Romanian Consulate General in Izmir

Turkish citizens need a visa for Romania, obtained before travel. Applications may be taken here or by a visa centre working for Romania.

2025 figures: 3,618 short-stay Schengen visa applications were lodged at Romania’s consulate general in Izmir, and 3,093 visas were issued. 519 applications were refused, a refusal rate of 14.4%. The refusal rate rose by 11.1 points from 3.3% in 2024, a sharp increase. Applications rose by 45% compared with 2024 (2,500).

Romania issues Schengen visas at 3 locations in Turkey; this office handled 14% of their 25,716 applications in 2025. Refusal rates elsewhere: Istanbul 6.2% and Ankara 6.2%, which makes Izmir the highest of the group. Each office serves the applicants who live in its own consular district, so the rates also reflect who applies where, not only how strictly files are assessed.

Across all Schengen consulates in Turkey, 14.6% of applications were refused in 2025; Romania’s rate worldwide was 11.5%. Romania received the 10th largest number of applications of the 27 Schengen states represented here.

63.8% of the visas issued here were multiple-entry visas, valid for several trips. Romania only began issuing Schengen visas on 31 March 2024, so its 2024 figures cover part of the year. The statistics count applications, not people, and include every nationality that applies here, not only citizens of Turkey.

The Romanian embassy is in Ankara, about 517 km away. The Romanian consulate general in Izmir is one of 10 missions of Romania in Turkey. Consulates: Istanbul. Honorary consulates: Sanliurfa, Nevşehir, Gaziantep, Eskişehir, Antalya and Trabzon. Turkey in turn has 2 missions in Romania, its embassy being in Bucharest.

About the Romanian consulate general in Izmir

It appears in official lists as Consulate General of Romania in Izmir. It is headed by Lilian Zamfiroiu, according to the records. Career consulates of this kind usually renew passports and take visa applications for their region.

Address and contact

Address: 1479 Sok., No.9, Alsancak, İzmir. The record for the Romanian consulate general in Izmir includes a phone number, an e-mail address, a fax number and an official website.

Romanian citizens travelling to Turkey

Turkey admits Romanian citizens without a visa for stays of up to 90 days.

When the Romanian consulate general in Izmir is closed

Expect the Romanian consulate general in Izmir to be shut on New Year's Day (Yılbaşı) on Friday 1 January 2027 and Eid al-Fitr First Day (Ramazan Bayramı 1. Gün) on Wednesday 10 March 2027 (date provisional), and often on St. Andrew's Day (Sfântul Andrei) on Monday 30 November 2026, a holiday in Romania.

Before visiting the Romanian consulate general in Izmir

Current procedures for the Romanian consulate general in Izmir, including any appointment system, are on its official website, linked on this page.