Requests for and issuance of documents are handled by the consular section of the Romanian Embassy in The Hague.
The honorary consuls and the consul general, respectively, serve in an advisory capacity. The head of the Consular Section is sometimes referred to as the chancellor or the career consul. At the Romanian Embassy in The Hague, this position is held by Irina Niță.

Explanation of the CNP Number and ID Card Layout
The abbreviation CNP stands for Code Numeric Personal and is the Romanian equivalent of the Dutch citizenship number. The explanation follows based on the example shown. The first digit in red indicates gender (1=male, 2=female). The next two digits are the year of birth (1946), followed by two digits for the month of birth (09 = September) and then the day of birth (13); next comes the district or city code(40=Bucharest), followed by four more digits (0088) that are not relevant to Dutch authorities but must be included for verification purposes.
The back of an ID card is usually blank, though it sometimes has stickers indicating the elections in which the holder has participated.

Changes regarding the renewal of ID cards.

Deputy Prime Minister Oana Gheorgiu announced that abirth certificate will no longer be required for the file, effective April 27, 2026.

The Ministry of the Interior has now notified all holders of electronic ID cards.

Special phone number, email address
POLICE AND OTHER DUTCH AUTHORITIES
To report an emergency (including detention, arrest, or death) or to request consular assistance regarding Romanian citizens, please submit your report in writing to haga.consul@mae.ro. For urgent matters, please call the emergency number:+31 (0) 651 596 107

ROMANIAN CITIZENS
The emergency phone number +31 (0)651 596 107 or +31 (0) 6 2282 3300 should only be used for emergencies such as accidents resulting in physical injury, deaths, disasters, and other dangerous situations. It is not intended for regular consular activities.

Visa for Romania

For visas, there is a separate platform, evisa.ro, which is in English. A person with a residence permit issued by a Schengen country and/or a holder of a so-called Schengen visa is permitted to travel to Romania. It is important to note that you may travel to and stay in Romania for up to 90 days within any 180-day period without a Romanian visa. However, it is important to take into account the entry requirements as set forth in Article 6(1) of Emergency Ordinance 194/2002, which you can consult at: http://evisa.mae.ro/ConditionsOfEntry.

Useful links for Romanian citizens

Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
http://www.mae.ro

Romanian Embassy in The Hague
http://www.haga.mae.ro/contact
https://haga.mae.ro/node/882

Online Information and Applications
http://www.econsulat.ro/Video/Despre_sistem.mp4

Digital Support Center
http://informatiiconsulare.ro/mae/ro-ro/paginadestart.aspx

Romanian Visa
http://evisa.mae.ro/home

Consular Services at the Embassy
https://www.informatiiconsulare.ro/mae/ro-ro/ceimitrebuiepentru.aspx

Honorary consuls and honorary consuls general are not authorized to issue passports, notarized documents, or other documents.

Living and Working in the Netherlands
If you are a national of a country that is part of the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area (EEA), or Switzerland, you do not need a residence permit to live in the Netherlands. Your passport (or ID card) from the country of which you are a national serves as proof that you are lawfully residing in the Netherlands and are permitted to work here. You do not need to register with the IND, nor do you need to apply to the IND for proof of lawful residence.
Your employer also does not need to apply for a work permit (TWV) for you if you want to work in the Netherlands; this restrictive measure was in effect for Romania until January 1, 2014, and has since been lifted.

Citizen Service Number
If you plan to stay in the Netherlands for more than four months, you must register with the Basic Registration of Persons. To do so, go to the city hall of the municipality where you live. You will then receive a citizen service number (BSN). Your employer uses this number to handle various matters with, for example, the Tax and Customs Administration. General practitioners, hospitals, and pharmacies may also ask you for your BSN. For more information, visit the website of the municipality where you live or go to www.burgerservicenummer.nl.
If you plan to stay in the Netherlands for less than four months, you are not required to register with the municipality. If you would still like to obtain a citizen service number, you can register with the Basic Registration of Persons at one of the municipalities that has a service desk for non-residents.
Newcomers from Romania are referred to the comprehensive Romanian-language guide “Ghid privind Residenta a Peroanelor Fizice.”
To view this guide, click here.

Birth Certificate

In Romania, a birth certificate is issued only once, and it is not possible to request a recent copy. However, it is possible to request a duplicate of the birth certificate. To do so, you must complete a form stating that the original birth certificate has been lost or damaged.

Obtaining Documents from Romania

Multilingual extracts from birth, marriage, and death certificates
Given that Romania and the Kingdom of the Netherlands are parties to Convention No. 16 of the International Commission on Civil Status concerning the issuance of multilingual extracts from civil status records, signed in Vienna on September 8, 1976, Romanian citizens may request multilingual extracts of civil status records relating to birth, marriage, or death. These documents have the same legal validity as civil registry certificates and are accepted without legalization or translation within the territory of any state that is a party to Convention No. 16.

How and where do I request a multilingual extract from a birth, marriage, or death certificate?
The request is submitted as follows via www.econsulat.ro: in the column “Obtain Documents from Romania,” select – “Multilingual extract from civil registry documents (birth, marriage, death certificate),” and the consular section of the Romanian Embassy will process the request only according to a specific procedure.

See here how the system works and what steps you need to follow!

After receiving the appointment, the applicant must report to the headquarters of the diplomatic mission (embassy) to sign the application. The diplomatic mission sends the request electronically to Romania, and it will be processed by the municipal office that issued the relevant document. The extract is then sent via diplomatic channels to the diplomatic mission (embassy), and the applicant can pick up the document.

In practice, it takes an average of 3 months to issue a multilingual extract. For this reason, we recommend that Romanian citizens who wish to settle abroad (within the territory of the Kingdom of the Netherlands) obtain these documents before leaving Romania.

Please note: The Dutch authorities do not accept civil registry certificates or multilingual extracts that were not issued within the past 6 months.

People who need these documents more quickly can apply for their issuance through a representative in Romania, who will contact the relevant Romanian authorities directly. The authorized representative must be in possession of a power of attorney certified by the Romanian embassy in the country where the applicant for the document resides or, if it has not been legalized by the embassy, it must be legalized by a local notary and legalized or apostilled by the authorities of the respective state, in accordance with that state’s laws and applicable international treaties.

Required documents:
The request for multilingual extracts from civil registry records must be accompanied by the following documents:

  1. Identification card/passport, as follows:
    • Romanian citizens residing in Romania: a valid ID,
    • Minors over the age of 14, with or without identification, have the right to request and receive multilingual birth or marriage certificates in their own name, with the assistance, if necessary, of one of their parents or guardians, who must sign the request,
    • Travel document for Romanian citizens whose identity card or passport has expired,
    • Citizens of the Member States of the European Union and of the Swiss Confederation: identity documents issued by the countries of which they are citizens, or passports that are still valid
    • Romanian citizens living abroad and foreign nationals whose civil status documents are registered in Romania: a valid passport,
    • Stateless persons whose civil status records are registered in Romania: a temporary or long-term residence permit or, as the case may be, an expired passport issued pursuant to the Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, adopted in New York on September 28, 1954, to which Romania acceded by Law No. 362/2005.
  2. A photocopy of the civil registry certificate, if available
  3. The power of attorney, if the request was submitted by an authorized person with a special power of attorney.