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Digital Nomad Visa
Official nomad visaBrazilian citizens can enter Romania visa-free for a short stay, but the Digital Nomad Visa is still a separate application. Brazilian applicants apply through a Romania consulate abroad; a tourist stay cannot be switched to this permit. The consular fee is 300 EUR. Official processing runs 4–7 weeks. Allow about 1 week for the Brazilian police clearance, which then needs an apostille. There is no double-tax treaty between Brazil and Romania.
How do Brazilian citizens apply for the Romania Digital Nomad Visa?
Can Brazilian citizens apply from inside Romania?
Generally no: most applicants apply from outside Romania before they travel.
The "fly in on a tourist stamp and convert" route is a widespread misconception and does not work for this visa. If you already hold legal residence in Romania on another permit, different rules may apply, so confirm with the authorities.
How long does the Romania Digital Nomad Visa really take for Brazilian citizens?
10–13 weeks (≈ 2–3 months)
- Police clearance (typical)1w
- Apostille (typical)1w
- Consular appointment (typical)4w
- Processing 4–7w official4w
- Post-arrival registration (typical)2w
Official processing: 4–7 weeks. The rest is doc gathering + waiting in a queue, none of which the consulate counts.
Avoid these
What do people get wrong about the Romania Digital Nomad Visa?
- The tourist-stamp convert myth. Flying to Romania on a tourist stamp and converting it into the residence visa from inside the country is not possible for Digital Nomad Visa. Almost every application story that goes badly starts with this misconception.
- Underestimating timing by a factor of 2–3. The "60-day processing" line is real, but it's only the consulate's processing window. The door-to-door reality includes police clearance, apostille, consular appointment lead, and post-arrival registration, so most applicants land between 4 and 7 months.
- Skipping or mis-formatting the apostille. Apostille is the single most cited rejection reason. Every supporting document from your home country needs an apostille from the right authority, and they expire. Don't apostille more than 4 months before submission.
Documents
What Brazilian applicants typically submit
Documents needing an apostille (Brazilian authorities):
- Certidao de Antecedentes Criminais issued by the Policia Federal. Romania requires the applicant's criminal record, or a document of the same legal value issued by the authorities of the state of origin or residence, bearing an apostille or supralegalisation, followed by an authentic Romanian translation.
- The tax certificate from the tax authority of the state of tax residence, certifying that taxes, fees and mandatory contributions are paid up to date and that there is no record of tax evasion or tax fraud. Romania requires this one apostilled or supralegalised and translated into Romanian, separately from the criminal record. The Brazilian instrument that matches it is the Certidao de Regularidade Fiscal, formally the Certidao Negativa de Debitos Relativos aos Creditos Tributarios Federais e a Divida Ativa da Uniao, issued jointly by the Receita Federal and the PGFN against a CPF, free, online, valid 180 days under Portaria Conjunta RFB/PGFN 1.751/2014. No Romanian source names the Brazilian document, so confirm the choice with the consular section in Brasilia before apostilling it.
- On the company-owner route, the Brazilian company's registry extract from the Junta Comercial (or the Registro Civil das Pessoas Juridicas for a sociedade simples) plus the contrato social, evidencing that the company has operated for at least three years at the date of the visa application. These are Brazilian public or registered documents and take a cartorio apostille plus a certified Romanian translation.
- The employment contract with the company registered outside Romania, and the company's document identifying itself, its field of activity, the applicant's involvement and its legal representatives. A contract signed in Brazil is a private document: the signatures get reconhecimento de firma at a cartorio first, which is what makes an apostille attachable, and an authenticated Romanian translation is required either way.
Worth knowing: Brazil sits in Annex II of Regulation (EU) 2018/1806 and Romania has been a full Schengen member since 1 January 2025, so a Brazilian passport enters without a visa, and the Romanian embassy in Brasilia states it plainly on its entry page. That allows a look around first, but it opens no in-country route: the Romanian MFA says visa applications can only be submitted to Romanian diplomatic missions and consular posts, and the D visa is the gateway to the digital nomad residence permit, so the file is lodged in Brazil regardless of how easy entry is. Eligibility is unusually kind to a Brazilian on this programme, because Romania only requires that the employer or the applicant's company be registered outside Romania, not outside the EU, EEA and Switzerland: a Brazilian who invoices through a Portuguese or Spanish company still qualifies here where Bulgaria's rule would refuse the same file. What bites is the income floor and the bilateral gap. The threshold is three times the forecast Romanian gross average salary, RON 27,576 a month for 2026, about EUR 5,266, which is roughly R$30,700 at the Banco Central PTAX rate of 5.83 BRL/EUR on 16 July 2026, or about nineteen times Brazil's 2026 minimum wage of R$1,621 set by Decreto 12.797. Brazil and Romania have no double taxation treaty in either direction: Romania is absent from the Receita Federal's list of agreements in force and Brazil is absent from ANAF's list of 81 conventions, so a Brazilian who has not filed the saida definitiva can face Brazilian worldwide taxation alongside Romanian residence taxation with no tie-breaker, and the Receita Federal recognises reciprocity of treatment for crediting foreign tax only with Germany, the United States and the United Kingdom. There is no social security agreement either, since the Ministerio da Previdencia Social's list of agreements in force does not name Romania, so INSS and Romanian contribution periods cannot be totalised and there is no certificate of coverage to fall back on.
Tax
How is Digital Nomad Visa income taxed for Brazilian citizens?
Foreign salary or consulting income earned remotely for a foreign employer or foreign-registered business is exempt from Romanian income tax and social contributions while the holder is not a Romanian tax resident, broadly aligned with the digital-nomad exemption under Law 69/2023. A holder who spends more than 183 days within any 12-month period generally becomes a Romanian tax resident and is then liable for Romanian tax on worldwide income at the flat 10% personal income tax rate (subject to double-taxation treaties; Romania has 80+ DTTs). Note that as of 2026 dividends, capital gains and crypto are taxed at 16% rather than 10%, and the exemption does not cover Romanian-source income, rental income or capital gains.
What Brazilian tax still does
Brazil taxes on residence, not citizenship, but leaving does not end it by itself. Residency ends when you file the Comunicação de Saída Definitiva and then the Declaração de Saída Definitiva; skip them and the Receita Federal keeps assessing your worldwide income. Brazil has treaties with most of Europe, though not Germany, where the 1975 treaty has had no effect since 2006.
Money, roughly (sourced)
Regime: Flat 10% PIT on worldwide income (DNV foreign-salary exemption is lost once tax-resident), about 10% effective tax on €60k/yr.
Critical caveat: Romania's Digital Nomad Visa income-tax + social-contribution exemption (Law 69/2023) applies ONLY while the holder stays ≤183 days and remains NON-resident. The prompt's scenario (becoming tax-resident) therefore forfeits the exemption, worldwide income falls under the ordinary 10% flat PIT, with CAS/CASS due on Romanian-source self-employment income. Treaty relief/foreign tax credits may apply to foreign-source income.
Capital gains: 16%. Two-tier system: low 3%/6% withholding only when transacted through a Romanian-resident intermediary; everything else (foreign brokers, crypto, gold) is 16% self-assessed.
Living comfortably to well in Bucharest runs about €1,400–€1,950/mo for one person, incl. rent. Roughly 7% less than the same living in São Paulo, which runs about R$8,700/mo (≈ €1,500).
Estimate your take-home in the tax calculator →Worth a specialist's time. A short call before you commit usually pays for itself, especially for US citizens (FEIE/FATCA), existing UK ties, or unwinding SA tax residency.
Digital Nomad Visa basics, same for every passport
- Income requirement
- RON 27.576/luna = de 3 ori castigul salarial mediu brut prognozat pentru 2026 (9.192 RON, legea bugetului asigurarilor sociale de stat); baza legala: Legea 22/2022 care modifica OUG 194/2002
- Application fee
- €300
- Family allowed
- No
What this visa gets you
Visa
Entry document
Temporary residency
1 year, renewable
Permanent residency
After 5 years
Citizenship
After 8 years of residence
What nomads report from Romania, the cost of living, and the programme background are on the full Romania profile.
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FAQ
Romania Digital Nomad Visa: common questions
Can Brazilian citizens get the Romania Digital Nomad Visa?
Yes. The Digital Nomad Visa is open to Brazilian passport holders as non-EU nationals. The main requirement is proof of income of at least €5,266 per month.
Can I apply for the Romania Digital Nomad Visa from inside Romania?
Generally no. Brazilian applicants normally apply at the Romania consulate responsible for their region before travelling. Note this is about converting a short tourist stay; if you already hold legal residence in Romania on another permit, different rules may apply, so confirm with the authorities.
How long does the Romania Digital Nomad Visa take for Brazilian applicants?
Official processing is 4–7 weeks. Door-to-door, including police clearance, apostille, consular appointment lead time, and post-arrival registration, most Brazilian applicants take about 4–7 weeks (roughly 1–2 months).
Do I need an apostille for the Romania Digital Nomad Visa?
Yes. Supporting documents issued in Brazil (such as your police clearance) must be apostilled by the competent Brazil authority before submission. Apostilles can expire, so don't obtain them more than a few months ahead of applying.
How much does the Romania Digital Nomad Visa cost?
The government application fee is about €300. The consular fee paid in Brazil is approximately 300 EUR. Budget separately for police clearance, apostille (if required), translations, and required health insurance.
Does the Romania Digital Nomad Visa lead to permanent residency?
Yes. Time on the Digital Nomad Visa counts toward permanent residency, for which you can typically apply after 5 years of legal residence.
Can I bring my family on the Romania Digital Nomad Visa?
This route does not provide for family members to be sponsored on the same application. Family reunification would follow a separate procedure.
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