How much a certificate costs in Romania
The Romanian bill is among the lowest in the East — symbolic fees, accessible translation — with two design items: the notarial procură (the ticket for the remote request) and the choice between the local mission (fast) and the consular route (cheap and slow).
The line items
Typical ranges:
- Duplicat: symbolic (a few lei) to exempt.
- The procură: notarial in Brazil + apostille + translation, or drawn up at the consulate — tens to hundreds of reais; the ticket.
- Apostille at the prefectura: a small fee.
- Archive certifications: modest.
- Shipping: €10-15 (recomandată) to €50-70 (courier) — or the consular one, nearly free and slow.
- Sworn Romanian translation: hundreds of reais, reasonable availability; Transylvanian Hungarian/German change the page.
- Local help: the mission's amount + King Hands' 20%.
The design that saves
Without a deadline: the consular route crushes any cost (the diplomatic channel does everything). With a deadline: the county mission closes in days what the consular one would do in months. Time is the Romanian corridor's currency.
A sample bill
Via mission: procură + duplicat + apostille + courier ≈ €100-150 all in. Via consulate: a fraction of that, over months. The Romanian translation closes cheap in both — the East's friendliest corridor, with Transylvania as the only language variable.
Frequently asked questions
Is the procură really unavoidable?+
For third parties at the starea civilă, yes — Romanian formalism. The one-time investment serves all subsequent requests; make it comprehensive.
A Hungarian record in a Romanian archive: who translates?+
The document comes out Romanian in the certification, but the old content in Hungarian may require the Hungarian page — budget when you see the piece. The Transylvanian corridor is bilingual by nature.
Informative content about request procedures. We do not cover citizenship or visa eligibility. Rules and amounts may change; always confirm before acting.