Registration of foreign certificates in Romania

Renata Mihaela MarinPresident of National Association of Romanian Registrars

EVS Congress- Bled, 2013

Laws and regulations

Civil Code

(amended in 2011)

GD 64/2010

Special laws and GD in the field of

name, citizenship

Law no. 119/1996

Transcription/inscription

Transcription

transcribing in the Romanian registries a birth/marriage/death

certificate or extract issued by an institution from abroad attesting a

life event that occurred to a Romanian citizen on his territory

Obligation for the citizen and for the state

Performed in Romania

1. at the cityhall/civil registry office where the Romanian citizen has/had his last residence

2. Bucharest, civil registry office of District 1- no residence in Romania

Inscription

inscribing in the Romanian registries a birth/marriage/death certificate or extract issued by an institution from

abroad attesting a life event that occurred to a Romanian citizen on

his territory

Obligation for the citizen and for the state

Performed only at Romanian embassies or consulate from the foreign country where the Romanian citizen leaves

WHAT

WHY

WHERE

WHO

“perform”

Transcriptions

Secretaries of local councils, civil servants from cityhalls or civil

registry offices delegated by the

mayors

Inscriptions

Ambassadors/Head of diplomatic mission; staff

members of the Embassy/Diplomatic

mission

Requirements for the foreign

certificates

Certificate/extract

-completed with all datas

- ex: Italy

Original, sealed and stamped

exc: true copy certified by civil

registrars but re-stamped

1.Apostilled

2.Over-legallised

3. Not any of previous two

Over - legalization

Ministry of Foreign Affairs from the country of origin

Romanian embassy/consulate from the foreign country

Embassy/Consulate of the foreign country from Romania

Procedures possibilities

1. In the foreign country Ministry of Foreign Affairs + Romanian diplomatic mission

2. In RomaniaForeign diplomatic mission + Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Countries excepted from apostillation/over-legalisationof the civil estate certificates

AlbaniaAustriaBulgariaBosnia si HertegovinaCzech RepublikChinaR.P.D.CoreeaCroatiaCuba

FranceMacedoniaRepublic of MoldovaMongoliaMontenegro

PolandRussiaSerbiaSlovakiaSloveniaHungaryUcraine

Thank you for your attention