Romanian procedures, handled while you are elsewhere

Covers buying, selling, renting out or inheriting property in Romania, together with the tax and registration steps that follow. Typical users are non-residents who own or are about to own a Romanian property and cannot deal with the notary, the land registry and the local tax office in person. Also used by diaspora owners who need to sell or let a property they have not visited in years. Notarial acts are performed by a public notary; we prepare the file and represent the client through it.

Covers registration with the Romanian tax authority and the certificates a person or a company needs to prove their tax position. Typical users are foreign individuals with no Romanian personal numeric code who need a tax identification number, and people who have moved to Romania and must settle their residency status. Also used by anyone who has to prove to a foreign authority where they are taxed. Contentious tax matters before the courts are handled by independent collaborating lawyers.

Covers Romanian official records: birth, marriage and death certificates, criminal record certificates, transcription of foreign records, correction of wrong entries, and the authorised translation and apostille that make a document usable abroad. Typical users are people who need a Romanian document for a file opened in another country, or a foreign document accepted in Romania. Almost every request arrives with a deadline set by someone else.

Covers the right to enter, stay and settle in Romania, and the recognition of Romanian citizenship by descent. Typical users are non-EU nationals who need a long stay visa or a residence permit, EU nationals registering their stay, and descendants of Romanian citizens applying for citizenship to the second or third degree. Also used by employers moving staff to Romania. This is the area where the rules changed most in the last two years, and where out of date information costs the most.

Covers family status that has to work across two countries, and succession to Romanian assets. In practice most files here are the recognition in Romania of a foreign divorce or family judgment, the enforcement of maintenance obligations across borders, and name and status annotations on Romanian records. Succession to Romanian property, bank accounts or shares is handled together with a public notary, who issues the certificate of inheritance. Time limits apply to succession, so these files are rarely urgent by choice.

Covers Romanian pension entitlements and contribution records, including periods worked in Romania that count towards a pension paid elsewhere. Typical users are people who worked in Romania before emigrating and need their record certified, and pensioners abroad who must obtain or update a pension decision. Scope here is deliberately narrow: correspondence and files with the county pension houses, not pension litigation.

Covers setting up a Romanian company and the changes made to it afterwards: incorporation, share transfers, change of director, registered office, share capital or business object. Typical users are foreign founders opening their first Romanian entity and existing shareholders who need a change registered with the trade register. Most steps are handled by representative, without the founder travelling, and several changes filed together cost less than the same changes filed one at a time.

Covers the recurring obligations that follow once a Romanian company exists: bookkeeping, tax returns, VAT and microenterprise decisions, electronic invoicing, SAF-T reporting and payroll. Accounting is performed by independent collaborating accountants, and we coordinate it. Typical users are foreign owned companies with no staff on the ground in Romania, and companies that have fallen behind on filings and need the position corrected. This is the category clients underestimate most often, and the obligations start at registration, not when trading begins.

Covers hiring in Romania and the permits a foreign employee needs before starting work. Typical users are Romanian employers recruiting non-EU staff, foreign companies posting workers to Romania, and employees who need their own status regularised. The employer's steps and the employee's steps run in a fixed order, and the order matters. We are not a recruitment agency and we do not source candidates.

Covers unpaid invoices, contractual disputes and obtaining an enforceable title against a Romanian debtor. Typical users are foreign suppliers or buyers owed money by a Romanian company, and businesses that need a claim secured before the debtor's assets move. Early action changes the outcome more than the size of the claim does. Enforcement of a title is carried out by a court bailiff, which is a separate step we set up rather than perform.

Covers the registrations a business must hold to operate lawfully and to report correctly: VAT registration and the option to register below the threshold, beneficial owner filings, enrolment in the electronic invoicing and SAF-T reporting systems, registration in the tax authority's virtual private space, and updates to the trade register when activity codes change. Typical users are newly formed companies and companies entering a new activity. Sector specific operating licences are outside this scope.

Covers winding down or reorganising a Romanian business: dissolution and liquidation, suspending activity, striking a company off the register, transferring shares out, and creditor representation in insolvency. Typical users are owners who no longer need a Romanian entity but still carry its filing obligations, and creditors who must register a claim in an insolvency file. Closing a company properly is slower than opening one.