08 July 2026 Romanian representatives for the diaspora part of the reformist center-right party Save Romania Union, or USR, have submitted a legislative initiative granting foreign citizens married to Romanians the right to apply for citizenship even if they do not reside in Romania. The bill amends the Citizenship Law so that people who are married to and live abroad with Romanian citizens can apply for Romanian citizenship, provided that the marriage has been registered in Romanian civil status records for at least 10 years. Currently, the law makes the granting of citizenship conditional on a long period of residence in Romania, without taking into account the situation of spouses who live together outside the country. "Over the past decades, many Romanians have built families outside t