Indicator history

The legal conditions for naturalisation are: being born and having the permanent residence in Romania or being born abroad and having the permanent residence in Romania for the last 8 years (5 years if the applicant is married to a Romanian citizen for this period of time) (the time limits may be reduced to half on certain circumstances: if the applicant is an EU Member State citizen, if the applicant is well-known at the international level, if the applicant obtained the refugee status, if the applicant invested more than 1 million Euros in Romania), being loyal to the Romanian State, having an income that allows a decent living, not being found guilty of crimes that make him/her incompatible with the Romanian citizen, speaking the Romanian language and having basic knowledge about Romanian culture, law, history.

People who lost their Romanian citizenship in the past may apply for the Romanian citizenship after 4 years of living  in Romania, according to Article 10¹ and 10² of the Law No.21/1991 regarding Romanian citizenship, amended and republished in Official Journal No.576 of 13.08.2010.