EU Blue Card (Romania)

Overview

The EU Blue Card is Romania's route for highly-qualified employment by non-EU nationals. You need higher-education qualifications (or recognised equivalent experience for some roles) and a job paying at or above Romania's Blue Card salary threshold. As an EU instrument it brings mobility and family-reunification advantages and counts toward EU long-term residence. Your employer is involved in securing the underlying work approval, and you apply to IGI for the residence side. Romania became a full Schengen member in January 2025.

Eligibility

Application pathway

1. 01

   Check the route fit

   Confirm the role is highly-qualified, your qualifications fit, and the salary meets Romania's Blue Card threshold.

2. 02

   Build the evidence pack

   Assemble the contract, qualification proof, passport, and health-insurance and accommodation evidence.

3. 03

   Submit through the official channel

   Enter on the long-stay visa and apply to IGI for the Blue Card residence document, paying the fees.

4. 04

   After approval

   Collect your Blue Card, renew on time, and track your time toward EU long-term residence.

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Related routes

• Single Permit for Work and Residence

  If you are a non-EU national with a Romanian job offer, the single permit is the main route - one document covering both your work and your residence.

• Family Reunification (Romania)

  If a close family member already lives lawfully in Romania, this route lets you join them and build toward settlement together.

• EU Long-Term Residence (Romania)

  If you have lived in Romania continuously for five years, this is your settlement status - a long-term right to stay with EU-wide mobility benefits.