For the Romanian community in Washington, this is the practical link to the administration back home — documents, identity, civil status, and help when something goes badly wrong far from home.
Below you will find the contact details on record, what the office typically handles, how appointments work and the questions people ask most before travelling to Washington.
📞 Quick Contact
- Address: 1607 23rd ST NW, Washington
- Phone: (202) 332-2935
- Official website: http://washington.mae.ro/en
- Type of office: Embassy
🛂 The consular work done at this post
What follows is the usual range for a embassy of this size. The office itself is the authority on what it actually does:
- Visas: entry permission for those whose nationality requires it. Ask whether your trip needs one at all before assuming it does.
- Civil status: a marriage celebrated in the United States does not exist back home until it is registered. The same goes for a birth and a death.
- Documents: certification of papers so they have legal effect abroad — either an apostille or the older legalisation chain, depending on the country.
- Consular protection: help for nationals in serious trouble, which is the one thing every post does regardless of size.
- Passports: the most common reason people come here. Expect an appointment, a visit in person, and a wait while the document is produced elsewhere.
📅 Appointments and waiting times
Appointments are the norm rather than the exception. Plan around the availability at the Washington office rather than around your own calendar.
Use the office’s own channel. Sites that charge for slots are intermediaries, and consulates warn against them regularly.
Ask about payment when you book. Cash or a money order for the exact amount is common across consular networks, and cards are the exception rather than the rule.
🤝 Worth knowing before you go
Check the consular district before anything else. The map that matters is the one the country drew, not the one on your phone.
Check that names and dates match across every document you bring. Mismatches stop files more often than missing papers do.
Where a document has to be produced back home, the appointment is the start of the timetable rather than the end of it.
Before you travel to the embassy in Washington
Do I need a visa to visit Romania?
That depends on your nationality and the length of the trip. Where Romania does require one, it is increasingly applied for online rather than at a counter.
How do I know which office is mine?
By the consular district assigned to it, not by distance. It is the first thing worth asking on the phone.
What if I lose my passport days before a flight?
That does not go through the ordinary appointment queue. Call and say it is an emergency: for imminent travel most networks issue a travel document valid for a single journey.
Which source wins if there is a contradiction?
The office’s own, at washington.mae.ro/en. No directory, this one included, replaces the official source.
Does this office handle passports?
It usually does, by appointment and with personal attendance for biometrics. Ask whether the booklet is collected at the counter or posted out.
How do I find the office once I get there?
It is at 1607 23rd ST NW in Washington. Allow extra time if you are arriving by public transport, because queues tend to form before opening.
How do I confirm the requirements before travelling there?
By telephone on (202) 332-2935. Ask about the documents and the exact fee: both change without much notice, and many posts take only cash or a money order.