Destination guide
🇷🇴 Working in Romania
A work permit (aviz de muncă) from IGI is issued before the D/AM work visa. Facebook "Europe job" agents charge very high fees for permits that never arrive.
Standard week
40 hours
Overtime (min.)
1.75×
Rest day / holiday
2× / 2×
Currency
RON ≈ ৳27
Labour Code: overtime paid at least +75% if not compensated with time off.
Where to check officially
Work permit & contract check
General Inspectorate for Immigration (IGI) ↗
Issues the Romanian work permit (aviz de muncă); official requirements and procedures.
Work permit & contract checkIGI online portal ↗
Online work-permit and residence requests made by employers and applicants.
Bangladesh mission (labour wing)Embassy of Bangladesh, Bucharest ↗
Consular and labour help.
Scams we see in this corridor
- ⚠Agents charging BDT 8–15 lakh for a "Europe visa"
- ⚠Fake work-permit PDFs
- ⚠Visa appointments that do not exist
Documents you should hold
- 📄 Passport valid for at least 6 months beyond travel
- 📄 Work permit / nulla osta issued by the destination authority
- 📄 Long-stay work visa (type D) issued by the embassy
- 📄 Signed employment contract matching the work permit
- 📄 BMET emigration clearance (smart card)
- 📄 Police clearance certificate
- 📄 Pre-departure orientation (PDO) certificate
- 📄 Issued e-ticket with a 13-digit ticket number
From Bangladesh
- Overseas Employment Platform (OEP), The government's digital system for the whole migration cycle: NID-verified registration, training and PDO, job matching, emigration clearance, the licensed agency list, and complaints if the job differs from what was promised.
- OEP licensed recruiting agency list, Check that an agency's RL (licence) number and name appear on the government's official list. This is the main check for any recruiter.
- RAIMS agency directory (BMET), A second official lookup for recruiting agencies, with licence details.
- Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET), The overseas employment regulator: notices, maximum migration costs, training centres and links into OEP. 16135
- Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment, The parent ministry: policy, notices and links to BMET, WEWB, PKB, BOESL and OEP.
- Probash Bondhu Call Centre, The government's 24-hour helpline for migrant workers and families: information, problems abroad and reporting fraud. From abroad: +880 9610 102030. 16135
- Grievance Redress System (GRS), National online complaints system for government offices including BMET. Complaints against an agency or a job mismatch can also be filed in the OEP worker portal.
- BOESL, Bangladesh Overseas Employment and Services Ltd, The government-owned recruiter for G2G and low-cost channels such as Korea (EPS) and Japan. Check genuine BOESL circulars here.
- BAIRA member directory, The recruiting agencies' association. Secondary only, always confirm the RL on the OEP list.
- Wage Earners' Welfare Board (WEWB), Welfare-fund services: death compensation, repatriation, scholarships, legal aid and returnee support. 16135
- Probashi Kallyan Bank, State bank with low-interest migration loans (instead of moneylenders), rehabilitation loans and remittance services.