Abstract
According to the Political Dictionary, the alien is regarded in the broad sense of the term(that of individual), being defined as: any individual who does not hold the nationality of the state inwhich they are found. This definition determines the person’s alien nature depending on the territory inwhich they are located, as well as the criterion of the nationality held by such person. The legal statusapplicable to the natural person alien by Romanian law is a conglomerate of rights and obligationsspecific to the legal relationships of aliens, belonging to different branches of law and making up whatdoctrine calls the legal condition of the alien.