Yes: 80% with 8 votes
No: 20% with 2 votes Be sure to read about what has happened so far. You can find everything in the quick summary of dates.
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Wednesday, 5 September 2012
Poll results for Is Romanian an easy language to learn?
Here are the poll results for the July / August 2012 poll. The question was: Is Romanian an easy language to learn?
Yes: 80% with 8 votes
No: 20% with 2 votes Be sure to read about what has happened so far. You can find everything in the quick summary of dates.
Yes: 80% with 8 votes
No: 20% with 2 votes Be sure to read about what has happened so far. You can find everything in the quick summary of dates.
Saturday, 28 July 2012
Power of attorneys are no longer valid in Romania
My lawyer has been extremely helpful over the years and if it not for him and his wife I would have given up long ago. This spring the Romanian government, made it virtually impossible for people to get anything done using a POA (Power of Attorney). This means that you need to deal with the nearest Romanian embassy or consulate or go to Romania and deal with the authorities in person. Due to this my lawyer will not be accepting any new citizenship cases. In addition, it means that he will be sending me all my documents, which are in a folder about 3 inches thick, for me to apply for my CNP, Passport, and ID card here in Korea.
I called the embassy and there's a catch 22 with all the documents. Nonetheless I'm going to try. According to my lawyer, I'll need to get my marriage cert and possibly my mom's marriage cert from the embassy. I'm hoping that I won't need my parents'. I didn't when I got my birth cert. For some reason I also have to get permission from my mom to apply to become Romanian. Why, I don't know. I'm not underage. With those docs, along with proof that my mom's a citizen and my birth cert I should be able to get the CNP. If I can, then everything else should fall into place. It sounds nice and easy, but it rarely is. I'm always missing one or two docs that are impossible to get.
Although the embassy was very nice, it says I need a lot of other things online, but that seems to be very different from my case. Rather it's more for Romanians who for some reason have let their Romanian passports expire while abroad and are unable to renew them there and therefore cannot leave the country to go to Romania in order to renew them. Or children of Romanian couples who came to live abroad and never registered their children as Romanians. The couples would have had an address in Romania, whereas I don't. It's all very confusing. My case is very different:
If push comes to shove and it doesn't work, I'm entertaining the idea of moving to Romania for a year or so in order to get everything done. I won't save as much as Korea, but I can already read and it shouldn't take too long to learn how to speak Romanian. Plus, I have a list of schools and TEFL institutes that I could work at. Though I'm risking moving to Romania and being told that I can't get the documents in Romania and that I have to go to the US, Korea, Peru, etc in order to get them. It's so much easier to fob people off than to actually help them. Be sure to read about what has happened so far. You can find everything in the quick summary of dates.
I called the embassy and there's a catch 22 with all the documents. Nonetheless I'm going to try. According to my lawyer, I'll need to get my marriage cert and possibly my mom's marriage cert from the embassy. I'm hoping that I won't need my parents'. I didn't when I got my birth cert. For some reason I also have to get permission from my mom to apply to become Romanian. Why, I don't know. I'm not underage. With those docs, along with proof that my mom's a citizen and my birth cert I should be able to get the CNP. If I can, then everything else should fall into place. It sounds nice and easy, but it rarely is. I'm always missing one or two docs that are impossible to get.
Although the embassy was very nice, it says I need a lot of other things online, but that seems to be very different from my case. Rather it's more for Romanians who for some reason have let their Romanian passports expire while abroad and are unable to renew them there and therefore cannot leave the country to go to Romania in order to renew them. Or children of Romanian couples who came to live abroad and never registered their children as Romanians. The couples would have had an address in Romania, whereas I don't. It's all very confusing. My case is very different:
- I don't have immediate family in Romania.
- I was never a Romanian resident.
- I've never had a Romanian passport.
- I have to get a CNP before I can get a passport.
- I can't get a passport without a CNP.
If push comes to shove and it doesn't work, I'm entertaining the idea of moving to Romania for a year or so in order to get everything done. I won't save as much as Korea, but I can already read and it shouldn't take too long to learn how to speak Romanian. Plus, I have a list of schools and TEFL institutes that I could work at. Though I'm risking moving to Romania and being told that I can't get the documents in Romania and that I have to go to the US, Korea, Peru, etc in order to get them. It's so much easier to fob people off than to actually help them. Be sure to read about what has happened so far. You can find everything in the quick summary of dates.
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Sunday, 1 July 2012
Poll results for Is Romania a good place to live?
Here are the poll results for the May / June 2012 poll. The question was: Is Romania a good place to live?
Yes: 64% with 7 votes
No: 36% with 4 votes Be sure to read about what has happened so far. You can find everything in the quick summary of dates.
Yes: 64% with 7 votes
No: 36% with 4 votes Be sure to read about what has happened so far. You can find everything in the quick summary of dates.
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Friday, 1 June 2012
Law change for EU residents in Romania
I got this info from an email from Moorcroft.
There has been a law change in relation to Law 80/2011. If you are an EU citizen and have a registration certificate or permanent residence card issued before 6 June 2011 you have to have the card/document changed to reflect the new law which states the permanent residence cards are valid for 10 years now and the certificate for 5 years. This has to be completed by 31 August 2012. For more details contact dean@moorcroft.ro Be sure to read about what has happened so far. You can find everything in the quick summary of dates.
There has been a law change in relation to Law 80/2011. If you are an EU citizen and have a registration certificate or permanent residence card issued before 6 June 2011 you have to have the card/document changed to reflect the new law which states the permanent residence cards are valid for 10 years now and the certificate for 5 years. This has to be completed by 31 August 2012. For more details contact dean@moorcroft.ro Be sure to read about what has happened so far. You can find everything in the quick summary of dates.
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Friday, 25 May 2012
No CNP, No ID card: No Passport
I can't believe how helpful the embassy here is in Seoul. I've been to the consulate in Chicago, the embassy in Lima, the Sector 1 Centre in Bucharest, and the Social Security Office in Bucharest, and I felt like me going there was an imposition.
Here, however, they actually seem to want to help me get a passport. The big problem I have now is that I have no CNP and according to the MAE they won't give out passports to people without CNPs.
I need to do these things:
1. Here's what I need to get a CNP according to the Consulate General in LA.
I must say my reading comprehension of Romanian is getting better and better. I can't really understand people when they speak, but I can fill out docs. I'm missing the docs in purple.
2. Here's what I need to get a Romanian ID card for those over 18 according to MAE. I'm missing the docs in purple and the docs in orange I'm not sure about and the blue is a loophole.
Misiunile diplomatice şi oficiile consulare nu eliberează cărţi de identitate, cu excepţia primei cărţi de identitate. Cartea de identitate se eliberează doar în România. Persoanele interesate pot solicita autentificarea de către ambasadă a unei procuri speciale prin care să împuternicească pe cineva din România pentru depunerea tuturor documentelor necesare eliberarii cărţii de identitate. Pentru detalii click AICI. (They need to be issued in Romania. Hopefully the doc I signed will allow my lawyer to do it on my behalf, though I think he can just get my CNP. However, first things first: the CNP).
În situaţia în care eliberarea primului act de identitate este solicitată după împlinirea vârstei de 18 ani, de o persoană care nu se poate deplasa în ţară, din motive obiective, (se află la studii, urmează un tratament care nu permite întreruperea acestuia ş.a.) şi are domiciliul în România, aceasta va depune la misiunea diplomatică a României următoarele documente:
În cazul în care solicitantul nu poate indica o persoană de contact din România, va contacta Serviciul public comunitar local de evidenţă a persoanelor pe raza căruia părinţii au domiciliul şi va solicita numărul contului în care poate plăti taxele legale precum şi cuantumul acestora. Plata taxelor se va putea face prin transfer bancar, urmând ca la dosar să depună documentul eliberat de bancă prin care se confirmă efectuarea transferului, tradus în limba română. (You can contact someone in Romania to help you pay the fees).
Atunci când solicitantul nu poate prezenta toate documentele necesare pentru eliberarea cărţii de identitate, art.19 din O.U.G. nr.97/2005 prevede eliberarea unei cărţi de identitate provizorii. În această situaţie, solicitantul va prezenta trei fotografii mărimea 3/4cm, având la bază o bandă albă de 7mm. (If you don't have all the docs you can get a temporary ID card! if you submit photos.)
3. Here's what I need to register my marriage according to the MAE.
If I have to register my marriage it's going to be a pain because it would mean having to pay someone to deal with the Romanian embassy there. I'm missing the docs in purple and the docs in orange I'm not sure about.
Înscrierea căsătoriilor se poate solicita la misiunea diplomatică sau oficiile consulare ale României din statul unde s-a încheiat căsătoria. (May be required at the embassy in the country you got married in)
Documente necesare: (Required documents)
4. Here's what I need to get a Passport according to the MAE.
Puteţi beneficia de paşaport CRDS dacă sunteţi cetăţean român care are atribuit un Cod Numeric Personal şi dacă : (The bullet points below say that you need to have lived in that country legally for a year). I'm missing the docs in purple and the docs in orange I'm not sure about.
Documente necesare: (Required docs)
a) cererea de obţinere a paşaportului: furnizată de sistemul informatic la consulat; (Application form: check)
b) dovada achitării taxelor şi tarifelor de emitere a paşaportului; (Pay the fee: check)
c) permisul de şedere original sau atestatul de înscriere în registrul de populaţie rezidentă de la autoritatea ţării de domiciliu sau orice alt document care atestă dreptul de şedere legală (ex: certificat de rezidenţă eliberat de primăria locală, paşaportul emis de autorităţile ţării de reşedinţă în cazul în care aveţi cetăţenia acesteia, etc.) în original ; (Proof of legal residence: check)
d) cartea de identitate emisă de autorităţile statului de reşedinţă în original – permisul de conducere care menţionează domiciliul pentru statele care nu eliberează străinilor cărţi de identitate sau certificat de rezidenţă emis de primăria locală; (ID or license: check)
g) sentinţa de divorţ rămasă definitivă în original (pentru cei divorţaţi); (Divorce cert, N/A)
h) certificatul deces romanesc al soţului/soţiei, in original (pentru cei văduvi); (Death cert of spouse: N/A)
i) paşaportul vechi in original; (Old RO passport: nope)
j) buletinele sau cărţile de identitate româneşti in original. (RO identity papers or ID card: nope) Be sure to read about what has happened so far. You can find everything in the quick summary of dates.
Here, however, they actually seem to want to help me get a passport. The big problem I have now is that I have no CNP and according to the MAE they won't give out passports to people without CNPs.
I need to do these things:
- Get my CNP (ID number)
- Get my ID card
- Register my marriage
- Get my passport
- CNP
- ID card
- Civil status doc
- Marriage cert registered in Romania
- Someone to swear I am who I say I am
- Husband's birth cert legalised at the embassy in Peru
- Proof of address in Romania. Don't have one
- Old RO passport! Don't have one
1. Here's what I need to get a CNP according to the Consulate General in LA.
I must say my reading comprehension of Romanian is getting better and better. I can't really understand people when they speak, but I can fill out docs. I'm missing the docs in purple.
- Cetatenii români care nu au atribuit un cod numeric personal vor depune o cerere scrisa pentru atribuirea CNP la structura de stare civila din cadrul oricarui serviciu public comunitar judetean de evidenta a persoanelor, indiferent de locul nasterii sau al ultimului domiciliu avut în Romania. (It says I have to apply at the Community Centre for the People. Now I'm not actually sure if that means I have to go back to Romania again after Sector 1 Community Centre said they couldn't help us. Or if I can do it from here. Or maybe my lawyer can do it since I signed paperwork giving him permission to get my CNP.)
- La depunerea cererii cetatenii români vor prezenta la structura de stare civila din cadrul oricarui serviciu public comunitar judetean de evidenta a persoanelor în original si fotocopie urmatoarele documente:
- Certificatele de stare civila eliberate de autoritatile române; (I don't have this. My marriage cert is from Peru. It has been apostillised by the MFA in Peru though)
- Documentul de identificare valabil: act de identitate sau pasaport eliberat de autoritatile straine; (Ta-da! I have this. A foreign passport.)
- Documentul care face dovada cetateniei române; (Ta-da! Have this: a Romanian birth cert)
- Timbru fiscal în valoare de 4 lei. (And lastly I have to pay the fee of about $1.)
2. Here's what I need to get a Romanian ID card for those over 18 according to MAE. I'm missing the docs in purple and the docs in orange I'm not sure about and the blue is a loophole.
Misiunile diplomatice şi oficiile consulare nu eliberează cărţi de identitate, cu excepţia primei cărţi de identitate. Cartea de identitate se eliberează doar în România. Persoanele interesate pot solicita autentificarea de către ambasadă a unei procuri speciale prin care să împuternicească pe cineva din România pentru depunerea tuturor documentelor necesare eliberarii cărţii de identitate. Pentru detalii click AICI. (They need to be issued in Romania. Hopefully the doc I signed will allow my lawyer to do it on my behalf, though I think he can just get my CNP. However, first things first: the CNP).
În situaţia în care eliberarea primului act de identitate este solicitată după împlinirea vârstei de 18 ani, de o persoană care nu se poate deplasa în ţară, din motive obiective, (se află la studii, urmează un tratament care nu permite întreruperea acestuia ş.a.) şi are domiciliul în România, aceasta va depune la misiunea diplomatică a României următoarele documente:
- „cererea pentru eliberarea actului de identitate” (anexa nr. 4); (Application form: check, but the link doesn't work)
- documentul eliberat de autorităţile statului ori de alte instituţii din statul în care se află temporar solicitantul, din care să rezulte motivul pentru care nu se poate deplasa în ţară; (Proof that you live legally in that country: check)
- certificatul de naştere, cu care se face dovada cetăţeniei române, original şi copie; (RO birth cert: check. But it has no CNP, so it's a maybe.)
- documentul cu care se face dovada adresei de domiciliu din România, original şi copie; (Proof of home address in Romania: nope)
- declaraţia unuia dintre părinţi ori a unei terţe persoane, din care să rezulte faptul că identitatea declarată în cererea de eliberare a actului de identitate, coroborată cu imaginea preluată ori cu fotografia ataşată cererii, aparţine solicitantului; (Declaration by a third person saying you are who you say you are: nope)
- fişa cu impresiunile decadactilare ale solicitantului realizată numai de unitatea de poliţie din localitatea în care locuieşte solicitantul în statul respectiv; (Fingerprints: check)
- două fotografii mărimea 3/4 cm având la bază o bandă albă de 7mm; (Photos: check)
- contravaloarea cărţii de identitate; (Fee for the card itself: check)
- timbru fiscal ori contravaloarea taxei extrajudiciare de timbru. (Fee for the paperwork (stamp fee): check)
În cazul în care solicitantul nu poate indica o persoană de contact din România, va contacta Serviciul public comunitar local de evidenţă a persoanelor pe raza căruia părinţii au domiciliul şi va solicita numărul contului în care poate plăti taxele legale precum şi cuantumul acestora. Plata taxelor se va putea face prin transfer bancar, urmând ca la dosar să depună documentul eliberat de bancă prin care se confirmă efectuarea transferului, tradus în limba română. (You can contact someone in Romania to help you pay the fees).
Atunci când solicitantul nu poate prezenta toate documentele necesare pentru eliberarea cărţii de identitate, art.19 din O.U.G. nr.97/2005 prevede eliberarea unei cărţi de identitate provizorii. În această situaţie, solicitantul va prezenta trei fotografii mărimea 3/4cm, având la bază o bandă albă de 7mm. (If you don't have all the docs you can get a temporary ID card! if you submit photos.)
3. Here's what I need to register my marriage according to the MAE.
If I have to register my marriage it's going to be a pain because it would mean having to pay someone to deal with the Romanian embassy there. I'm missing the docs in purple and the docs in orange I'm not sure about.
Înscrierea căsătoriilor se poate solicita la misiunea diplomatică sau oficiile consulare ale României din statul unde s-a încheiat căsătoria. (May be required at the embassy in the country you got married in)
Documente necesare: (Required documents)
- extrasul actului de căsătorie străin, apostilat sau legalizat de autorităţile locale în original şi copie; (Foreign marriage cert: check)
- declaraţia pe proprie răspundere privind inexistenţa altei transcrieri în România sau la altă misiune diplomatică a României (formularul se primeşte la misiunea diplomatică); (Declaration that there is no other marriage: check)
- declaraţia pe proprie răspundere privind inexistenţa altor căsătorii anterioare ale cetăţeanului român (formularul se primeşte la misiunea diplomatică) (sau, după caz, certificatul de naştere eliberat de autorităţile române cu toate menţiunile de căsătorie şi de divorţ); (Declaration of never having been married to a Romanian: check)
- paşapoartele soţilor (primele 4 pagini), în original şi copie (Spouse's passport: check)
- certificatele de naştere ale soţilor, în original şi copie; în cazul în care unul din soţi este cetăţean străin, se va prezenta extrasul de naştere al acestuia; (Spouse's birth cert: maybe. It's been apostillised in Peru, not sure if they'll accept it)
- buletinul/cartea de identitate din România, în original şi copie (ID card: nope)
- taxa consulară (Fee: check)
4. Here's what I need to get a Passport according to the MAE.
Puteţi beneficia de paşaport CRDS dacă sunteţi cetăţean român care are atribuit un Cod Numeric Personal şi dacă : (The bullet points below say that you need to have lived in that country legally for a year). I'm missing the docs in purple and the docs in orange I'm not sure about.
- aţi dobândit drept de şedere pentru o perioadă de cel puţin un an sau, după caz, aveţi prelungit succesiv dreptul de şedere , în decurs de un an, pe teritoriul statului respectiv;
- aţi dobândit un drept de şedere pe teritoriul statului respectiv în scopul reunificării familiale cu o persoană care are domiciliul în statul respectiv;
- aţi dobândit drept de lungă şedere sau drept de şedere permanentă;
- aţi dobândit cetăţenia statului respectiv;
- aveţi drept de muncă;
- sunteţi înscris la o instituţie privată sau publică pentru studii sau formare profesională;
- sunteţi posesorul unui certificat de înregistrare ori al unui document care atestă rezidenţa într-un stat membru UE sau al Spaţiului Economic European.
Documente necesare: (Required docs)
a) cererea de obţinere a paşaportului: furnizată de sistemul informatic la consulat; (Application form: check)
b) dovada achitării taxelor şi tarifelor de emitere a paşaportului; (Pay the fee: check)
c) permisul de şedere original sau atestatul de înscriere în registrul de populaţie rezidentă de la autoritatea ţării de domiciliu sau orice alt document care atestă dreptul de şedere legală (ex: certificat de rezidenţă eliberat de primăria locală, paşaportul emis de autorităţile ţării de reşedinţă în cazul în care aveţi cetăţenia acesteia, etc.) în original ; (Proof of legal residence: check)
d) cartea de identitate emisă de autorităţile statului de reşedinţă în original – permisul de conducere care menţionează domiciliul pentru statele care nu eliberează străinilor cărţi de identitate sau certificat de rezidenţă emis de primăria locală; (ID or license: check)
e) certificatul de naştere romanesc in original; (RO birth cert: maybe since it has no CNP)
f) certificatul de căsătorie romanesc in original (pentru cei căsătoriţi şi pentru cei văduvi); RO marriage cert: nope, have the Peruvian one)g) sentinţa de divorţ rămasă definitivă în original (pentru cei divorţaţi); (Divorce cert, N/A)
h) certificatul deces romanesc al soţului/soţiei, in original (pentru cei văduvi); (Death cert of spouse: N/A)
i) paşaportul vechi in original; (Old RO passport: nope)
j) buletinele sau cărţile de identitate româneşti in original. (RO identity papers or ID card: nope) Be sure to read about what has happened so far. You can find everything in the quick summary of dates.
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