Intra-corporate transferee — ICT permit and mobile ICT permit
Residency route facts
Identity
| Official name (local) | Lucrător ICT — permis ICT şi permis «mobile ICT», viza de lungă şedere pentru detaşare (simbol D/DT) as of 2026-08-25[6][7] Article 2 lit. ii) names and defines 'lucrator ICT'; lit. k^2) names the 'permis ICT' and lit. k^3) the 'permis mobile ICT' for long-term mobility. All three were read directly in the consolidated text. |
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| Official name (English) | Intra-corporate transferee — ICT permit and mobile ICT permit as of 2026-08-25[2][7] The Ministry's catalogue states in terms that the acronym ICT is used for 'persoana transferata in cadrul aceleiasi companii' (intra-corporate transferee) under Directive 2014/66/EU. |
| Legal basis | Ordonanţa de urgenţă a Guvernului nr. 194/2002, republicată, cu modificările şi completările ulterioare, art. 2 lit. ii), k^2), k^3), oo), pp) şi qq), astfel cum au fost introduse ori modificate prin Ordonanţa de urgenţă a Guvernului nr. 32/2026; Directiva 2014/66/UE as of 2026-08-25[2][7] Six lettered definitions were read directly: the ICT worker, the ICT permit, the mobile ICT permit, the intra-corporate transfer itself, the group of undertakings and the manager. The conditions and permit terms are behind the retrieval ceiling and rest on IGI's own statement of them. |
| Instrument type | residence permit as of 2026-08-25[7] Article 2 lit. k^2): the ICT permit is the identity document issued by IGI attesting the holder's right of residence and work in Romania as an ICT worker. |
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 equivalent from the state of domicile or residence accompanies the visa application. For trainee employees IGI states the condition differently and more narrowly: no criminal antecedents INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE ACTIVITY the foreigner carries on or is to carry on. |
Permit terms
| Initial duration | up to 3 years as of 2026-08-25[3][6] The residence right for posting as an ICT worker is extended for the whole duration of the transfer within the same company, but not more than 3 YEARS for managers and specialists and ONE YEAR for trainee employees, counted from the date of entry into Romania for that purpose. The 3-year figure recorded here is the longer of the two ceilings; the one-year trainee ceiling cannot be held by the same field and is stated in this note. The visa-stage conditions state the same split. |
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| How the initial term is set | matches the assignment |
| Renewable | Yes as of 2026-08-25[3] IGI sets out the conditions for the subsequent extension of the ICT posting residence right expressly. |
| Renewal duration | up to 3 years as of 2026-08-25[3] Subsequent extension is granted without exceeding a total of 3 years for managers and specialists and one year for trainee employees from the date of entry, where the initial transfer duration has itself been extended. |
| Maximum total duration | up to 3 years as of 2026-08-25[3][6] Three years in total for managers and specialists; one year for trainee employees. |
| Work rights | employment only as of 2026-08-25[3][7] The ICT permit attests residence and work as an ICT worker at the receiving entity. Article 2 lit. oo) requires the foreigner to be and remain employed under a valid contract with the undertaking established in the third country. |
Permanent residence and citizenship
| Counts toward permanent residence | Not established from a qualifying source |
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Requirements
| Job offer required | No as of 2026-08-25[6][7] There is no Romanian job offer. The transfer is from an undertaking established in a third country, with which the worker is and remains employed, to one or more entities of the same undertaking or group established in Romania. |
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| Qualification requirement | degree, equivalent experience as of 2026-08-25[2][6] Two distinct tests, one per capacity. A SPECIALIST needs relevant professional experience of at least 3 years for the beneficiary's fields of activity, techniques or management. A TRAINEE EMPLOYEE must meet the special professional-training conditions, proved by the study-recognition attestation issued by the Ministry of Education and Research or by a diploma from an accredited Romanian institution following a university programme. Separately, and this is a tenure condition rather than a qualification one, the worker must have been employed within the posting undertaking or the group for at least 6 uninterrupted months immediately before the visa is applied for in the case of managers and specialists, and at least 3 uninterrupted months in the case of trainee employees. |
| Employer sponsorship | Yes as of 2026-08-25[6] The Romanian beneficiary of the services produces the ONRC certificate showing it is the branch, subsidiary or representative office of the posting undertaking or of the same group, and the posting undertaking must undertake to re-admit the worker at the end of the transfer. |
| 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[6][7] The ICT worker lives in a third country at the date of the application – article 2 lit. oo) makes that part of the definition of the transfer – and applies for the D/DT visa at a Romanian mission; the ICT permit follows in country. |
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| Statutory processing time | up to 10 days as of 2026-08-25[2] The National Visa Centre decides a D/DT visa application within 10 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] No presence or absence condition on the current permit is stated. Article 2 lit. oo) and the visa conditions do impose a related but different rule: over the duration of the transfer the stay must be exclusively in Romania, or the total expected Romanian stay must be the longest of all the stays making up the transfer. |
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Family inclusion
| Family members may be included | Yes as of 2026-08-25[2][4] Holders of an ICT permit and of a mobile ICT permit are expressly named among the sponsors who may apply for family reunification, and among the categories who may do so EVEN WHERE the residence permit is valid for less than one year. |
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| Eligible relations | spouse, minor child, adult dependent child, parent as of 2026-08-25[2][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 | 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] Aprobarea reintregirii familiei cu cetateni terti
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