INVITATION APPROVED BY THE INSPECTORATE GENERAL FOR IMMIGRATION – MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF ROMANIA * As per the provisions of Annex I to REGULATION (EU) 2018/1806 of 14 November 2018 listing the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement, depending on your nationality, you must obtain a visa in order to enter the territory of the European Union, as well as in Romania.Also, if you are a national of one of the third-states listed in Order no.1626 of September 6th 2017 of the Minister of Foreign Affairs regarding the amendments to the Annex to Order no.1743/2010 of the Minister of Foreign Affairs regarding the approval of the revised list of states for whose citizens the invitation procedure is mandatory for granting short-stay visas for entrance into the territory of Romania, you are subject to the obligation of obtaining an invitation approved by the Inspectorate General for Immigration - Ministry of Internal Affairs, prior to applying for a short-stay tourist visa (C/TU).Invitations can be made, for each invited third-state national, by Romanian travel agencies, provided they submit the following supporting documents to the bureaus of the Inspectorate General for Immigration - Ministry of Internal Affairs:the registration certificate and the by-laws of the company that makes the invitation;a certificate from the National Trade Register Office and, accordingly, a power of attorney, on behalf of the company, naming the person entitled to make the invitation in the name of the company;the identity card or, depending on the case, the residence permit of the person entitled to make the invitation;a copy of the invited third-country national’s travel document;two 3 x 4 cm coloured photos of the invited third-country national.The company that makes the invitation must fill-in two copies of the invitation form, which are subsequently submitted for approval to the local units of the Inspectorate General of Immigration.The requests for approval of the invitations are processed within 45 days from the date of submission. In duly justified cases, should more detailed checks be carried out, the deadline may be extended by 15 days.For aliens who travel to Romania for tourism, in organized groups of at least 20 persons, upon request from companies established on the grounds of Law nº31/1990, republished, y amended and supplemented, that are members of the Romanian National Association of Tourist Agencies, approval of the invitations shall be granted in 30 days from the date of submission.In case of approval, one copy of the invitation will be returned to the inviting host, to be forwarded to the third-state national invited, who will submit the original form to the diplomatic mission or the consular post of Romania abroad, where the visa application is lodged.The third-state national may lodge their visa application within 30 days from the date of approval of the invitation.
