Romania family reunification visa (D/VF)

A non-EU national can sponsor family members if they hold a temporary residence permit valid for one year, an EU Blue Card, an ICT or mobile ICT permit, a long-term residence permit, or refugee status or subsidiary protection. Researchers and holders of a Blue Card or ICT permit may apply even if the permit is valid for less than a year.

Eligible family members are the spouse and the unmarried minor children of the sponsor or spouse, including adopted children; where custody is shared, the other parent must consent. IGI may also approve parents of the sponsor or spouse who cannot support themselves and lack family support at home, and unmarried adult children who cannot support themselves for medical reasons. Unaccompanied refugee minors can bring parents or a legal guardian.

IGI approves the request if there is no bigamy or polygamy, the sponsor has housing considered normal for a similar family in Romania, and the sponsor has means, in addition to their own, equal to the guaranteed minimum gross base salary for each family member: RON 4,325 a month per person from 1 July 2026. The family member needs a valid passport accepted by Romania and must not be banned from entry or considered a threat to public order, security or health.

Refugees and subsidiary protection holders do not have to prove housing, means or health insurance.

The sponsor files the request at the IGI office of the county of residence with the application form, the marriage or birth certificates translated and apostilled, an authenticated declaration that the family will live together, a copy of the residence document, proof of housing and means, proof of the sponsor’s social health insurance, written consent of the other parent for a minor where needed and a copy of each family member’s passport. IGI answers in writing within 3 months.

The approval (comunicare) is sent to the family, who present it at the Romanian mission in their country of residence within 60 days of its issue, with travel medical insurance of at least EUR 30,000 and a criminal record certificate, paying EUR 300. The D/VF visa is issued for 90 days.

In Romania each family member applies at IGI for a residence permit before the visa stay ends. A spouse submits the form, passport, marriage certificate translated and apostilled, a sponsor’s declaration that there is no bigamy or polygamy and that you live together, proof of housing and of the sponsor’s means, social health insurance, a medical certificate and the fees (EUR 120 in lei and RON 265). Children submit birth certificates and, where relevant, the other parent’s consent.

A family member who has held a family reunification permit for the last five years can obtain an independent right of residence; it is also available when a child comes of age, the sponsor dies, the marriage is dissolved or the partnership ends. Refusals of residence decisions can be taken to the competent administrative court; a visa refusal follows the Ministry of Foreign Affairs complaint procedure within 30 days.