At the same time that the official announcement of Washington announced, the Prime Minister said at a ceremony in Bucharest in the presence of legislators, members of the government, public figures and representatives of the diplomatic body that Romanian citizens will not need a visa from March 31 if they want to travel to the United States for more than 90 days. For this, just like other countries participating in the Visa -Free program, they will only need an online travel license (ESTA), MTI said.
Seolalo indicated that in Romania, the historical moments were each other, as the announcement of the announcement of the American visa came just 10 days after Romania would become a full member of the Schengen region.
The Romanian Prime Minister pointed out that “these two distinguished events confirm Romania's international recognition and enhance its relationship with its strategic partners.” He added that, as a result of this decision, the Romanian citizens should not waste a lot of money and time as before, to travel to the United States, but also a symbolic importance of the visa, which was expressed by the American partners about their confidence in Romania.
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One of the basic requirements for admission to the Visa -Free program is compensation for the percentage of rejected visa applications less than 3 percent. After the US State Department, 8.79 percent of Roman visa applications were rejected in the fiscal year 2023, 12.6 percent in 2022 and 17 percent in 2021, and Romania was far from the situation.
However, the Bucharest government launched a national advertising campaign last July to fulfill a visa -free visa. Prime Minister Marcel Seolalo asked the Romanian citizens who acquired an American B1 or B2 visa to renew their visa. With this method, Romania managed to reduce the percentage of rejected visa requests to 2.6 percent between October 2023 and September 2024.
The US Department of Internal Security said on Friday: According to a decision taken by Foreign Minister Anthony Blanc, Alejandro Mayorkas, Country 43, Romania participated in the visa exemption program (VWP).
According to the announcement, the basic cooperation of VWP and the participation of information that greatly enhances US security interests, in addition to stimulating legal travel and trade between the two countries.
Customs and US Border Protection estimate that it is expected to update an online application and the mobile phone application called ESTA on March 31, 2025, which allows most citizens of Romania to travel to the United States for up to 90 days for up to 90 days without obtaining a pre -American visa. These permits are usually valid for two years. The US Department of Internal Security said that travelers with a valid B-1/B-2 visa could continue to use their travel visas to the United States.
Meanwhile, David Brisman, the US ambassador to Budapest, announced on Tuesday that the United States put Antal Rogan, head of the Hungarian Prime Minister's office, in a penalty list.
