-occupation condition as a general condition for the D/AM2 procedure; it states neither for this category, and it does not say that no test applies. Nothing is asserted either way. |
| 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 20 days as of 2026-08-25[2] The National Visa Centre decides a D/AM visa application within 20 days of submission. 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] The holder of a temporary residence permit valid one year is a sponsor for family reunification; a single permit granted for the contract's length reaches that threshold whenever the contract does. |
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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 the family-family route 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
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] 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