Emigrating to Romania

Emigrating to Romania
Numerous changes have been done to the immigration laws of Romania after the country became a member of the European Union this year. Just recently, the Romanian government has restricted seconded workers from securing Romanian work authorization while they are still on the payrolls of their companies based in their countries of residence.

While foreign nationals assigned as seconded workers to Romania were not required to get a formal work permit before, needing only a temporary residence permit that could be renewed indefinitely, this is not the case now. The modifications to the Romanian law on immigration now calls for foreign workers to apply for a Work Permit Type “B” to get a Temporary Resident Permit to work as well as live in Romania.

Under this new ordinance, a Type “B” work permit is considered a special permit that allows foreign employees to remain on the payrolls of companies in their home country while they are giving out specialized services in Romania.  Application for this type of work permit can only be done once every five years, and the work status cannot be renewed beyond one year, unless efforts are made by the Romanian company to hire a Romanian worker to take his place in the future. If a Romanian employee cannot be found, then the Romanian company must place the foreign worker on its payroll. The company must also execute a labor contract to “localize” the employee so that the work authorization can be renewed. The renewed status of the employee will now be issued under a Type “A” work permit for an employee that has been localized.