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The procedure applies for the equivalence of high school level diplomas obtained abroad by Romanian citizens, issued in languages other than Romanian, English, French, Spanish, or Italian.

Requests are submitted from accounts accessed through ROeID, eIDAS or ghiseul.ro. Files sent from accounts accessed through eDirect are not processed.

Authentication of educational documents subject to recognition/equivalence

1. for diplomas from the Republic of Moldova, apostille or legalization is not required. Diplomas issued before 2008 (as well as diplomas issued after 2008 which cannot be verified through the portal) must be accompanied by the Certificate of authenticity issued by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Moldova, starting from 01.04.2019, in copy;

2. for states which are parties to the Hague Apostille Convention, educational documents subject to equivalence/recognition must be legalized with the Hague Apostille by the competent authorities of the issuing countries; educational documents from Italy, Greece, Spain, Portugal and Cyprus must be legalized with the Apostille of the Hague Convention, the other EU member states being excepted;

3. for states that are NOT parties to the Hague Apostille Convention, educational documents will be legalized or accompanied by the Certificate of authenticity issued by the competent authorities from the country of origin;

legalization is applied by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the issuing country, the Embassy/Consular Office of Romania in that country and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania or by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the issuing country and its Embassy/Consular Office in Romania and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania; for countries where there are no Romanian diplomatic missions or which do not have diplomatic missions in Romania, educational documents must bear the visa of the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the issuing country

exemption from legalization is permitted under the law, under an international treaty to which Romania is a party, or on the basis of reciprocity.

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The procedure applies for the equivalence of high school level diplomas obtained abroad by Romanian citizens, issued in languages other than Romanian, English, French, Spanish, or Italian.

Requests are submitted from accounts accessed through ROeID, eIDAS or ghiseul.ro. Files sent from accounts accessed through eDirect are not processed.

Authentication of educational documents subject to recognition/equivalence

1. for diplomas from the Republic of Moldova, apostille or legalization is not required. Diplomas issued before 2008 (as well as diplomas issued after 2008 which cannot be verified through the portal) must be accompanied by the Certificate of authenticity issued by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Moldova, starting from 01.04.2019, in copy;

2. for states which are parties to the Hague Apostille Convention, educational documents subject to equivalence/recognition must be legalized with the Hague Apostille by the competent authorities of the issuing countries; educational documents from Italy, Greece, Spain, Portugal and Cyprus must be legalized with the Apostille of the Hague Convention, the other EU member states being excepted;

3. for states that are NOT parties to the Hague Apostille Convention, educational documents will be legalized or accompanied by the Certificate of authenticity issued by the competent authorities from the country of origin;

legalization is applied by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the issuing country, the Embassy/Consular Office of Romania in that country and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania or by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the issuing country and its Embassy/Consular Office in Romania and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania; for countries where there are no Romanian diplomatic missions or which do not have diplomatic missions in Romania, educational documents must bear the visa of the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the issuing country

exemption from legalization is permitted under the law, under an international treaty to which Romania is a party, or on the basis of reciprocity.

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The procedure applies for the equivalence of high school level diplomas obtained abroad by Romanian citizens, issued in languages other than Romanian, English, French, Spanish, or Italian.

Requests are submitted from accounts accessed via ROeID, eIDAS or ghiseul.ro. Files sent from accounts accessed via eDirect are not processed.

Authentication of study documents subject to recognition/equivalence

1. for diplomas from the Republic of Moldova, apostille or legalization is not required. Diplomas issued before 2008 (as well as diplomas issued after 2008 that cannot be verified through the portal) must be accompanied by the Certificate of Authenticity issued by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Moldova, starting from 01.04.2019, in copy;

2. for states that are parties to the Hague Apostille Convention, the study documents subject to equivalence/recognition must be certified with the Hague Apostille by the competent authorities in the issuing countries; study documents from Italy, Greece, Spain, Portugal and Cyprus will be certified with the Hague Convention Apostille, other EU member states are exempt;

3. for countries that are NOT parties to the Hague Apostille Convention, study documents must be legalized or must be accompanied by the Certificate of Authenticity issued by the competent authorities of the country of origin;

legalization is applied by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the issuing country, the Embassy/Consular Office of Romania in that country and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania or by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the issuing country and its Embassy/Consular Office in Romania and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania; for countries where there are no Romanian diplomatic missions or which do not have diplomatic missions in Romania, study documents must have the visa of the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the issuing country

exemption from legalization is allowed under the law, an international treaty to which Romania is a party, or based on reciprocity.

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22 April 2026
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