Romania · 4 rules · 3 calculators
How many days can you spend in Romania?
Romania joined the EU in 2007 and, on 1 January 2025, became one of the last two countries to join the Schengen area. Visiting from outside the EU, you can spend 90 days in any 180 in the area, Romania included. For tax, more than 183 days in any 12 months ending in the calendar year make you resident. With EU long-term resident status, the EU directive ends it after 12 months in a row outside the EU, or 6 years outside the country that granted it; countries may allow longer.
Visas and stays
How long can you stay in Romania as a visitor?
How many days can you spend in Romania as a visitor from outside the EU? 90 in any 180, counted across all 29 Schengen countries together — days elsewhere in the area use them up too. EES records every entry and exit.
Tax residency
Tax residency in Romania: more than 183 days in 12 months
How many days can you spend in Romania before you’re tax resident? 183 at most in any 12 months ending in the calendar year; past them, you’re taxed as a resident from the day you arrived.
Residence permits
Living in Romania: EU long-term residence
Under the EU directive, EU long-term resident status is lost after 12 months in a row outside the EU, or 6 years outside the country that granted it; countries may allow longer. Romania’s own residence permits aren’t covered here yet.
Day calculators for Romania
Romania: questions and answers.
Is Romania in Schengen?
Yes. Checks at Romania’s borders with the other Schengen countries were lifted from 2024, and on 1 January 2025 Bulgaria and Romania became the last countries to join the Schengen area. Romania joined the EU in 2007.
How long can I stay in Romania as a US citizen?
As a visitor, the same as anyone from outside the EU: 90 days in any 180 across the 29 Schengen countries together, Romania included. Since EES, your entries and exits are recorded at the border instead of stamped in your passport.
How many days can I spend in Romania without tax residency?
No more than 183 in total in any 12 consecutive months ending in the calendar year — with no domicile or centre of vital interests in Romania.
Can I spend 90 days in Romania and then 90 in Bulgaria?
Not as a visitor from outside the EU: the 90 days in any 180 count every Schengen country together, so days in Romania and in the rest of the area add up.
How long can an EU long-term resident in Romania be outside the EU?
Under the EU directive, 12 months in a row, or 6 years outside the country that granted the status. Countries may allow longer absences, and must have an easier way to get the status back.
How many days can you spend in Romania? FlySee counts them for you.
Track days in every country and know the date you can stay until.
- Counts your Schengen days automatically, in the background
- Shows the date you can stay until, and “Next entry from …” when you’re out
- Gives you a heads-up before your last day
- Logs every day and the country you were in, automatically, and rebuilds past trips from your photos
- Exports your days by country — PDF, Excel or CSV
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Sources
Romania and the Schengen area
EES (Entry/Exit System)
- European Commission, Migration and Home Affairs — Entry/Exit System (EES)
- GOV.UK — EU Entry/Exit System: guidance for British travellers
- Swedish Police Authority — The Entry Exit System (children, data storage, days left)
- European Union — Entry/Exit System: check how long you can stay
- European Union — Entry/Exit System: the Travel to Europe mobile app
- Frontex — Travel to Europe app
FlySee counts days; it doesn’t give tax advice. Whether you’re resident is for you and your adviser.
FlySee counts days; it doesn’t give legal advice. Whether you can stay is the border guard’s call.
FlySee counts days; it doesn’t give immigration advice. Whether you qualify is for you and your adviser.