Ua hoʻolaha ke Kakauolelo o ka Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas a me ke Kakauolelo o ka Moku'āina ʻo Antony J. Blinken i kēia lā e lilo ʻo Romania i ʻāina 43 e hoʻokipa ʻia i loko. Polokalamu Waiwai Waiwai US (VWP), ka mea e hiki ai i nā lāhui Romanian ke komo i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa me ka ʻole o ka visa a noho no ka lōʻihi a hiki i 90 lā.
Ua hōʻike ʻo Kakauolelo Mayorkas a me ke Kakauolelo Blinken i ko lākou mahalo iā Romania no ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā koina palekana palekana e pono ai ke komo ʻana i ka Visa Waiver Program (VWP). Ke kū nei ʻo Romania ma ke ʻano he hoa hana kupanaha no ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, a ua hoʻoikaika nui ʻia ka hui kuikahi ma waena o ko mākou mau lāhui i nā makahiki i hala. ʻO ka hoʻokomo ʻana o Romania i loko o ka VWP he mea hōʻike i kā mākou hui hoʻolālā a me kā mākou hoʻolaʻa like ʻana i ka palekana a me ka holomua waiwai.
Hōʻike ka VWP i ka hopena o nā hui palekana nui ma waena o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me nā ʻāina i koho ʻia e pili ana i nā kūlana koʻikoʻi e pili ana i ka counterterrorism, ka hoʻokō kānāwai, ka hoʻokō ʻana i ka lele, ka palekana palapala, a me ka hoʻokele palena. Ma waena o nā ʻōlelo a ka papahana, ʻo ia ke koi no ka hōʻole ʻana i ka visa malihini kipa ʻole ma lalo o 3 pakeneka i ka makahiki kālā ma mua; ka hoʻopuka ʻana i nā palapala huakaʻi paʻa; ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā kuleana huakaʻi pānaʻi i nā kamaʻāina a me nā kamaʻāina o ʻAmelika, me ka nānā ʻole i ka lāhui, ka hoʻomana, ka lāhui, a me ke kāne; a me ka launa pū ʻana me nā hui hoʻokō kānāwai a me nā hui counterterrorism.
Ua hana ʻo Romania i kahi hoʻoikaika aupuni nui a hoʻonohonoho ʻia e hoʻokō i nā koina papahana āpau, ʻo ia hoʻi ka hoʻokumu ʻana i nā pilina me ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa e hoʻololi i ka ʻike e pili ana i ka hoʻoweliweli a me nā hana kalaima koʻikoʻi me nā hui hoʻokō kānāwai a me nā hui palekana o US, a me ka hoʻonui ʻana i kāna kaʻina loiloi no nā poʻe e hele ana. a hiki i Romania.
E like me nā ʻāina a pau e komo ana i ka VWP, e mālama mau ana ka 'Oihana o ka Homeland Security i ka mālama ʻana o Romania i nā koi a pau o ka papahana a, e like me ke kauoha a ke kānāwai, e hana i kahi loiloi maikaʻi ʻana i ka pono mau o Romania no ka VWP ma muli o ka palekana aupuni a me ka hoʻokō kānāwai. nā makemake o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i hoʻokahi manawa i kēlā me kēia ʻelua makahiki.
Manaʻo ka US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) e loaʻa i ka Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) nā noi pūnaewele a me nā polokalamu kelepona i nā mea hou ma kahi o Malaki 31, 2025. ʻO kēia hoʻonui e hiki ai i ka hapa nui o nā kamaʻāina a me nā lāhui Romania ke noi no ka huakaʻi i ka ʻO ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ma lalo o ka Visa Waiver Program (VWP) no ka mākaʻikaʻi a i ʻole nā hana ʻoihana no ka lōʻihi o 90 mau lā me ka ʻole o ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi visa US ma mua. ʻO ka maʻamau, paʻa kēia mau mana no ka manawa ʻelua makahiki. Hiki i nā huakaʻi e paʻa ana i nā visa B-1/B-2 kūpono ke hoʻohana i kā lākou mau visa no ke komo ʻana i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, a e loaʻa mau nā visa B-1/B-2 i nā kamaʻāina Romania. Hiki ke kiʻi ʻia nā noi ESTA ma ka pūnaewele a i ʻole ma ka hoʻoiho ʻana i ka palapala noi "ESTA Mobile" mai ka iOS App Store a i ʻole ka hale kūʻai Google Play.
Ua pōmaikaʻi nā kamaʻāina ʻAmelika i kēia manawa mai ka huakaʻi visa ʻole i Romania, e ʻae iā lākou e noho a hiki i 90 mau lā no ka mākaʻikaʻi a i ʻole nā hana ʻoihana, inā loaʻa iā lākou kahi passport e paʻa mau ana no ʻekolu mahina mai ko lākou lā i hiki mai ai.