The workflows for employer registration and authorisation, as well as submission of the single application for long-stay type D/AM2 visas, are now operational.
The portal had been unavailable since mid-September, after a court suspended the list of occupations facing labour shortages.
The Employers’ Confederation of Labour Importers (PIFM) had recently announced that the platform was expected to become fully functional by mid-November at the latest, following an agreement with the Ministry of Labour. The list of occupations facing labour shortages was also due to be expanded from 289 to almost 400.
“The WorkinRomania platform is fully functional, including the workflows for employer registration, employer authorisation and submission of the single application for long-stay type D/AM2 visas,” the website announced.
“We welcome the removal of the legal blockage and the reopening of the portal, a moment long awaited by the entire industry and, not least, by thousands of foreign citizens. We thank the Ministry of Labour, Family, Youth and Social Solidarity for its openness and social dialogue. We hope that the other dysfunctions have been resolved in the meantime and that the process will function stably and predictably from now on,” Romulus Badea, president of PIFM, told News.ro, as reported by Profit.ro.
On October 30, PIFM announced that the portal was expected to become fully functional by mid-November at the latest, following discussions with representatives of the Ministry of Labour and Social Solidarity.
“A technical and legislative solution has been agreed upon, the implementation of which has already begun, and the portal is to become fully functional by mid-November at the latest,” the employers’ federation said.
PIFM indicated that the solution proposed by the Ministry of Labour involved issuing two ministerial orders: the first to amend the methodology for establishing the list of occupations facing labour shortages, and the second to introduce the expanded list. The number of occupations on the list is therefore set to increase from 289 to almost 400.
Employer representatives said the weeks during which the portal was unavailable had caused major disruptions for hundreds of employers across all economic sectors, from construction and hospitality to manufacturing and services.
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