Afghan citizens are required to have a valid visa before they can travel to Romania. There is a restriction on the length of stay to no more than ninety days.
You must maintain the validity of your Afghan passport throughout your entire trip.
Documents needed for immigration to Romania
Afghanistan citizens applying for a short-term visa to Romania must produce a letter of invitation authorized by the Inspectorate General for Immigration in the Romanian Ministry of Internal Affairs. Photograph for the passport, confirmation of travel bookings, most recent bank statement, and other current information.
Types of visas granted and issued by the Romanian state
Travelers can stay in the airport’s international terminal until it’s time to board an aircraft to their destination with the letter A airport transit pass.
A transit visa, designated by the letter B, allows the holder to enter Romania for a stay of up to five days purely to travel through the country.
The short stay (marked C) visa allows foreigners to enter and stay briefly on Romanian soil for up to 90 days within six months from the date of admission. The following uses are covered by the Romanian short-stay visa:
- Official government missions
- Tourism
- Business
- Private visits
- Transportation
- Sports participation, as well as
- Events related to culture,
- Science, or academia.
The long-stay (designated D) permits foreign nationals to enter and remain on Romanian territory for a maximum of 90 days to engage in economic, professional, commercial, or humanitarian activities. These activities include work, study, family reunion, and research. The stay is 90 days, however, the Romanian Office for Immigration, a part of the Romanian Ministry of Administration and Interior, can extend it with a written request.
Romania visa exemptions
Additionally, if you fall into one of the following categories, you do not need to apply for a Romania short-stay visa (up to 90 days):
- You have a current short-term, lengthy-term, or residence permit issued by a Schengen member state.
- You possess a current Bulgarian or Cyprus resident permit, long-stay visa, or short-stay visa.
- You have a current long-term resident’s EC residence permit from an EU member state.
- You possess a valid, at least five-year permanent residence permit from the UK or Ireland.
You are a non-EU family member of a citizen of Romania, the EU, the EEA, or Switzerland. This only applies to spouses, children younger than 21 years old, and parents who are financially dependent on EU, EEA, or Swiss nationals.
You are only permitted to remain in Romania so long as the Schengen, Bulgarian, or Cyprus visa that you currently possess is still active. For example, if your visa was valid for 20 days but you spent 10 of those days in another country, you are only permitted to stay in Romania for the remaining 10 days of your visa.
Romania visa conditions for Afghan citizens
The diplomatic mission (or consulate) of the Republic of Cyprus reviews visa applicants’ itineraries to see if they are ready to return home. Visa applicants should take their applications and supporting documents to the Republic of Cyprus diplomatic post (or consulate) in their place of residence, whichever is most convenient. Wherever that is, or whichever nation they plan to stop en route to Cyprus to utilize as a staging area, they will eventually arrive in Cyprus. The visa application fee must be paid in full and cannot be refunded under any circumstance. Payment must be made at the moment the application is filed. At the very least, three months should elapse between the time a visa application is submitted and the planned departure date.
