Romanian visa is not needed here for EU tourists.

If you are coming to Romania from the EU, you do not need a Romanian visa if you are just staying for a week or two.

You have the right to remain for 3 months before you need to worry about the Visa. So you can relax and see if Romania is worth hanging around in. You can always get around the Visa problem by leaving the country every 3 months ad coming straight back in again. Romania is surrounded by so many other countries that you are not far from crossing a border.

Okay - lets say you want to get the Romanian visa. There is the one-year work visa - which lets you remain and work here for a year. Your employer looks after all of this for you.

The ext option is the residency visa -the one I have - and this is not an option to be taken lightly. It is a nightmare to get. There are so many forms you need to complete to prove you are not a burden on the state, that our medical bills will be covered (I also still pay National Insurance in the UK to cover the cost of any really bad illness) ad have some long term reason to be here. As I am married to a Romanian, I am allowed to stay here and support my family.

I did set up a company to prove my earnings but this is not to be recommended as the cost of running a non-active company is huge. You need an accountant to submit your incomes and sort out all the legal costs and it is still very expensive to wind it all back down again.

If you plan to be here forever, then the final step - the one I ply with - but have yet to take those final steps is becoming a Romanian citizen. If you can find any recent relative such as a Grandmother who was Romanian, then it is a walk in the park. If not, then you need to prove your loyalty to the country, prove you can speak and understand Romanian and be active in your desire to promote Romania's interests. I will one day go down this route as you can collect citizenships without losing any of your other Nationalities.

As to how one starts any of these processes, ask a wise Romanian to help you or in the local town hall. You will need a Romanian friend's help to understand all you need to do and to more importantly drive away the boredom as you endlessly queue for another stamp and piece of paperwork.

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