Seasonal worker — long-stay employment visa D/AM2
Residency route facts
Identity
| Official name (local) | Lucrător sezonier — viza de lungă şedere pentru angajare în muncă tip D/AM2 as of 2026-08-25[2][5] Article 2 lit. ee), read directly, names and defines 'lucrator sezonier' as a foreigner who keeps their principal residence in a third state but lives lawfully and temporarily in Romania, employed on a fixed-term individual employment contract to perform an activity that follows the succession of the seasons. |
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| Official name (English) | Seasonal worker — long-stay employment visa D/AM2 as of 2026-08-25[2][5] 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. ee), astfel cum a fost introdusă prin Ordonanţa de urgenţă a Guvernului nr. 32/2026, şi art. 24 alin. (1), prin excepţie as of 2026-08-25[2][5] Article 2 lit. ee) was read directly. The exception to art. 24(1) is the Ministry's own citation: it states that by way of exception from art. 24(1), under which a long-stay visa is granted for 90 days, a seasonal worker's employment visa is granted for a period equal to the expected contract length plus 5 days, without exceeding 90 days. Article 24 itself is behind the retrieval ceiling. |
| Instrument type | national visa as of 2026-08-25[2][3] |
Who can apply
| Nationals not served by this route | EU, EEA as of 2026-08-25[2][5] |
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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[4] A criminal record certificate or equivalent is uploaded with the D/AM2 single application. |
Permit terms
| Initial duration | up to 90 days as of 2026-08-25[2] By way of exception from the general 90-day long-stay visa rule, the seasonal worker's employment visa is granted for a period EQUAL TO THE EXPECTED CONTRACT LENGTH PLUS 5 DAYS, without exceeding 90 days. The 90-day figure recorded here is the ceiling; the operative rule is relational and is carried by initial_duration_basis. |
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| How the initial term is set | matches the contract |
| Renewable | Not established from a qualifying source |
| Work rights | employment only as of 2026-08-25[2][5] The visa attests the right of work as well as of residence, for employment with the employer named in the contract on which it was granted. |
Permanent residence and citizenship
| Counts toward permanent residence | No as of 2026-08-25[3] IGI states in terms that the long-term residence right is NOT granted to holders of a right obtained to carry on activity as a seasonal worker, and separately that stay obtained as a seasonal or au-pair worker is not counted at all towards long-term residence. Both halves are express, so this is a sourced negative and not an inference from silence. |
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Requirements
| Job offer required | Yes as of 2026-08-25[2][4] The single application rests on a fixed-term individual employment contract registered in REGES-ONLINE. |
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| Labour-market test | Yes as of 2026-08-25[4] The D/AM2 general conditions apply: the occupation must appear in the shortage-occupations list at title I art. 1(2) of Ordonanta de urgenta nr. 32/2026 and the employer must produce its organigram. See the same field on ro-lucrator-permanent for why this gate is recorded here. |
| Employer sponsorship | Yes as of 2026-08-25[4] Filed by the placement agency or the authorised employer. |
| Own means requirement | 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 guaranteed in payment for a period of 90 days, as for every D/AM2 application. |
| Job-search route | No as of 2026-08-25[4] Not a job-search instrument. |
Process
| Where to apply from | from abroad only as of 2026-08-25[2][4] The visa is granted by a Romanian diplomatic mission or consular post on a single application filed by the placement agency or authorised employer on the electronic platform. |
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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. |
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Physical presence
| none stated | to keep the permit as of 2026-08-25[2] No presence condition is stated. Article 2 lit. ee) does state the converse – that the seasonal worker KEEPS their principal residence in a third state – which is a definitional feature of the category rather than a presence rule on the permit. |
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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 | 5 |
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| of which official (tier 1) | 5 |
| 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] 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 - [4] Viza de lunga sedere pentru angajare in munca
Inspectoratul General pentru Imigrari · official portal · Tier 1 · Accessed 2026-08-25 - [5] 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