Romania Introduces EU Blue Card

Sibiu - Romania's Orthodox Cathedral
Photo by Camil Ghircoias

For those of you interested in the European Blue Card, I've been keeping track of them for you.

You'll be happy to know that Romania has introduced the Blue Card. The qualifications are:

• The non-EU national must have a post-secondary educational qualification.
• Be offered an annual salary that is at least four times the average gross annual salary for a similar position (yikes!).
• For regulated professions, they candidate must possess the relevant educational qualifications or work experience.

Currently there is no list of regulated professions available. However, the typical "no EU national must be available for the position" is not required!

So this looks fantastic, except for that "four times the salary" bit. If they're only implementing it because it's legally required, it's a nice way to ensure that it won't have any impact.

You can read about Romania at Wikipedia.