Dummy ticket (flight reservation) for Romania visa from India

What the Romania checklist asks for

• A return flight reservation in every traveller’s name, with the dates you enter on E-VIZA.
• Hotel reservations for each night, in Romania and in any other Schengen country on the route.
• A cover letter giving the purpose, length of stay, companions, transport and accommodation.
• Travel medical insurance of at least €30,000, valid in all Schengen states for the whole stay.
• Three months of bank statements stamped by your bank, and income tax return acknowledgments for two years.
• The documents E-VIZA lists for your visa purpose, uploaded before your in-person appearance.

A real order: flight reservation and hotel bookings matched date by date

How E-VIZA works for Indian applicants

Romania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs runs the E-VIZA portal at evisa.mae.ro. You create the file online, fill in the form and upload your documents, then declare that you will also appear in person at the Romanian mission you chose. The examination period starts from that in-person date, not from the day you upload.

In 2025 the Embassy of Romania in New Delhi handled all 1,931 Indian applications. We could not confirm whether an outsourced visa centre collects Romanian files elsewhere in India, so confirm with the Embassy where to appear before planning travel from another city.

Keep one reservation from upload to appearance

Because E-VIZA splits the application in two, the flight reservation you upload has to match what you show when you appear in person. If you upload one booking and arrive with a different PNR or different dates, the file contradicts itself.

The simplest way is to fix the in-person date first and upload as close to it as you can. Order the flight reservation when you upload and check its names and dates as soon as it arrives. The airline can release an unpaid hold at any time, so the shorter the gap between upload and appearance, the better. Keep the form, hotel and insurance dates identical to it. The portal suggests applying at least two weeks before travel, but its text still mentions a three-month limit while the EU rule now allows six months, so confirm the current window with the Embassy.

Romania is new to Schengen

Romania began issuing Schengen visas on 31 March 2024, when it joined for air and sea travel, and became a full member with land border checks lifted on 1 January 2025. A Romanian visa now works like any other uniform Schengen visa: up to 90 days in any 180 across all 29 states, recorded by the Entry/Exit System when you cross the external border.

It is still a small post for Indians. Applications rose from 1,563 in 2024 to 1,931 in 2025, and the not-issued rate fell from 25.7% to 18.1%. Trips often pair Romania with Bulgaria, which joined Schengen on the same dates, or with Hungary. Apply to Romania only if it gets the most nights, or the same number and you enter there first.

Flights and transit

We found no non-stop flight between India and Romania. Reservations to Bucharest (OTP) or Cluj (CLJ) connect through Istanbul, a Gulf hub, or Frankfurt, Munich or Vienna. If you connect in Frankfurt, Munich or Vienna, that airport is where you enter the Schengen area and give fingerprints and a photo for the Entry/Exit System, so the visa must already be in your passport.

Romania is reported to still require an airport transit visa from Indian passport holders under its national list. That matters only if you change planes in Romania on the way to a country outside Schengen. Holders of certain valid visas are commonly exempt; check the current rule with the Embassy before you book such a routing.

Flying from India to Romania

Your reservation should follow a route you could realistically fly. These are common options; schedules change, so the desk confirms what is bookable for your dates.

Mistakes to avoid with a Romania application

• Uploading one reservation to E-VIZA and presenting a different PNR in person.
• Assuming the examination period starts on upload. It starts when you appear in person.
• Planning around a visa centre in your city without confirming with the Embassy where to appear.
• Applying to Romania for a trip that spends more nights in Bulgaria or Hungary.
• Routing a connection through Bucharest to a non-Schengen country without checking the transit visa rule.

Dummy ticket and hotel bookings, matched to your itinerary

We do not send one loose document. The desk matches the flight reservation and every hotel booking to your itinerary: the same dates, the same cities, and no night left uncovered. These are the real documents of one order for a Switzerland visa file, issued on 5 November 2026: one flight reservation and four hotel bookings that cover all 9 nights between the two flights. Personal details are blacked out; everything else is as issued.

• Flight reservationEtihad, Hyderabad (HYD) to Zurich (ZRH), status Confirmed
• Hotel booking, ZurichMEININGER Hotel Zürich Greencity, 3 nights
• Hotel booking, GenevaB&B HOTEL Geneva Airport, 3 nights
• Hotel booking, LucerneSeminarhotel Romerohaus, 2 nights
• Hotel booking, Zurich AirportLeonardo Hotel Zurich Airport, 1 night

Open the full documents and the day-by-day table: flight and hotels matched date by date

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