living in Romania

[Memymine 2]

I am about to take my US citizenship test.

My husband(US citizen only) and I are thinking about moving to Romania for few years, after I get my American citizenship.

If we do that, do I lose my American citizenship? Does he have to be a Romanian citizen if he wants to work there?

How complicated is the romanian immigration process for Americans?

Once I become an American citizen, does Romania still consider me a Romanian citizen also?

Did anybody else do anything similar to what we are trying to do? How hard is for an American with an assossiate degree to find a job over there? he also doesn't speak Romanian.

[GigglesAndDimples 4]

Good luck on your citizenship test.

To answer a few of your questions:

Yes, Romania does allow dual citizenship, so you will retain that.

Once you have US citizenship, moving to another country is not a reason to lose it.

The immigration to Romania is actually not an easy process, and you would need to establish residence first. More information here:

http://ori.mai.gov.ro/detalii/pagina/en/Granting-right-of-permanent-residence/79

Your husband needs a work permit in order to legally work here. The employer has to apply for the work permit, so you first need to find somebody willing to hire you and to jump through all the bureaucratic hoops to get you to Romania legally. More information here:

http://romania.usembassy.gov/acs/working.html

Finding a job in Romania will be quite difficult for your husband if he doesn't speak the language fluently. Even if employees in multinational companies are required to know English, the working language is Romanian. His knowledge of English as a native language would only be useful if he wants to work as an English teacher. BUT, most schools require at least an EFL teaching certificate (like DELTA or CELTA, google them) and - here comes the problem - teachers are paid by the hour taught, and they are worked extremely hard for very little money.Is this a risk you are willing to take?

[Memymine 2]

Good luck on your citizenship test.

To answer a few of your questions:

Yes, Romania does allow dual citizenship, so you will retain that.

Once you have US citizenship, moving to another country is not a reason to lose it.

The immigration to Romania is actually not an easy process, and you would need to establish residence first. More information here:

http://ori.mai.gov.ro/detalii/pagina/en/Granting-right-of-permanent-residence/79

Your husband needs a work permit in order to legally work here. The employer has to apply for the work permit, so you first need to find somebody willing to hire you and to jump through all the bureaucratic hoops to get you to Romania legally. More information here:

http://romania.usembassy.gov/acs/working.html

Finding a job in Romania will be quite difficult for your husband if he doesn't speak the language fluently. Even if employees in multinational companies are required to know English, the working language is Romanian. His knowledge of English as a native language would only be useful if he wants to work as an English teacher. BUT, most schools require at least an EFL teaching certificate (like DELTA or CELTA, google them) and - here comes the problem - teachers are paid by the hour taught, and they are worked extremely hard for very little money.Is this a risk you are willing to take?

Thanks for your reply. I looked into working as an English teacher at the AISB. They seem to pay well enough for Bucharest and I am already a atecaher here. My husband is willing to take CELTA, but I am not sure if AISB will hire him. Any idea how teaching at American Internationsl school of Bucharet would be like? Thanks