Non Immigrant Visas

General Information

All Romanians who want to visit the United States temporarily must apply for a non-immigrant visa. There are a wide variety of reasons for a non-immigrant visa, including tourism, business, medical treatment, and certain types of temporary work. The type of visa needed is defined by immigration law, and relates to the principal purpose of your travel.

For an overview of the types of nonimmigrant visas available under immigration law, please see non-immigrant visa classifications on the USCIS website. The Consular Officer will decide what kind of visa you need, when you apply. For more information about temporary visitors to the United States, please visit the Temporary Visitors to the U.S. page.

Anyone who applies for a visa must understand that holding a visa does not guarantee entrance into the United States. Although you were issued a visa, only the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has the authority to allow you into the United States and to determine the length of your visit. At the port of entry, a CBP official must validate your Record of Arrival - Departure (Form I-94) which tells you how long you may stay.

Most applicants must come to the Embassy for an interview. To learn how to make an appointment for an interview and pay the application fee, visit the Visa Application Process page. Wait times vary depending on the time of year and demand for appointments. To check the current visa wait times, click here. To learn who may bypass the personal interview and qualify to use the drop-box service, visit the Drop-box page.

Every applicant must fill out an application form online. For a list of the standard forms required, visit the Forms and Documents page. Depending on the type of visa, applicants may be required to bring additional documents to the visa interview. For a list of required documents, select the type of visa for which you are applying from the list to the left.

There are many factors that may influence the processing of individual visa cases (such as additional administrative processing or incomplete applications). As such, applicants should plan well in advance of their proposed travel plans and apply early for a visa.

For any visa-related question not answered on the consular section’s website, applicants may refer to the A-Z Subject Index or send a message to the following email address: VisasBucharest@state.gov. In most cases, the message will be answered within 3 business days.

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