Do Canadian passport holders need a visa for Romania?
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How we checkNo visa. Canadian passport holders visit Romania visa-free for up to 90 days in any 180.
Romania is in the Schengen area, so the 90 days are shared with every other Schengen country. Travel.gc.ca lists the tourist visa as "not required for stays up to 90 days within any 180-day period". At your first crossing you register in the EES with a face scan and fingerprints; ETIAS applications are not yet open.
Source: Government of Canada, Travel advice. Checked Oct 4, 2026See the source
- Maximum stay
- 90 days in any 180
- Counted across the whole Schengen area.
- Passport validity
- 3 months after you leave
- Valid for at least 3 months beyond the day you expect to leave Schengen. The Schengen rules also require issue within the last 10 years.
- At the border
- EES registration
- Face scan and fingerprints at your first crossing; under 12s skip fingerprints.
- Pre-travel authorization
- None yet
- ETIAS (€20) is not in operation; the EU will announce a start date months ahead.
- Border controls
- Check before you travel
- Travel.gc.ca says member states may temporarily reintroduce controls at internal Schengen borders, so you may meet immigration checks even coming from another Schengen country.
Changes to this rule
- Apr 10, 2026EES fully operational at all Schengen external borders; passport stamps ended.
- Jan 1, 2025Romania began applying the Schengen rules in full; checks at its internal land borders ended.