How to Check Your Foreign Diploma Recognition Application Status in Romania

Where can you check your application status?

Use the official CNRED Application Status Check. The service is available in English and Romanian and allows applicants to search for the current administrative status of an existing recognition or equivalence request.

Open the official CNRED status tracking page. The search form asks for three identifying details: name, application number and diploma issuing country.

The Romanian service is called Verificare stadiu solicitare. Its English interface is labelled Application Status Check.

The responsible institution is the National Centre for Recognition and Equivalence of Diplomas (CNRED), part of Romania's Ministry of Education and Research.

What information do you need?

Prepare the details used to identify your existing application before opening the tracker.

• Name: enter the applicant's name as recorded in the submission.
• Application Number: use the CNRED request reference. The search form gives 71.557 as an example of the expected format.
• Diploma Issuing Country: enter the country that awarded the qualification. The official form illustrates this field with Austria.

The diploma issuing country is not necessarily the same as your citizenship. For example, a Romanian citizen whose degree was awarded in France should use France as the diploma issuing country.

If you cannot identify the application number, check the acknowledgement or messages received after submission. Do not substitute a passport number, personal identification number or university student number unless CNRED specifically identifies it as the application reference.

How do you check the status step by step?

1. Visit the CNRED English-language status checker.
2. Locate the section headed Application Status Check.
3. Complete the Name field.
4. Enter the CNRED Application Number.
5. Enter the Diploma Issuing Country.
6. Select Search.
7. Read the status shown for the matching application.
8. Use the page's View Legend option to interpret the Romanian status code.

If you need to start over, use the Reset control. The status lookup is a tracking service, not a new recognition application form.

What does each CNRED status mean?

CNRED publishes a status legend in its English-language tracking interface. The underlying status labels are Romanian administrative codes.

A status code does not replace the formal decision. For example, FINALIZAT indicates that processing has been completed, but you should still confirm whether the decision was favourable and how the resulting document is issued.

What if your application shows INCOMPLET?

INCOMPLET means that additional documents are required. Check the notification or correspondence issued by CNRED to identify the missing evidence and the applicable submission instructions.

For the CNRED procedure covering recognition of higher education qualifications for certain EU, EEA and Swiss applicants seeking access to the Romanian labour market, the official instructions provide a maximum of three calendar months to complete the file when additional documents are requested. Failure to comply results in closure of that file, after which the procedure can be restarted only through a new request.

This specific completion period should not be assumed to apply to every CNRED service. Check the instructions governing your original application.

After submitting additional documents, the tracking system may display LUAT LA CUNOȘTINȚĂ, indicating that documents have been added. This is not itself a final approval.

What happens when the status is APROBAT?

APROBAT means the application has been approved and the certificate issued. The next step is to follow the issuance or delivery instructions for the specific recognition procedure.

CNRED describes several possible delivery arrangements depending on the service:

• Electronic issuance through ROePAS for eligible applications submitted online.
• Collection at CNRED's office, where the procedure permits it.
• Postal or courier delivery under the applicable conditions.
• Delivery through the relevant Romanian educational institution for certain admission procedures.

For example, CNRED's guidance for Romanian citizens seeking equivalence of foreign bachelor's degrees describes electronic issuance through ROePAS for online submissions and other permitted delivery methods.

Consult the CNRED bachelor's degree recognition instructions if that is the procedure under which you applied.

Do not assume that an approved certificate can be collected by any third party. Authorised collection rules differ by recognition procedure.

How long does CNRED take to process an application?

For several published foreign diploma recognition procedures, CNRED states a maximum evaluation and decision period of 30 working days from registration of a complete application.

CNRED also states that the period may be extended when additional document verification or consultation with external experts is necessary.

This is a processing period for the underlying recognition procedure, not a waiting time for the status search. It also does not mean that every applicant receives a certificate exactly 30 days after initially submitting documents.

Different services and applicant categories may have different rules. Check the official instructions for your recognition route rather than applying the same deadline universally.

What if the status is CLASARE or RESPINS?

CLASARE: closed or expired

CNRED's legend describes CLASARE as a closed or expired file. One possible reason is failure to supply required documents within the applicable completion period.

For the published higher education recognition procedure covering certain EU, EEA and Swiss applicants seeking labour-market access, CNRED states that an application closed after expiry of the document-completion period can be restarted only by submitting a new request.

Confirm the reason for closure before filing again. A new application is not the same as correcting a file that remains open.

RESPINS: rejected

RESPINS means the recognition application was rejected. Obtain and read the formal decision to understand the grounds for refusal and the available remedy.

For the published higher education recognition procedure covering certain EU, EEA and Swiss applicants seeking labour-market access, CNRED states that an appeal may be submitted to the Ministry of Education and Research registry within 30 working days of issuance of the recognition or equivalence certificate or notification of the reasons for non-recognition, as applicable.

The same procedure specifies a 60-working-day period for resolving appeals from their registration with CNRED, subject to justified extensions communicated to the applicant.

These deadlines belong to that specific procedure. Follow the appeal instructions governing your own recognition decision.

What if the tracker cannot find your application?

If your application does not appear in the search results, first check the identifying information entered.

• Confirm the applicant's name matches the original submission.
• Check the application number and its punctuation.
• Use the country that issued the diploma rather than your country of residence.
• Confirm that your request was submitted to CNRED, not a separate institution.
• Review the submission acknowledgement and any correspondence for the correct reference.

The public status page does not publish a universal deadline for when a newly submitted request must first become searchable. A missing result alone does not establish rejection.

If the information is correct and the record remains unavailable, contact CNRED with your application details.

How can you contact CNRED?

CNRED publishes the following central contact information:

• Institution: National Centre for Recognition and Equivalence of Diplomas.
• Address: 12 Spiru Haret Street, Sector 1, 010176 Bucharest, Romania.
• Telephone: +40 21 405 63 22.
• Email: cnred@edu.gov.ro.

Explain that you are requesting clarification about an existing recognition application. Include the application reference and diploma issuing country, and use the contact route indicated for your particular procedure when available.

Do not send unnecessary identity documents or sensitive personal information through an unsecured public channel.

Does the tracker cover professional licensing applications?

Not necessarily. CNRED handles recognition and equivalence of educational qualifications, but regulated professions may have separate competent authorities responsible for professional recognition or authorisation.

If your request concerns permission to practise a regulated profession rather than recognition of an academic diploma, consult the related Helpydo guide on recognition of foreign professional qualifications in Romania.

If the professional authority handles your application independently, its tracking and correspondence procedures may differ from CNRED's public status checker.

Official tracking and recognition resources

The main service for this task is the CNRED Application Status Check.

For explanations of recognition processing, missing documents and certificate issuance, consult the official CNRED procedure that matches your qualification and applicant category. The relevant procedure determines the applicable time limits, delivery arrangements and remedies.