Technical glitches in the visa processing system for the US have affected 1,200 Romanians since July 19, but most of the visas have already been printed, and the applicants’ passports were returned, according to the US Embassy, quoted by Mediafax.

The US State Department has global technical issues in processing visas, which are not country specific. The US Embassy did not estimate for how long the situation will last, and how long it will take for the applicants to get their visas.

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