Posted worker — long-stay posting visa D/DT
Residency route facts
Identity
| Official name (local) | Lucrător detaşat — viza de lungă şedere pentru detaşare (simbol D/DT) as of 2026-08-25[2][7] Article 2 lit. hh), read directly in the consolidated text, names and defines 'lucrator detasat'. The visa side is the D/DT long-stay posting visa, which both publishers name. |
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| Official name (English) | Posted worker — long-stay posting visa D/DT as of 2026-08-25[4][7] IGI's own English page calls this category 'foreigners employed by a legal person with the headquarters in an EU or EEA member state, posted to Romania'; 'posted worker' translates the statutory term. |
| Legal basis | Ordonanţa de urgenţă a Guvernului nr. 194/2002, republicată, cu modificările şi completările ulterioare, art. 2 lit. hh) şi bb), astfel cum au fost introduse prin Ordonanţa de urgenţă a Guvernului nr. 32/2026 privind accesul străinilor pe piaţa muncii din România as of 2026-08-25[6][7] Both letters were read directly. Article 2 lit. hh) carries the duration rule itself – 12 months, extendable to a maximum of 18 months in any 36-month period – which is unusual: it is a condition sitting inside a definition. Lit. bb) defines the 'beneficiar al prestarii de servicii' who receives the posted worker. |
| Instrument type | residence permit as of 2026-08-25[3][7] Article 2 lit. k^1) defines a 'permis de sedere in scop de detasare' as the identity document attesting the right of residence and of work on the basis of posting in Romania. |
Who can apply
| Nationals not served by this route | EU, EEA as of 2026-08-25[2][7] |
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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[6] A criminal record certificate or another document of the same legal value from the state of domicile or residence, translated into Romanian, English or French and legalised, accompanies the visa application. |
Permit terms
| Initial duration | 12 months as of 2026-08-25[2][7] Article 2 lit. hh) and the Ministry's catalogue both state 12 months, with the possibility of extension up to a maximum of 18 months in any 36-month period. |
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| Renewable | Yes as of 2026-08-25[2][7] The definition itself contemplates extension: 'cu posibilitatea prelungirii pana la maximum 18 luni in oricare perioada de 36 luni'. |
| Maximum total duration | up to 18 months as of 2026-08-25[2][7] A maximum of 18 months in any 36-month period. The 36-month window is a rolling one and is not expressible in this field, which holds a single duration; it is stated here. |
| Work rights | employment only as of 2026-08-25[2][7] |
Permanent residence and citizenship
| Counts toward permanent residence | Not established from a qualifying source Not established. 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. But absence from a list of exclusions is not the same as a positive statement that time on this route counts, and IGI names only work, commercial activities and family reunification as examples of qualifying purposes. Posting is not among the purposes IGI names as qualifying, and an 18-month ceiling cannot on its own reach the 5-year continuity condition; but IGI does not exclude posted workers either, and a person may accumulate qualifying residence across purposes. Nothing is asserted. |
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Requirements
| Job offer required | No as of 2026-08-25[6][7] There is no Romanian job offer. The posted worker remains employed by an employer established in an EU or EEA member state or in Switzerland and is posted temporarily to a Romanian beneficiary of services; the visa application carries a copy of that foreign employment contract, registered with the competent authorities of that member state, and the posting act. |
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| Employer sponsorship | Yes as of 2026-08-25[2][6] The Romanian beneficiary of the services obtains the posting authorisation, save for the exempted categories, of which this is one where the posting employer is seated in the EU, the EEA or Switzerland and the worker presents that state's residence permit. |
| Own means requirement | 1 × national minimum gross base wage guaranteed in payment per month as of 2026-08-25[3][6] |
| Paid in-country | No as of 2026-08-25[6][7] |
| Job-search route | No as of 2026-08-25[6] Not a job-search instrument. |
Process
| Where to apply from | from abroad only as of 2026-08-25[2][6] The D/DT visa is applied for at a Romanian mission; the posting permit that follows is filed in country. The foreigner may apply for the visa within 60 days of the posted-worker work authorisation being issued. |
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| Statutory processing time | up to 10 days as of 2026-08-25[2] |
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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 | Not established from a qualifying source |
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Your next step
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Verification
| Sources cited | 7 |
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| of which official (tier 1) | 7 |
| 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] Single permit / EU Blue Card (the English expression of the same page as ro-igi-permis-unic)
Inspectoratul General pentru Imigrari · official portal · Tier 1 · Accessed 2026-08-25 - [5] Taxele pe care trebuie sa le achitati pentru obtinerea permisului de sedere
Inspectoratul General pentru Imigrari · fee schedule · Tier 1 · Accessed 2026-08-25 - [6] Viza de lunga sedere pentru angajare in munca
Inspectoratul General pentru Imigrari · official portal · Tier 1 · Accessed 2026-08-25 - [7] 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