According to the provisions of Law no. 198, from October 21st, 2008, regarding charged consular services and the handling fees levied at the diplomatic missions and consular posts of Romania abroad, the levied consular fees for visa handling, are the following:
Visa type
Consular fee
Airport transit visa
60 EUR
Transit visa
60 EUR
Short-stay visa
60 EUR
Collective visa
60 EUR + 1 EUR per person
Long-stay visa
120 EUR
The visa handling fees are charged beforehand, in EURO and US Dollars, or, depending on the case, in the currency of the state of residence, taking into account the medium exchange rate of the convertible currency, towards the EURO.
In the states with free currency market, visa fees may be mainly levied in EURO or US Dollars.
No visa fees are levied for the following categories of applicants:
Children under 6 years of age;
Pupils and students, postgraduate students and accompanied teachers who travel to Romania for studies or educational briefings;
Researchers from third states who travel to the Community for research purposes, as defined in Recommendation 2005/761/CE, from the European Parliament and from the European Council, dated September 28th, 2005, regarding the facilitation of short-stay uniform visa issuance by the member states of the European Union, for third-state nationals who travel to the European community for scientific research;
Foreign officials, members of international organizations that Romania is party to;
Staff members of foreign diplomatic missions and consular posts, citizens who accompany state and government officials, parliamentary delegations and other official guests, as well as their family members. In these cases, the handling fee exemption is based on reciprocity.
The long-stay visa for aliens who are family members of Romanian citizens is granted by the diplomatic missions and consular posts of Romania abroad, with the exemption from the visa fee.
