Romania: 20.000 working permits for foreign workers in 2019

According to the Government Ordinance the maximum number of new working permits that could be issued in 2019 for foreign workers (meaning workers outside the EU and EEC) is 20.000. This is the highest initial maximum contingent established in recent years. In 2017, the maximum contingent initially established was 5.000 working permits, while in 2018, the maximum contingent initially established was 7.500 working permits and was supplemented by 8.000 working permits.

While prior government decisions on the maximum contingent of working permits differentiated between new permanent workers, posted workers, seasonal workers, trainees, athletes and cross-border workers establishing a maximum number of working permits for each category, the new Government Ordinance only establishes the maximum total number of new working permits that can be issued in 2019, without any other restrictions or conditions.