Digital nomad visa Romania

How the digital nomad route works

The visa lasts 6 months¹⁵. You apply at a Romanian consulate for the long-stay visa, then IGI can grant or renew the right of residence while you still meet the conditions.

The condition that decides most files is income: 3 x average gross monthly salary in Romania¹⁵⁷. The RON figure follows the average gross salary set each year in the state social insurance budget law, so the amount you must show changes with the budget, not with your application date.

The work itself must be for an employer or a company registered abroad. A Romanian client or a Romanian SRL on your payroll takes you out of this route and into the work permit or shareholder residence.

Company owners: the tax residency trap

The visa is about income; the real decision is about tax residency.

Owners who move with the nomad visa usually do it to change tax residency. Romania treats you as resident if you spend more than 183 days in any 12 consecutive months here, or if your centre of vital interests moves here: Resident if domiciled in Romania, or centre of vital interests in Romania, or present more than 183 days in any 12 consecutive months, or a Romanian citizen working abroad for the Romanian state.²⁸

The exemption from Romanian income tax and social contributions covers the first 6 months⁵. After 183 days you become resident, and dividends from your foreign company are taxed at 16%²³⁹ from 2026. Plan the dividend dates before you arrive, not after.

Full rates are in our Romanian tax system overview.

Romania digital nomad visa for a spouse

The law text does not clearly cover family members. A secondary source says the family is not included, and GEO 194/2002 does not confirm it either way — our reference data marks this as not published. We check the consulate’s current practice for your case before filing.