Update on immigration status in Romania, November 2009

 
Romania hasn’t avoided the world economic downturn and its effects. One of these effects is the increase of unemployment. Recent official figures say that 6% of the active population doesn’t have a job and, as a consequence, the authorities became more restrictive in giving the right to work in Romania to foreigners.

Proof of the authorities demanding attitude is the number of work authorizations approved this year compared with 2008. Last year a quota of 10,000 work authorizations was approved at the beginning of the year and by August the quota had run out. This year, a quota of only 8,000 work authorizations was issued and they haven’t run out yet. This means that the rate of giving the right to work to non EU citizens decreased by at least 30%.

Due to this, Romanian immigration system has become more demanding with third parties nationals who want to work here. Our specialists in the Immigration Department identified in their activity some of the instruments used to restrict the accession to jobs for foreigners including: low qualified workers are not accepted anymore; all employer’s requirements for a certain position (foreign language, studies, etc.) have to be fully justified and to exactly match the job title and role description; when unemployed persons are rejected at the interview by the employer, a detailed explanation of the reasons which led to this conclusion has to be given to the Unemployment Office; and the list goes on.

As a conclusion to the above, all applications for work visas in Romania have to be very well prepared and strongly justified. Nevertheless, Rilvan immigration specialists have the experience to overcome the potential difficulties that may appear during applications in Romania or Moldova, and you can contact us at office@rilvan.eu.