Romanian Consulate General in Manchester

British citizens can visit Romania without a visa for up to 90 days.

2025 figures: 384 short-stay Schengen visa applications were lodged at Romania’s consulate general in Manchester, and 345 visas were issued. 39 applications were refused, a refusal rate of 10.2%. The refusal rate rose by 7.3 points from 2.9% in 2024, a sharp increase. Applications rose by 22% compared with 2024 (316).

Romania issues Schengen visas at 2 locations in the United Kingdom; this office handled 22% of their 1,742 applications in 2025. Refusal rates elsewhere: London 9.1%, which makes Manchester 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 the United Kingdom, 10.5% of applications were refused in 2025; Romania’s rate worldwide was 11.5%. Romania received the 21st largest number of applications of the 28 Schengen states represented here.

45.2% 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 the United Kingdom.

The Romanian embassy is in London, about 260 km away. Besides the Romanian consulate general in Manchester, Romania has 10 other missions in the United Kingdom. Consulates: London and Birmingham. Honorary consulates: Liverpool, Leeds, Inverness, Belfast and Aberdeen. The United Kingdom in turn has an embassy in Bucharest.

About the Romanian consulate general in Manchester

It appears in official lists as Consulate General of Romania in Manchester. The head of mission on record is Nicoleta-Loredana Teodorovici. Consulates handle passports, civil registration and, for many countries, visa applications for their district.

Address and contact

Address: Cooper Street 9, M2 2FW Manchester. No phone number or website is on record for the Romanian consulate general in Manchester.

Romanian citizens travelling to the United Kingdom

Romanian citizens do not need a visa for the United Kingdom, but they need an electronic travel authorisation (ETA) before departure; it covers stays of up to 180 days.

When the Romanian consulate general in Manchester is closed

The next closures of the Romanian consulate general in Manchester for public holidays in the United Kingdom are Christmas Day on Friday 25 December 2026 and St. Stephen's Day (Boxing Day) on Monday 28 December 2026; it may also close for St. Andrew's Day (Sfântul Andrei) on Monday 30 November 2026.

Near the Romanian consulate general in Manchester

The Romanian consulate general in Manchester has 6 other foreign missions within 1 km, in a diplomatic quarter.