





US visa rejections for Romania dropped to 25% in 2008, compared to 37.7% in 2007
Romania made significant progress this year regarding US Visa rejections but the percent continues to be very high. President G. W. Bush announced last week that the US will maintain the visa requirement for Romania while citizens in the Czech Republic (rejection rate of 5.2%), Estonia (3.9%), Hungary (7.8%), Lithuania (9.0%), Latvia (8.3%), Slovakia (5.3%) and South Korea (3.8) will be able to enter the US without a visa.
The Visa Waiver admission also involves the compliance with several technical criteria: electronic passport, information exchange for terrorist suspects, report of stolen/lost passports and Air Marshals program for US direct flights.