Permanent worker — long-stay employment visa D/AM2

Route status

Active as of 2026-08-25^[2]^[7]
IGI sets out the D/AM2 single-application procedure in the present tense, and the Ministry lists permanent workers as one of the three D/AM2 categories.

Open to new applications under the rules recorded below.

Residency route facts

Identity

Identity
Official name (local)	Lucrător permanent — viza de lungă şedere pentru angajare în muncă tip D/AM2 as of 2026-08-25^[7]^[8] Article 2 lit. cc), read directly in the consolidated text, names and defines 'lucrator permanent' as a foreigner employed in Romania on an individual employment contract of indefinite or fixed duration concluded with an employer. The visa side is the D/AM2 symbol.
Official name (English)	Permanent worker — long-stay employment visa D/AM2 as of 2026-08-25^[7]^[8] Translation of the statutory term; no official English name was found.
Legal basis	Ordonanţa de urgenţă a Guvernului nr. 194/2002, republicată, cu modificările şi completările ulterioare, art. 2 lit. cc), astfel cum a fost introdusă prin Ordonanţa de urgenţă a Guvernului nr. 32/2026 privind accesul străinilor pe piaţa muncii din România, coroborată cu titlul I art. 1 alin. (2) şi art. 2 alin. (2) lit. b) şi d) din aceeaşi ordonanţă de urgenţă as of 2026-08-25^[7]^[8]
Instrument type	residence permit as of 2026-08-25^[2]^[3] A D/AM2 long-stay visa followed by a single permit.

Who can apply

Who can apply
Nationals not served by this route	EU, EEA as of 2026-08-25^[2]^[8]
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 equivalent from the country of origin or residence, translated into Romanian, English or French and legalised, is uploaded with the single application.

Permit terms

Permit terms
Initial duration	up to 2 years as of 2026-08-25^[3] A period equal to the validity of the employment contract, but not more than 2 years.
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] The single permit attests residence and employment. IGI adds that a foreigner holding a Romanian residence right for any purpose under the Ordinance may apply to extend it for work purposes after obtaining a work aviz, without a long-stay employment visa – a change of route, not a right here.

Permanent residence and citizenship

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.

Requirements

Requirements
Job offer required	Yes as of 2026-08-25^[7] The single application rests on an individual employment contract already registered in REGES-ONLINE.
Labour-market test	Yes as of 2026-08-25^[7] Not a labour-market test in the vacancy-advertising sense but a market gate all the same, and it is the closest this field can come: IGI states as a GENERAL condition of the D/AM2 procedure that the occupation must appear in the 'Lista ocupatiilor deficitare' provided for at title I art. 1(2) of Ordonanta de urgenta nr. 32/2026, and that the employer must produce its organigram showing filled and vacant posts. Recording this as false would tell a reader the Romanian labour market is open on this route, which it is not; the shape of the gate is stated here because the field cannot hold it.
Qualification requirement	equivalent experience, regulated profession as of 2026-08-25^[7] IGI: the foreigner must meet the professional-training and work-experience conditions laid down by law for that post, where applicable, and must hold the recognition attestation issued by the Autoritatea Nationala pentru Calificari. Proof is the CV, the study-recognition documents issued by the Ministry of Education and Research, and the authorisation document where the law requires one.
Employer sponsorship	Yes as of 2026-08-25^[7] The single application is filed by the placement agency or by the authorised employer, never by the worker.
Own means requirement	1 × national minimum gross base wage guaranteed in payment per month as of 2026-08-25^[7] IGI: proof of means of maintenance at the level of the national minimum gross base wage guaranteed in payment FOR A PERIOD OF 90 DAYS. The 90-day window is the visa's own validity and is not expressible in this field, which holds a rate; it is stated here rather than distorted into the figure.
Job-search route	No as of 2026-08-25^[7] Not a job-search instrument.

Process

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.
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.
Fees	Kind: application Amount: EUR 300 one-off as of 2026-08-25^[1]^[7] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs fee page states the long-stay visa fee (symbol D) is 300 euro, and states in terms that this figure applies to applications sent for validation to Romanian missions through the e-Viza portal from 27 April 2026, applications sent before that date being charged 120 euro. It is a single fee for every long-stay visa symbol, not a per-purpose one. Ukrainian citizens are exempt from the long-stay visa fee under a bilateral agreement in force since 21 October 2016, and so are family members of Romanian, EU, EEA and Swiss citizens who accompany or join them. Charged per: applicant Paid by: applicant Condition: Taxa de viza pentru viza de lunga sedere (simbol D) Kind: card Amount: RON 265 one-off as of 2026-08-25^[3]^[6] Charged per: application Paid by: applicant Condition: Contravaloarea permisului de sedere Kind: renewal Amount: EUR 120 one-off as of 2026-08-25^[3]^[6] The consular fee charged on the application to grant or extend the residence right, paid in the leu equivalent. It coincides numerically with the pre-27-April-2026 long-stay visa fee and is a different charge. Charged per: application Paid by: applicant Condition: Taxa consulara
Quota	Quota exists: Not established from a qualifying source
Stages	Label: Cererea unică depusă de agenţia de plasare a străinilor sau de angajatorul autorizat Statutory clock: up to 20 days as of 2026-08-25^[2] Unlike D/AM1, the single application here is filed by a licensed foreign-worker placement agency or by an authorised employer, on the basis of a placement contract, a services contract and the individual employment contract registered in REGES-ONLINE. Label: Permisul unic, la Inspectoratul General pentru Imigrări Statutory clock: up to 30 days as of 2026-08-25^[3] 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.

Physical presence

Physical presence
none stated	to keep the permit as of 2026-08-25^[3]

Family inclusion

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.
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.
Additional means per family member	Relation: spouse Amount: 1 × national minimum gross base wage guaranteed in payment per month as of 2026-08-25^[4] Means at the level of the national minimum gross base wage for each family member, on top of the sponsor's own.

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Verification

Verification
Sources cited	8
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