The WorkinRomania.gov.ro platform and the single application for employers

WorkinRomania.gov.ro is the single channel through which an employer files for workers from third countries. OUG 32/2026 makes registration or authorisation on the platform mandatory, with operational date set at 8 August 2026. The General Inspectorate for Immigration (IGI) issues the authorisation in 30 days, extendable by up to 15.

What the platform does, and what it does not

The platform implements the single application procedure introduced by articles 27^1 and 27^2 of OUG 194/2002 as amended. In practice the employer no longer files separate dossiers at separate counters: it registers electronically, uploads the documentation and tracks the file in one place. Without a valid platform registration, no hire of third country nationals can be filed on any route.

What the platform does not do matters just as much. The resulting individual employment contract must be registered separately in REGES-ONLINE. The platform handles labour market access, not the record of employment relationships, and the two systems do not talk to each other on the employer's behalf. An approved file in WorkinRomania.gov.ro with an unregistered contract in REGES-ONLINE means, at an inspection, exactly what it would mean in any other setting.

Secondary legislation, meaning the platform architecture, the methodology and the forms, was set at 30 days from the ordinance entering into force, that is 27 May 2026. The forms and the document list come from that secondary legislation rather than from the ordinance text, which means the documentation can change without a change in the law.

Who files: the D/AM1 route against the D/AM2 route

Registration on the platform is common to both, but filing is not. On the D/AM1 route the employer files directly in its own name. On the D/AM2 route, covering permanent, seasonal and cross-border workers, either a licensed placement agency or authorised employer status is required.

The practical consequence is that the first question before a mobilisation is not which documents the platform asks for, but which route the position falls under and whether the company may file on its own. The conditions for authorised employer status are in authorised employer status, and the mechanics of the authorisation in the employment authorisation procedure.

The 30 days at IGI are a legal term counted from the employer's application, not from the moment the company decided to recruit. A file returned for completion restarts the clock, which turns a 30 day term into a 60 day one without any authority being late. The quota sits above that calendar, capped at 90,000 newly admitted workers for 2026 by Government Decision 1169/2025 and described in the 2026 quota.

The failure mode: the account opened too late

The error seen most often after 8 August 2026 is not about documentation but about the order of operations. An employer negotiates with an agency in the country of origin, selects 25 workers, prepares the contracts, and only then tries to file. At that point it discovers that platform registration calls for trading history documents, tax certificates and checks on the legal representatives, and those are obtained in working days rather than on request.

The cost is not a fine. It is roughly three lost weeks ahead of the 30 days at IGI, with candidates accepting other offers in the meantime. The counter is unremarkable and it works: the employer account is created and validated before selection begins, not after. Equally unremarkable is confirming that the HR team knows contract registration in REGES-ONLINE remains a separate step with its own deadline. The ongoing duties that follow the hire are in employer obligations.

WorkinRomania.gov.ro does not shorten the procedure, it centralises it and makes it auditable. Employers who treat registration as a closing formality meet it as an opening blockage. Those who settle it in advance have one deadline to track, the 30 days at IGI. For a read on the right route against your own figures, see the employers page.