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US visa-free travel possible for Romanians in 2025 as refusal rate drops below 3%, ambassador says

October 1, 2024

Romania formally fulfills all the technical requirements to be part of the Visa Waiver program, as the refusal rate has dropped below 3%, according to Andrei Muraru, Romania's ambassador to the United States. Thus, Romanians would most likely be able to travel visa-free to the US starting the first part of 2025. 

Romania has set the goal of joining the Visa Waiver program in 2025, and to bring the refusal rate down to below the required 3% threshold, it started a campaign encouraging...

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