United Arab Emirates to Romania visa requirements

UAE ordinary passport holders can visit Romania visa-free for up to 90 days in any 180-day period. Romania is now fully in Schengen, so Romanian days count against the shared Schengen allowance. ETIAS is not required yet. As of 19 June 2026, UAE ordinary passport holders can enter Romania visa-free for short tourist or visitor stays of up to 90 days in any 180-day period. The UAE Embassy in Bucharest states that the EU-UAE visa waiver entered into force on 6 May 2015 and provides visa-free travel for UAE citizens to the EU for 90 days in any 180-day period, and that Romania is included in this regime. The European Commission confirmed that Romania became a full Schengen member on 1 January 2025 after internal land-border checks were lifted, with air and sea checks already lifted since 31 March 2024. Romania now applies the shared Schengen short-stay framework, so days spent in Romania and other Schengen countries count together. The traveler should use a UAE ordinary passport valid at least 3 months beyond planned Schengen departure and issued within the previous 10 years, and should carry return/onward tickets, accommodation details, sufficient funds, and purpose-of-visit documents in case border officers ask. Travel/medical insurance remains strongly recommended, especially because Romania is part of Schengen, but this entry is visa-free and no visa insurance submission is required today. The old EES wording was stale: European Commission EES guidance states that from 10 April 2026 EES is fully operational at all external border crossing points of the European countries using the system, so UAE travelers should expect biometric border registration at first external Schengen entry or exit. ETIAS is not operational and no action is required today. Official EU pages say ETIAS is expected to start operations in the last quarter/end of 2026, will cost EUR 20 for most applicants aged 18 to 70, and will be followed by transitional and grace periods before full enforcement.