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> I thought EU citizens no longer need a visa Overwhelming majority yes, exceptions are citizens of: Romania, Bulgaria and Cyprus.

• 2143 3y ago
  What's different about those three countries?
  • mhitza 3y ago
    Not sure about Bulgaria and Cyprus, but in Romania's case having a visa refusal rate of above 3% From my circle of friends it seems like random chance, and because there is no reason given for the refusal one can only speculate. When I got my B-1/B-2 visa, my interview was very quick (I'd even dare to say closer to 1 minute). Whereas I have a couple of friends that applied for a travel visa and were rejected after being "interrogated" more heavily. When it comes to travel visas, I would assume they would mostly filter for potential illegal immigration, but all those I know that got rejected were pretty well "rooted" in the country. There might just be the fact that getting an invitation letter from a company is considerably more important than receiving one from anyone else.
  • 8note 3y ago
    Cyprus has a land dispute with the US. The Americans thought Turkey should run it to avoid them taking up a communist government There's still un peacekeepers there keeping the conflict quiet iirc