Visa requirements by country
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Legend: easy entry need special visa unspecified or multiple options
AfghanistanVisa required
Albania
AlgeriaVisa required
Andorra
AngolaeVisa|Duration: 30 days
NotesVisitors who have been granted an online pre-visa or have requested such pre-visa from the consulates of Angola abroad, are then issued with a visa on arrival at the country's border check points. For a maximum total stay of 90 days within a one year period. Besides having printed confirmation that a visa will be issued upon arrival, passengers must: have a return/onward ticket, and have a hotel reservation confirmation.
Antigua and BarbudaVisa not required|Duration: 3 months
ArgentinaVisa not required|Duration: 90 days
ArmeniaVisa not required|Duration: 180 days
AustraliaeVisitor|Duration: 90 days
Notes90 days on each visit in 12-month period if granted. The Romanian government officially considers that Australia maintains a visa regime towards its citizens since most are granted an eVisitor only manually after delays, and around 25% are denied. This claim was dismissed by the European Commission.
AustriaVisa not required|Duration: Freedom of movement Romanian identity card valid
AzerbaijaneVisa|Duration: 30 days
BahamasVisa not required|Duration: 3 months
Bahrain
BangladeshVisa on arrival|Duration: 30 days
BarbadosVisa not required|Duration: 3 months
BelarusVisa not required|Duration: 30 days
NotesMust arrive and depart via Minsk International Airport.
BelgiumVisa not required|Duration: Freedom of movement Romanian identity card valid
BelizeVisa not required|Duration: 1 month
BenineVisa / Visa on arrival|Duration: 30 days / 8 days
NotesMust have an international vaccination certificate.
BhutanVisa required
Bolivia
Bosnia and HerzegovinaVisa not required|Duration: 90 days
Notes90 days within any 6-month period Romanian identity card valid
BotswanaVisa not required|Duration: 90 days
Brazil
BruneiVisa not required|Duration: 90 days
BulgariaVisa not required|Duration: Freedom of movement Romanian identity card valid
Burkina FasoVisa required
BurundiVisa required
Cambodia
CameroonVisa required
CanadaVisa not required|Duration: 6 months
NoteseTA required if arriving by air. Electronic passport required for visa-free travel. Non-electronic passports only eligible for visa-free travel with an expired Canadian visitor visa or a valid United States non-immigrant visa, with an eTA issued before 1 December 2017.
Cape VerdeVisa not required|Duration: 30 days
NotesMust register online at least five days prior to arrival.
Central African RepublicVisa required
ChadVisa required
ChileVisa not required|Duration: 90 days
ChinaVisa required
Notes24-hour visit without a visa when in transit through China (unless arriving in Fuzhou Changle International Airport, Huangshan Tunxi International Airport, Mudanjiang Hailang Airport, Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport and Yanji Chaoyangchuan Airport). 72-hour visit without a visa when in transit through Changsha, Guilin and Harbin. 144-hours visit without a visa when in transit through Beijing, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Jieyang, Kunming, Nanjing, Ningbo, Qinhuangdao, Qingdao, Shanghai, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Shijiazhuang, Tianjin, Wuhan, Xiamen and Xi'an. Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan do count as third countries under the 24, 72 and 144-hours visa-free transit (TWOV) policies. All TWOV programs are currently suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic. Visa not required for holders of normal Romanian passports endorsed "for public affairs".
ColombiaVisa not required|Duration: 180 days
Notes90 days – extendable up to 180-days stay within a one-year period
ComorosVisa on arrival
Republic of the CongoVisa required
Democratic Republic of the CongoVisa required
Costa RicaVisa not required|Duration: 90 days
Côte d'Ivoire
CroatiaVisa not required|Duration: Freedom of movement ID card valid
CubaTourist Card required
CyprusVisa not required|Duration: Freedom of movement ID card valid
Czech RepublicVisa not required|Duration: Freedom of movement Romanian identity card valid
DenmarkVisa not required|Duration: Freedom of movement (DK) Romanian identity card valid
DjiboutieVisa|Duration: 31 days
Dominica
Dominican RepublicVisa not required|Duration: 90 days
EcuadorVisa not required|Duration: 90 days
EgypteVisa / Visa on arrival|Duration: 30 days
El SalvadorVisa not required|Duration: 3 months
Equatorial GuineaVisa required
EritreaVisa required
EstoniaVisa not required|Duration: Freedom of movement Romanian identity card valid
EswatiniVisa required
EthiopiaeVisa|Duration: up to 90 days
NoteseVisa holders must arrive via Addis Ababa Bole International Airport
FijiVisa not required|Duration: 4 months
FinlandVisa not required|Duration: Freedom of movement Romanian identity card valid
FranceVisa not required|Duration: Freedom of movement (in Regions of France) Romanian identity card valid
GaboneVisa / Visa on arrival|Duration: 90 days
NotesElectronic visa holders must arrive via Libreville International Airport.
GambiaVisa not required|Duration: 90 days
Georgia
GermanyVisa not required|Duration: Freedom of movement Romanian identity card valid
GhanaVisa required
GreeceVisa not required|Duration: Freedom of movement Romanian identity card valid
GrenadaVisa not required|Duration: 3 months
GuatemalaVisa not required|Duration: 90 days
GuineaeVisa|Duration: 90 days
Guinea-BissaueVisa / Visa on arrival|Duration: 90 days
GuyanaVisa required
HaitiVisa not required|Duration: 90 days
HondurasVisa not required|Duration: 3 months
HungaryVisa not required|Duration: Freedom of movement Romanian identity card valid
IcelandVisa not required|Duration: Freedom of movement Romanian identity card valid
Indiae-Visa|Duration: 60 days
Notese-Visa holders must arrive via 26 designated airports or 3 designated seaports. An Indian e-Tourist Visa can only be obtained twice in one calendar year.
IndonesiaVisa not required|Duration: 30 days
IranVisa on arrival|Duration: 30 days
IraqVisa required
IrelandVisa not required|Duration: Freedom of movement Romanian identity card valid
IsraelVisa not required|Duration: 3 months
ItalyVisa not required|Duration: Freedom of movement Romanian identity card valid
JamaicaVisa on arrival
JapanVisa not required|Duration: 90 days
Jordan
KazakhstanVisa not required|Duration: 30 days
KenyaeVisa / Visa on arrival|Duration: 3 months
Kiribati
North KoreaVisa required
South KoreaVisa not required|Duration: 90 days
Kuwait
KyrgyzstaneVisa / Visa on arrival|Duration: 1 month
NotesElectronic visa holders must arrive via Manas International Airport or Osh Airport or through land crossings with China (at Irkeshtam and Torugart), Kazakhstan (at Ak-jol, Ak-Tilek, Chaldybar, Chon-Kapka), Tajikistan (at Bor-Dobo, Kulundu, Kyzyl-Bel) and Uzbekistan (at Dostuk). Visa on arrival available at Manas International Airport.
LaoseVisa / Visa on arrival|Duration: 30 days
NotesVisa on arrival is available at international airports Luangphabang, Pakse, Savannakhet and Vientiane, and at 4 land borders Friendship Bridge, and at 13 border crossings as well as Tanalaeng train station in Vientiane, which connects to the train station in Nongkai, Thailand. Visa on arrival facility will be gradually phased out at various border crossings starting January 2020. eVisa may be used to enter Laos through the following entry points — Wattay International Airport and the First Thai–Lao Friendship Bridge Entry points Lalai, Lantui, Meuang mom, Pakxan, and Phoudou are open only to visa holders. Visa on arrival is extendable up to 60 days.
LatviaVisa not required|Duration: Freedom of movement Romanian identity card valid
LebanonVisa on arrival|Duration: 1 month
NotesExtendable for 2 additional months Granted free of charge at Beirut International Airport or any other port of entry if there is no Israeli visa or seal, holding a telephone number, an address in Lebanon, and a non-refundable return or circle trip ticket.
LesothoeVisa
LiberiaVisa required
LibyaVisa required
LiechtensteinVisa not required|Duration: Freedom of movement Romanian identity card valid
LithuaniaVisa not required|Duration: Freedom of movement Romanian identity card valid
LuxembourgVisa not required|Duration: Freedom of movement Romanian identity card valid
MadagascareVisa / Visa on arrival|Duration: 90 days
MalawieVisa / Visa on arrival|Duration: 90 days
MalaysiaVisa not required|Duration: 90 days
MaldivesVisa on arrival|Duration: 30 days
MaliVisa required
MaltaVisa not required|Duration: Freedom of movement Romanian identity card valid
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
MauritiusVisa not required|Duration: 90 days
MexicoVisa not required|Duration: 180 days
Micronesia
MoldovaVisa not required|Duration: 90 days
Notes90 days within any 180-day period ID card valid
Monaco
MongoliaVisa on arrival|Duration: 30 days
NotesTourists who are coming from European countries where there is no Mongolian diplomatic presence are eligible to acquire on-arrival visa at the airport in Ulaanbaatar or Mongolian border points.
Montenegro
MoroccoVisa not required|Duration: 3 months
MozambiqueVisa on arrival|Duration: 30 days
MyanmareVisa|Duration: 28 days
NoteseVisa holders must arrive via Yangon, Nay Pyi Taw or Mandalay airports or via land border crossings with Thailand — Tachileik, Myawaddy and Kawthaung or India — Rih Khaw Dar and Tamu. eVisa available for both tourism (allowed stay is 28 days) or business (allowed stay is 70 days) purposes.
NamibiaVisa on arrival|Duration: 3 months
NotesAvailable at Hosea Kutako International Airport.
NauruVisa required
NepalVisa on arrival|Duration: 90 days
NetherlandsVisa not required|Duration: Freedom of movement (European Netherlands) Romanian identity card valid
New ZealandElectronic Travel Authority|Duration: 3 months
NotesInternational Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy must be paid upon requesting an Electronic Travel Authority. Holders of an Australian Permanent Resident Visa or Resident Return Visa may be granted a New Zealand Resident Visa on arrival permitting indefinite stay (pursuant to the Trans-Tasman Travel Arrangement), subject to meeting character requirements and obtaining an Electronic Travel Authority prior to departure. Such travellers are not required to pay the International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy.
NicaraguaVisa not required|Duration: 90 days
NigerVisa required
NigeriaVisa required
North Macedonia
NorwayVisa not required|Duration: Freedom of movement Romanian identity card valid
OmaneVisa|Duration: 30 days
PakistanOnline Visa
NotesOnline Visa eligible. Electronic Travel Authorization to acquire a visa on arrival for business purposes.
Palau
PanamaVisa not required|Duration: 180 days
Papua New GuineaeVisa / Free visa on arrival|Duration: 60 days
ParaguayVisa not required|Duration: 90 days
Peru
PhilippinesVisa not required|Duration: 30 days
PolandVisa not required|Duration: Freedom of movement Romanian identity card valid
PortugalVisa not required|Duration: Freedom of movement Romanian identity card valid
QatarVisa not required|Duration: 90 days
RussiaeVisa|Duration: 16 days
Notese-Visa holders must arrive and departure via 29 checkpoints
RwandaeVisa / Visa on arrival|Duration: 30 days
Saint Kitts and NevisVisa not required|Duration: 3 months
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVisa not required|Duration: 90 days
Notes90 days within any 180-day period
Samoa
San Marino
São Tomé and PríncipeVisa not required|Duration: 15 days
Saudi ArabiaeVisa / Visa on arrival|Duration: 90 days
SenegalVisa not required|Duration: 90 days
SerbiaVisa not required|Duration: 90 days
Notes90 days within any 6-month period Romanian identity card valid
SeychellesVisa not required|Duration: 3 months
Sierra LeoneVisa on arrival
SingaporeVisa not required|Duration: 90 days
SlovakiaVisa not required|Duration: Freedom of movement Romanian identity card valid
SloveniaVisa not required|Duration: Freedom of movement ID card valid
Solomon Islands
SomaliaVisa on arrival
NotesAvailable at Berbera, Borama, Burao, Erigavo and Hargeisa airports. 30 days, available at Bosaso Airport, Galcaio Airport and Mogadishu Airport.
South AfricaVisa required
South SudanElectronic Visa
NotesObtainable online Printed visa authorization must be presented at the time of travel
SpainVisa not required|Duration: Freedom of movement Romanian identity card valid
Sri LankaeVisa / Visa on arrival|Duration: 30 days
SudanVisa required
SurinameeVisa
SwedenVisa not required|Duration: Freedom of movement Romanian identity card valid
SwitzerlandVisa not required|Duration: Freedom of movement Romanian identity card valid
SyriaVisa required
TajikistanVisa on arrival|Duration: 45 days
NotesAt Dushanbe International Airport. Visa also available online. E-visa holders can enter through all border points.
TanzaniaVisa not required
ThailandVisa on arrival|Duration: 15 days
Timor-Leste
TogoVisa not required
NotesInformation from the Togo Embassy in the United Kingdom that is not found in the IATA database which states that visa can be acquired on arrival.
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
TunisiaVisa not required|Duration: 3 months
TurkeyVisa not required|Duration: 3 months
TurkmenistanVisa required
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab EmiratesVisa not required|Duration: 90 days
Notes90 days within any 180-day period
United KingdomVisa not required|Duration: 6 months
NotesRomanian identity card valid until 1 October 2021.
United StatesVisa required
UruguayVisa not required|Duration: 90 days
UzbekistanVisa not required|Duration: 30 days
Vanuatu
Vatican City
VenezuelaVisa not required|Duration: 90 days
VietnameVisa|Duration: 30 days
YemenVisa required
ZambiaVisa not required|Duration: 90 days
ZimbabweVisa on arrival|Duration: 3 months
Notes30 days for visits on business, 3 months for tourists