Romania entered the Schengen Area with air and sea borders. What does this mean for passengers?

Starting from March 31, 2024, Romania entered the Schengen Area with air and sea borders. This means that passengers on flights from/to Romania, whose destination or point of departure are airports in the Schengen zone, will no longer pass through the control points. Upon departure, there will only be a security check of people and luggage.

However, the border police will continue to be present in the airport premises and will carry out punctual and unannounced police actions to verify the identity and legal status of people, but also to prevent and combat possible illegal acts.

Police actions will be carried out based on a risk analysis or reasonable suspicion. In such a case, the police officer will be able to take steps to establish the identity of the person and checks in the operational databases. Our colleagues are equipped with mobile control devices, on which the EDAC application is installed, with which they perform these checks.

If the suspicions are not confirmed, the person can continue his journey. If confirmed, the person's travel will be interrupted and legal action will be taken.

Schengen Member States: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Croatia, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia , Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.