Romania citizenship: required documents
The documents you'll gather for Romania citizenship by descent, by route and by ancestor. Your exact list is generated from your lineage in the wizard.
Reacquisition (redobândire, Art. 11)
Document the chain to your former-citizen Romanian ancestor and how citizenship was lost, then apply to the ANC and take the oath.
You
- •Birth certificate
- •Reacquisition application (Art. 11) + oath
Each ancestor in the chain
- •Birth certificate
- •Marriage certificate — if_married
- •Adoption certificate / order (if applicable) — if_adopted
- •Amended birth certificate (if applicable) — if_adopted
- •Name connection / spelling-variation proof (if applicable) — if_has_name_changes
Your qualifying ancestor
- •Birth certificate
- •Proof of your ancestor's citizenship
- •Marriage certificate — if_married
- •Adoption certificate / order (if applicable) — if_adopted
- •Amended birth certificate (if applicable) — if_adopted
- •Name connection / spelling-variation proof (if applicable) — if_has_name_changes
Romanian citizen at birth — passport
If you are already a Romanian citizen at birth, document your parent's citizenship and the chain, then apply for an identity document / passport.
You
- •Birth certificate
Each ancestor in the chain
- •Birth certificate
- •Marriage certificate — if_married
- •Adoption certificate / order (if applicable) — if_adopted
- •Amended birth certificate (if applicable) — if_adopted
- •Name connection / spelling-variation proof (if applicable) — if_has_name_changes
Your qualifying ancestor
- •Birth certificate
- •Proof of your ancestor's citizenship
- •Marriage certificate — if_married
- •Adoption certificate / order (if applicable) — if_adopted
- •Amended birth certificate (if applicable) — if_adopted
- •Name connection / spelling-variation proof (if applicable) — if_has_name_changes
See if you qualify for Romania citizenship
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