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APPOINTMENTS REQUIRED

All applicants for non-immigrant visas must appear for a personal interview at the U.S. Embassy, except for those mentioned below. The visa application processing fee is $100. The visa information/ appointment scheduling fee is $11. Both fees are payable in lei at any branch of the Bank of Transylvania.

EXCEPTIONS: Applicants over the age of 80 or under 14 (if traveling with parents who have valid U.S. visas), who were not denied a visa the last time they applied, may utilize the Drop Box or DHL service and do not need to appear for an appointment. These applicants must submit a fee receipt with their applications for the $100 application processing fee, but do not need to pay the $11 fee to schedule an appointment, since they do not need a personal visa interview. Please click here for instructions on utilizing the Embassy Drop Box or DHL service.

HOW TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT

To schedule an appointment, call the Visa Information Service (VIS), where you will be able to speak with a visa agent who can answer any questions you have about the visa process, and who will be able to schedule you for a visa interview at the U.S. Embassy in Bucharest. All applicants who need a visa interview (everyone except those who qualify as an exception, above) must schedule the interview through the VIS.

1. Pay the $11 PIN fee at any branch of the Bank of Transylvania. Click here for branch locations. You will receive a PIN (personal identification number) from the bank. The PIN number is valid for one year.
2. Wait until the following day after 1:00 pm. (It takes that long for the PIN numbers to be downloaded into the VIS computer).
3. Call the VIS at 0800-88-8472 (0800-88-VISA) or 021-202-9999 to schedule your appointment. The VIS is available from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm, Monday-Friday (Bucharest time). When you call, you will be required to provide the PIN number you purchased at the bank. You or your representative may also use 021-202-9999 if calling from outside Romania.
4. Your PIN number will allow you to speak with the visa agent for up to 7 minutes. The time will not start until you begin speaking with the visa agent (time “on hold” does not count against the 7 minutes). With one PIN number, you can schedule appointments for as many as 5 members of your immediate family who live at the same address.
5. If you do not use the entire 7 minutes on your first call, you may use the same PIN number again for more questions or to change your scheduled appointment. However, the remaining time on your PIN number is identifiable with you and is not transferable to someone else.

There may be as much as a four to six-week period between the date of payment and the appointment date. The consular section advises that applicants NEVER purchase nonrefundable tickets until a visa is issued.

If you miss your appointment, you must call the VIS to reschedule. If you have time left on your original PIN, you can use the same PIN, but otherwise you will have to buy another PIN number to reschedule your appointment. Do not come to the Embassy before rescheduling; we will not accept your application.

NOTE: Both the $11 PIN fee and the $100 visa application processing fee are paid at any branch of the Bank of Transylvania. Both fees are processing fees and are not refundable, even if you decide not to schedule an appointment or apply for a visa.

Not everyone has to pay both fees, however. For example, those who qualify for the exception (above) must pay the $100 application processing fee, but do not need to pay the $11 PIN fee, since they do not need to schedule an appointment. On the other hand, someone who doesn’t have a current plan to travel, but just wants to speak with a visa agent about what the requirements are for a student visa, for example, must pay the $11 PIN fee to speak with a visa agent, but does not need to pay the $100 application processing fee (if that person has time left on his PIN and decides later in the year to apply for a student visa, he can call back using the same PIN to schedule the appointment).

There is a lengthy explanation of recommended supporting documentation on this website. However, simply presenting documentation during an interview does not guarantee that an applicant will receive a visa. Please click here and review this information prior to the interview.

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English

Toti solicitantii de vize temporare - in afara de cei mentionati in categoriile exceptate de mai jos - trebuie sa se prezinte la un interviu. Taxa de procesare a vizei este de 100 de dolari. Taxa de programare si de informare pentru vize este de 11 dolari. Ambele taxe se platesc la orice sucursala a Bancii Transilavania.

CATEGORII EXCEPTATE: Solicitantii cu varsta de peste 80 ani impliniti si sub 14 ani neimpliniti (care calatoresc cu parintii care au vize valabile pentru Statele Unite), a caror viza nu a mai fost refuzata anterior, pot depune actele prin Drop Box sau pot apela la serviciile DHL si nu trebuie sa se prezinte personal la un interviu. Acesti solicitanti de viza nu trebuie sa platesca taxa de 11 dolari pentru a se programa la interviu. Apasati aici pentru instructiuni.

CUM SE FACE O PROGRAMARE

Pentru a face o programare, sunati Serviciul de Programare si Informare a solicitantilor de viza temporara (VIS), unde veti putea vorbi cu un operator, care poate raspunde la orice intrebare legata de procesarea vizelor si va poate programa pentru un interviu la Ambasada Statelor Unite la Bucuresti. Toti solicitantii care se prezinta la interviu (cu exceptia celor mentionati mai sus) trebuie sa se programeze prin Serviciul de Programare si Informare.

1. Platiti taxa de 11 dolari la orice sucursala a Bancii Transilavania. Apasati aici pentru a vedea locatiile sucursalelor. Veti primi un cod PIN (numar personal de identificare) de la banca. Codul PIN are valabilitate un an.
2. Asteptati pana la ora 13:00 in urmatoarea zi lucratoare. (Atat dureaza ca numerele codurilor PIN sa fie descarcate in calculatoarele Serviciului de Programare si Informare).
3. Sunati Serviciul de Programare si Informare la 0800-88-8472 (0800-88 VISA) sau la 021-202-9999 pentru a va programa la interviu. Operatorii vor lucra in intervalul 8:00-18:00, de luni pana vineri, cu exceptia sarbatorilor nationale romane; acestia vor vorbi in romana, maghiara sau engleza. Cand apelati Serviciul de Programare si Informare, va trebui sa aveti codul PIN, pe care l-ati procurat de la banca. Dumneavoastra (reprezentantul Dvs.) puteti apela 021-202-9999 chiar si din strainatate.
4. Numarul dvs. PIN, procurat de la banca, va permite o convorbire de maximum 7 minute, cu incepere din momentul in care solicitantul are legatura cu operatorul (timpul de asteptare nu se taxeaza), si poate fi folosit pentru mai multe convorbiri telefonice. Solicitantii isi pot folosi PIN-ul pentru a programa, reprograma sau anula programari pentru ei insisi si pentru maxim patru rude apropiate, care locuiesc la aceeasi adresa.
5. Daca nu folositi cele 7 minute in timpul primei dvs. convorbiri, puteti folosi PIN-ul din nou pentru alte intrebari legate de viza sau pentru a va reprograma la interviu. Timpul ramas nu este transmisibil altei persoane.

Perioada dintre data platii taxei de procesare a vizei si data programarii la interviu poate varia intre patru si sase saptamani. Sectia Consulara ii sfatuieste pe apelantii de visa sa nu isi procure NICIODATA bilete de avion inainte ca visa sa fie eliberata.

Daca nu ati putut ajunge la interviu, la data stabilita initial, trebuie sa sunati Serviciul de Programare si Informare pentru a va reprograma. Daca mai aveti timp ramas pe codul PIN initial, puteti sa folositi acelasi cod, altfel va trebui sa procurati un alt cod PIN si sa va reprogramati interviul. Nu veniti la Ambasada inainte de data reprogramarii, aplicatia dvs. nu va fi acceptata.

NOTA: Atat taxa de 11 dolari cat si taxa de 100 de dolari se pot plati la orice sucursala a bancii Transilvania si NU sunt returnabile.

Nu toti solicitantii de viza trebuie sa plateasca ambele taxe. De exemplu, pentru cei care se califica in cadrul sistemului Drop Box ( vezi exceptiile de mai sus) trebuie sa plateasca taxa de 100 de dolari, dar NU trebuie sa platesca si taxa de 11 dolari pentru PIN, pentru ca nu au nevoie de interviu. Pe de alta parte, cineva care nu are un plan sigur de calatorie, si doreste doar sa vorbesca cu unul dintre operatorii Serviciului de Programare si Informare (despre cerintele in cazul vizei pentru studenti, de exemplu) trebuie sa platesca doar taxa de 11 dolari pentru PIN, dar nu si taxa de procesare a vizei de 100 de dolari (exemplu: daca persoana respectiva mai are minute neconsumate ramase si de decide in acelasi an sa aplice pentru viza de student, poate folosi acelasi PIN sa–si programeze interviul).

Pe site-ul Ambasadei Statelor Unite ale Americii puteti gasi detalii cu privire la documentatia necesara pentru a sustine interviul. Prezentarea documentelor in timpul interviului nu garanteaza obtinerea vizei. Apasati aici pentru a revedea cerintele.

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