The short answer
The good news: the substantive conditions for your case are those that applied on the date of filing. No language certificate is required from you. But the procedural rules of the new law do apply to files submitted earlier: this covers the commission’s timeframes, authenticity checks on documents and the way you communicate with the ANC. That is stated expressly in the transitional provisions of Law no. 14/2025.
What that means, point by point
| Question | The answer for a file submitted before 12.03.2025 |
|---|---|
| Is a B1 certificate needed | no |
| The commission’s timeframe | the new one applies: up to 2 years from registration, plus up to 6 months for authenticity checks |
| Authenticity checks on documents | apply, including to older cases, where doubts arise |
| Replying to a commission query | no more than 4 months from receipt, otherwise the application is rejected as unsupported |
| Sending documents on your own initiative | the restrictions concern files submitted from 01.12.2025; your case is less affected, but the “request first, documents after” rule is safer to follow |
| The oath | within the deadline after the order is communicated; do not miss the letter |
What to do now
- Check that the ANC has your current address. Orders and queries arrive by registered post. Changing country or flat without notifying them is the most common reason a case “gets lost”.
- Report any changes. A change of surname, civil status or domicile, a child born after filing, representation by a lawyer — these are the details that are accepted and added to the file.
- Track the case by its number. The Stadiu dosar section shows allocation to the commission, scheduled dates and orders issued.
- Prepare your answer in advance. If there is a weak link in your chain — a document with a name discrepancy, a certificate in an awkward form — it is better to have a replacement in hand before the query arrives: four months go faster than you think.
- Plan the oath and the documents that follow. Many people lose months after approval simply because they did not know about the transcription of records and the personal code.
What we take on
Supporting a file that has already been submitted is a separate service: monitoring the status, intercepting and analysing the commission’s queries, collecting missing documents on time, preparing for the oath and handling the documents afterwards. We join a case at any stage, including where you filed it yourself or another company did.
Frequently asked questions
Can the language now be demanded on an older file? No. The conditions are set by the law as at the date the application was filed.
The case has been pending for more than three years — is that normal? Unfortunately it is typical for article 11. But it is worth checking whether a query arrived that nobody answered: such a case formally “hangs” while in fact it is closed.
Can it be speeded up? There are no official mechanisms for that. Only one thing genuinely speeds things up: no queries, and fast answers if one does arrive.
What if a refusal arrives as an “unsupported application”? That is usually cured by reassembly: the reason is formal, not substantive. A new application may be filed 6 months after the refusal.
Where this comes from
We publish only what we have checked against the primary source. Here it is — open it and see for yourself.