Recognition of higher education Studies for citizens of the EU, EEA Member States and of the Swiss Confederation, their family members, holders of a long term CE residence permit and refugees, in order to access the work market The recognition procedure shall apply exclusively to diplomas obtained outside the community area by the abovementioned citizens who give access to one of the regulated professions in Romania, for study documents issued in other languages than Romanian, English, French, Spanish or Italian language. Requests are sent from accounts accessed via ROeID, eIDAS, Qualified Digital Certificate or ghiseul.ro. Files submitted through accounts accessed through eDirect are not processed. Authentication of study documents 1. Diplomas from Moldova do not need any form of authentication. Diplomas issued before 2008 (and diplomas issued after 2008 which cannot be verified on line) shall be accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity from the Ministry of Education of Moldova which shall be submitted in original. 2. The Hague Apostille is requested for diplomas from countries which are parties to the Hague Apostille , issued by the competent authorities in the issuing countries. The Hague Apostille is requested for diplomas from Italy, Greece, Spain, Portugal and Cyprus. 3. Diplomas issued in countries which are not parties to the Hague Apostille Convention shall be authenticated or accompanied by an authentication certificate from by the competent authorities in the issuing countries; • Legalization/Authentication is done by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from the issuing country, the Embassy/Consular Office of Romania in the issuing country and the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs or by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the issuing country, the issuing country’s Embassy/Consular Office in Romania and the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs; for countries where Romania does not have a diplomatic mission or countries which do not have diplomatic missions in Romania, the study documents shall be legalized by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from the issuing country; • Legalization/Authentication exemption is allowed under the law of an international treaty to which Romania is party or on a reciprocity basis. List of countries for which the authentication of study documents is requested The recognition procedure can also be consulted at: https://cnred.edu.ro/en/recognition-of-higher-education-study-documents-for-european-countries-citizens-to-facilitate-the-access-to-labour-market-in-Romania Appealing procedure CNRED’s decision on recognition can be appealed once within 45 working days from the day the applicant received the decision. CNRED issues an answer within 60 working days. The time span indicated above may be extended if considerable research is required, and an information is given to the applicant via post or email. Check the status of the file by accessing www.cnred.edu.ro/en/dosare/ Contact details can be accessed at: https://cnred.edu.ro/en/team