NEW PROCEDURE FOR ROMANIAN VISA

Yes, you must apply for the D/VF Family Reintegration visa from your home country or country of residence after the marriage is registered. You cannot apply for a long-term visa while in Romania. This has been the procedure for several years now. The VISIT visa, is precisely that, for visiting.....then you must leave. This is not a new procedure, it's been in place since 2016 I believe.

Once you are issued a D/VF visa, you can return to Romania, then you may apply for the residence permit with your new spouse.

Romaniac

@romaniac

Hi there,

I am planning to go to Romania with travel visa then getting married to my boyfriend and apply for the long stay visa while I stay there within 90days.

As you mentioned that I have to go to Romania with travel visa and getting married then come back to my country and apply for family reunification visa?

Do I understand right?

@romaniac
Hi there,

I am planning to go to Romania with travel visa then getting married to my boyfriend and apply for the long stay visa while I stay there within 90days.
As you mentioned that I have to go to Romania with travel visa and getting married then come back to my country and apply for family reunification visa?

Do I understand right?
-@Clara-HS

Yes.  You cannot apply for a long-term visa while in Romania already.  It must be applied for from the consulate in your country of citizenship/residence.

@romaniac I'm a Romanian born, US citizen. I lost my Romanian citizenship (unwillingly) when I left Romania. Now I'm putting together all documents to file to regain my citizenship in the next couple of days (Articolul 10) and getting married with my Romanian girlfriend in April. But, if I go now to Romania, while my citizenship request is being processed and get married in Romania, will I still have to leave Romania after 90 days? I might also get my request approved during my stay there, but, is there an way to avoid having to leave Romania after 90 days?

Oh, and one other question; I've read the law regarding staying and leaving and then returning again to Romania and from my understanding the law says that after a 90 day stay, you have to leave, and here's the question, you can return after 90 days? Last year, the enforcement officers at the airport were confused themselves with how soon I can return. 4 different officers were telling me 2 or 3 different dates. To me, the way the law is written, it says that you can stay 90 days in, leave for 90 days and then you can return for another 90 day stay. Some of border officers said that you must leave Romania for 180 days after a 90-day stay. Thanks

@romaniac I'm a Romanian born, US citizen. I lost my Romanian citizenship (unwillingly) when I left Romania. Now I'm putting together all documents to file to regain my citizenship in the next couple of days (Articolul 10) and getting married with my Romanian girlfriend in April. But, if I go now to Romania, while my citizenship request is being processed and get married in Romania, will I still have to leave Romania after 90 days? I might also get my request approved during my stay there, but, is there an way to avoid having to leave Romania after 90 days?
Oh, and one other question; I've read the law regarding staying and leaving and then returning again to Romania and from my understanding the law says that after a 90 day stay, you have to leave, and here's the question, you can return after 90 days? Last year, the enforcement officers at the airport were confused themselves with how soon I can return. 4 different officers were telling me 2 or 3 different dates. To me, the way the law is written, it says that you can stay 90 days in, leave for 90 days and then you can return for another 90 day stay. Some of border officers said that you must leave Romania for 180 days after a 90-day stay. Thanks
-@Dan39

As to the 1st paragraph questions.  Probably best to call and ask immigration police in Romania or at the Romanian embassy in Chicago or DC for a definitive answer, as it's not a usual case.

For the 2nd part, the rule is you can stay 90 days within a 180 period, which is rolling.  There are calculators online that will tell you when you can return (https://www.schengenvisainfo.com/visa-calculator/).  The official that said you must be out for 180 days after the 90 day stay didn't understand the law, which is disappointing.

Romaniac

@romaniac Right, that's what I was 'carefully' trying to tell them.

Thanks for conforming my understanding about the 90 days in / 90 days out law. My total dismay was that there were a total of 4 officers that misunderstood the law, two window officials and two higher-ups.

So disappointing already.

Thank you again!