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Ethiopia visa for citizens of Romania

Citizens of Romania get an Ethiopia visa on arrival at passport control. You don’t apply in advance, but border officers check your passport, return ticket and accommodation. Visago checks your documents before you travel. It costs $19.

For citizens of Romania: the passport opens 120 countries visa-free; Bucharest — Addis Ababa: ≈ 4,120 km, about 5.5 hours of flying.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

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Can I travel to Ethiopia without a visa on a Romania passport?

You don’t need to apply in advance: citizens of Romania get the visa on arrival. To avoid problems at the border, we check your documents for $19.

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Ethiopia visa rules at a glance

With a Romania passport you can visit 120 countries visa-free, 28 with a visa on arrival and 35 with an e-visa; 15 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Romania passport ranks 17th of 199.
Romania passport: visa-free access to 120 countries; Ethiopia passport: 12.
Citizens of Romania and Ethiopia can travel together visa-free to 10 countries, for example: Rwanda, Gambia, Seychelles, Dominica, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Singapore, Haiti, Philippines, and Micronesia.
Citizens of Ethiopia, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Romania. Romania visa for citizens of Ethiopia

Travelling to Ethiopia: good to know

Bucharest — Addis Ababa: about 4,120 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 5.5 hours.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: Ethiopian Birr.
Languages: Amharic.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ ETB 163.
Ethiopia is the 79th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Romania.