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Visa requirements for Romanian citizens

Visa requirements for Romanian citizens are the administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other territories affecting citizens of Romania. As of 2026, Romanian citizens have visa-free or visa on arrival access to 177 countries and territories, ranking the Romanian passport 11th in terms of travel freedom, according to the Henley Passport Index.

Recent changes

Recently visa requirements for Romanian citizens were lifted by Bolivia (December 2025), South Africa (September 2025), Vietnam (August 2025), Lesotho (August 2025), China (November 2024), Thailand (July 2024), Tajikistan (April 2024), Angola (September 2023), Oman (9 December 2020) (Previously Visa on arrival), Uzbekistan (15 January 2019), Cape Verde (1 January 2019), Belarus (February 2017), Solomon Islands (October 2016), Tuvalu (July 2016), Marshall Islands (June 2016), Palau (December 2015), Tonga (November 2015), Sao Tome and Principe (August 2015), Indonesia (June 2015), United Arab Emirates, Timor-Leste, Samoa (May 2015),

Romanian citizens were made eligible for eVisas recently by Afghanistan (March 2026), Guinea and Malawi (October 2019), Saudi Arabia (September 2019), Russia (only Kaliningrad Oblast, Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast, free of charge), Suriname and Pakistan (April 2019), Papua New Guinea (November 2018), Djibouti (February 2018), Egypt (December 2017), Azerbaijan (January 2017), India (e-Tourist visa from November 2014) and Myanmar (September 2014).

Visa requirements map

Visa requirements

Dependent, disputed or unrecognized territories

Unrecognized or partially recognized countries

Non-ordinary passports

Holders of various categories of official Romanian passports have additional visa-free access to the following countries:

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Holders of diplomatic or service passports of any country have visa-free access to Cape Verde, Ethiopia, Mali and Zimbabwe.

Non-visa restrictions

A Romanian identity card is valid for travel to most of the European countries

Statistics

Foreign travel by Romanians

These were the numbers of Romanian visitors to various countries in 2014:

Right to consular protection in non-EU countries

When in a non-EU country where there is no Romanian embassy, Romanian citizens as EU citizens have the right to get consular protection from the embassy of any other EU country present in that country.

See also List of diplomatic missions of Romania.

See also

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