Authorities and institutions
ANC — Autoritatea Națională pentru Cetățenie. The National Citizenship Authority under the Ministry of Justice. It receives applications, runs the citizenship commission and issues orders. Head office in Bucharest, regional offices in Iași, Galați and Suceava.
Comisia pentru cetățenie. The citizenship commission: it checks that the conditions are met, requests documents and prepares the report for the ANC president.
MD / OC — misiune diplomatică / oficiu consular. A Romanian diplomatic mission or consulate: where people living abroad file their application and where they take the oath if they keep their domicile abroad.
ILR — Institutul Limbii Române. The Romanian Language Institute, one of the four types of issuer of a language certificate the ANC accepts.
ICR — Institutul Cultural Român. The Romanian Cultural Institute, including its branches abroad.
DGEP / DPEP. The population records directorates; transcription of records for those who never had domicile in Romania is handled by the DPEP of Bucharest Sector 1.
Documents and procedures
Dosar. The case or file. It receives a number of the form 12345/RD/2026 at registration.
Cerere tip. The standard application form, filled in by hand (olograf).
Opis. The inventory of documents attached to the application.
Declarație. A declaration. A file contains several: on domicile, on previous applications, on loyalty, on consent to data processing, on the language certificate.
Cazier judiciar. The criminal record certificate. Required from every country of citizenship and from the country of legal residence.
Certificat de stare civilă. A civil status certificate — of birth, marriage, divorce or death.
Extras / adeverință de pe actul de stare civilă. The extract from the register entry. Submitted as an original and issued no earlier than 2 years before filing. This is not the same as the certificate: both documents are required.
Extras multilingv. A multilingual extract under Vienna Convention no. 16. For countries party to the convention (Moldova among them) it is accepted without apostille or translation.
Apostilă / supralegalizare. An apostille for countries party to the 1961 Hague Convention; consular legalisation for the rest.
Traducător autorizat. A translator authorised by the Romanian Ministry of Justice; their signature is notarised.
Certificat de competență lingvistică. A language competence certificate at level B1 or above on the CEFR scale.
Foaie matricolă. An academic transcript; where studies were in Romanian for at least three years it replaces the language certificate.
CECRL. The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR in English).
The decision and after
Ordin. An order of the ANC president — granting or rejecting the application. Sent by registered post with acknowledgement of receipt.
Respins ca nesusținut. Rejection of an application as unsupported: where the requested documents or the language certificate did not arrive within the deadline.
Stadiu dosar. The section of the ANC website where a case number shows the movement through the stages.
Jurământ de credință. The oath of allegiance to Romania. Citizenship arises on the date it is taken.
Certificat de cetățenie / card de cetățenie. The citizenship certificate; the new version of the law introduces a biometric citizen’s card. The card costs 91.50 lei, paid at filing through CEC Bank.
Transcriere. Transcription: entering foreign civil status records into the Romanian registers. Without it no passport can be issued.
CNP — cod numeric personal. A citizen’s personal numeric code; assigned during transcription.
Carte de identitate (the buletin). The identity card for citizens with domicile in Romania.
CRDS — cetățean român cu domiciliul în străinătate. The status of a citizen with domicile abroad; such a citizen is issued a passport stating the country of domicile.
Domiciliu / reședință. Domicile (permanent residence as recorded in documents) and place of stay. The choice of domicile determines where the oath is taken and which documents are issued afterwards.
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