Public services and online portals

Key authorities

• Residence: Inspectoratul General pentru Imigrări (IGI, immigration office), office of your județ (county). Registration certificate and CNP (see RO-SEJOUR-TOUS-001).
• Taxes: Agenția Națională de Administrare Fiscală (ANAF) and its local administrations. Tax number, Declarația unică, VAT (see RO-NIF-TOUS-001 and RO-IMPOTS-TOUS-001).
• Health: Casa Națională de Asigurări de Sănătate (CNAS) and the county funds (case de asigurări de sănătate, CAS): insured status, health card, family doctor (see RO-SANTE-TOUS-001).
• Pensions: Casa Națională de Pensii Publice (CNPP) and its territorial offices.
• Employment: county employment agencies (AJOFM), under the authority of the ANOFM; the list of agencies, with a link to each one's website, is on anofm.ro (section "Agenții județene").
• Driving licences and vehicle registration: the DRPCIV (directorate for driving licences and vehicle registration) and its county services.
• Businesses: Oficiul Național al Registrului Comerțului (ONRC), registration of PFAs and companies (see RO-ENTREPRISE-TOUS-001 and -002).
• Municipality: the primăria and its local taxes and charges department, for the tax on your home, your land and your car (see RO-IMPOTS-TOUS-002).

Online services

• SPV (ANAF): free service to check your tax obligations, receive documents from the tax authority, see your social contributions and file your returns. Online registration for individuals; exact conditions for a foreigner with a CNP: to be confirmed on the registration page.
• ROeID: the State's single sign-on system (Single Sign-On), set up by the Authority for the Digitalisation of Romania and linked to Ghișeul.ro. The site states that identities are generated for all Romanian citizens; access for a resident foreigner remains to be confirmed.
• Ghișeul.ro: online payment of taxes and charges for the municipalities that are connected to it.
• myportal.onrc.ro: trade register procedures.

Steps

Recommended order for an EU citizen:

1. IGI: within 3 months of arriving, apply for your registration certificate; it shows your CNP.
2. ANAF: use your CNP as your tax number; submit the tax residence questionnaire on arrival and create your SPV.
3. Health: have your insured status established (employee, S1 or paid CASS) at the fund of your county, then register with a family doctor (medic de familie).
4. Depending on your situation: PFA or SRL at the ONRC, enrolment of your children at school (see RO-ECOLE-TOUS-001), local taxes at the town hall if you buy property.

Common pitfalls

• Waiting for the CNP before doing anything. Before you have it, ANAF may give you a provisional tax number if you already have a tax obligation.
• Relying on ROeID. Plan to go to a counter for some procedures until foreigners' access to the digital identity is confirmed.
• Paying at the ONRC counter. No longer possible since 15/10/2026.
• Language: the websites and forms are mostly in Romanian; the IGI publishes some information in English.

What changes by country of origin

• EU, EEA and Swiss citizens: registration certificate at the IGI, with CNP.
• British citizens (Scots included): residence permit (Withdrawal Agreement or the general regime for foreigners) issued by the IGI; see RO-SEJOUR-TOUS-001.