Romania · Digital nomad
Long-Stay Visa for Digital Nomads (D/AD)
Open under Law 22/2022, which amended GEO 194/2002. One note of caution: the widely-cited EUR 3,700/month threshold is badly out of date. It reflects 2022-23 salary levels. The real threshold is not a fixed number. It is 3x the Romanian average gross monthly salary, and the national statistics institute updates that figure every month.
At roughly EUR 5,500-5,800 a month, this is now one of the most demanding nomad visas in Europe. That is roughly double Bulgaria's threshold for a comparable two-year dead-end permit, in a country that is in Schengen but not the eurozone. On income accessibility alone, Bulgaria is the materially better answer.
Qualifying routes
You need at least 3x the Romanian average gross monthly salary for each of the 6 months before application, and you need to keep earning it for the life of the visa. On late-2025 data that works out to roughly RON 27,800-29,600 a month, about EUR 5,500-5,800. The number floats monthly.
The facts
- Minimum
- €5.5k
- Total landed cost
- Visa and permit fees only
- Route type
- Income requirement
- Timeline
- 2–5 months (The visa is valid for 90 days. Apply to IGI at least 30 days before it expires. IGI decides within 30 days, extendable to 90.)
- Physical presence
- Genuine residence in Romania
- Family
- Dependants may accompany you, subject to separate requirements
- Permanent residency
- None on this pathway
- Citizenship
- None via this route
- Language test
- Not applicable
- Dual citizenship
- Permitted
- Requirements
- Non-EU/EEA national working remotely for a foreign employer or businessincome of at least 3x the Romanian average gross monthly salary for the 6 months priorhealth insurance and accommodationa clean criminal record
- The EUR 3,700/month figure repeated across the market is stale by roughly three years. The real threshold is 3x the average gross salary, and it floats monthly with national statistics data. Verify it at the time you apply.
- There is a two-year ceiling on this status. It is granted for 1 year and can be renewed once. There is no path to permanent residence.
- Romania is in Schengen but not the eurozone, so you carry leu exposure. Romania also fails every euro convergence criterion, with no target date for joining.
- Income must be evidenced for each of the 6 months before application, and it must be maintained for the full duration of the visa.