I moved to Bucharest from Bangalore and it was anything but easy. https://sathyabh.at/2020/01/08/salut-bucharest/ https://sathyabh.at/2020/01/08/salut-buchares

I moved to Bucharest from Bangalore and it was anything but easy. https://sathyabh.at/2020/01/08/salut-bucharest/ https://sathyabh.at/2020/01/08/salut-bucharest/ Romania has some really regressive policies towards immigration especially for non EU countries such as your dependents not being able to come with you, having to petition to IGI for their approval for family unification (which can take anywhere from 1.5 to 3 months for them to approve even before actually applying for visa), the visa process which is a real pain as mentioned in the article thanks to some poor management of the Embassy in India. COVID made it worse and I’ve been away from wife for more than a year now. Finding a job is also difficult due to the quotas that they have for foreign workers and that work permits are tied to specific jobs (not very different from H1-B) and that work permits /resident permits need a yearly renewal. Since I was hired as a highly qualified worker, I have it slightly better with work permit/resident permit renewal being once every two years. Permanent residence is an option after 5 years of continuous stays and you need to prove you’ve assimilated well into the society with some tests on history and culture that I’ve not yet researched into. If you manage to have patience and endure through this though, you might enjoy it. Bureaucracy is a nightmare but the country is amazing.