Romania entry requirements, by passport

How much money you need to show

€50 per day, with a minimum of €500 per stay

This is the figure for tourism, visits and business. If you are visiting someone who commits to covering your board and lodging, you do not have to show it yourself. Nationals of countries under the invitation procedure (China, India, Egypt, Morocco and Pakistan among them) need €30 per day, provided by the person who invites them.

Source: European Commission, Annex 25 to the Practical Handbook for Border Guards (reference amounts notified by each State), version of 8 June 2026, and Romanian Border Police (politiadefrontiera.ro, page on justifying documents). Checked on 1 November 2026.

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Vaccinations

• No mandatory vaccines for entry. The international vaccination certificate is asked of nobody: not the yellow fever one, and not even of travellers arriving from a country with risk of transmission. That is what the country has declared in the International Health Regulations list.
• Recommended, not checked at the border: Romania is going through a large measles outbreak declared a national epidemic. Spain's Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly recommends checking before travelling that you have the complete MMR vaccine schedule (measles, mumps and rubella).

Customs limits

Cash

Declare to the Romanian Customs Authority if entering or leaving the EU with €10,000 or more in cash (or the equivalent in another currency, including the Romanian leu), a threshold harmonised across the whole EU by Regulation (EU) 2018/1672.

Alcohol

Arriving from outside the EU (age 17+): 1 litre of spirits over 22% alcohol, or 2 litres under 22% (including sparkling and fortified wines); plus 4 litres of still wine and 16 litres of beer: floor limits set by Directive 2007/74/EC, the same across the whole EU.

Tobacco

Directive 2007/74/EC sets a general limit of 200 cigarettes (or 100 cigarillos, or 50 cigars, or 250g of smoking tobacco) when arriving by air, but lets each Member State set a lower limit (as low as 40 cigarettes) for those entering by land or sea. It hasn't been confirmed which of the two options Romania applies at its land border (with Ukraine, Moldova, Serbia, Hungary and Bulgaria) versus its airports: check the exact allowance for your point of entry before travelling with tobacco in quantity.

Overstay penalties

Emergency Ordinance no. 194/2002 (aliens regime) treats anyone who stays beyond their authorised period as being in an irregular situation and requires them to leave the country; a "decizie de returnare" (return decision) can be issued together with a re-entry ban to Romania and the rest of the Schengen/EEA/Swiss area, with a duration depending on the severity and history of the case. A fixed fine amount generally applicable to tourists who overstay could not be confirmed: only the immigration consequence (return + possible entry ban), not a quantified penalty scheme.

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Grounds for refusal

Apply to: Visa-free

• Not presenting a valid travel document: valid for at least three months after the intended departure and issued within the previous ten years (Art. 6(1)(a)).
• Not justifying the purpose and conditions of the stay, or not showing sufficient means of subsistence for the stay and the return (Art. 6(1)(c)).
• Having already used up the 90 days within the current 180-day period (Art. 6(1)).
• Being the subject of a Schengen Information System (SIS) alert for the purpose of refusing entry (Art. 6(1)(d)).
• Being considered a threat to public policy, internal security, public health or the international relations of a Schengen State (Art. 6(1)(e)).

Source: Regulation (EU) 2016/399 (Schengen Borders Code) , Art. 6(1). A refusal is given in writing with its reasons and can be appealed (Art. 14).

Apply to: Visa required

• Producing a false or falsified travel document, or reasonable doubts arising about the authenticity of the supporting documents submitted or the truthfulness of their content (Regulation (EC) 810/2009, Art. 32(1)(a)(i) and 32(1)(b)).
• Failing to justify the purpose and conditions of the intended stay (Art. 32(1)(a)(ii); the same entry condition appears in Art. 6(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2016/399, so it is also checked at the border).
• Failing to provide proof of sufficient means of subsistence for the whole intended stay and for the return to the country of origin or residence, and not being in a position to acquire such means lawfully (Art. 32(1)(a)(iii)).
• Having already used up the 90 days of stay within the current 180-day period on the territory of the Member States (Art. 32(1)(a)(iv)).
• Being the subject of an alert in the Schengen Information System (SIS) for the purpose of refusing entry (Art. 32(1)(a)(v)).
• Being considered a threat to public policy, internal security, public health or the international relations of any Member State (Art. 32(1)(a)(vi)).
• Failing to provide proof of adequate and valid travel medical insurance, where applicable (Art. 32(1)(a)(vii)).
• Reasonable doubts arising about the reliability of the statements made or about the applicant’s intention to leave the territory of the Member States before the visa applied for expires (Art. 32(1)(b)).

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