Embassy of Romania

I’m proud to be a Romanian and I think Romania is one of the most beautiful countries in Europe inside out. BUT with every trip I make to the Romanian Embassy for the consular services and with every horror story I hear from other Romanians that made a trip there, all that is diminished slowly, slowly.
— The consular officers are VERY RUDE (and even w/​capital letters it is still an understatement): to the point that you are scared to approach the widow to even say «Hi, I’m here for…».
— The website is absolutely horrible when it comes to info: read it in Romanian and it is all legal terms that you have to google and figure out what they mean for hours later; Read it in English… hmmm same info is not present in English, so somebody that might understand what it is all about (NEWSFLASH: you are preparing all the paperwork in an English speaking country) does not see the info in English. And than the info is all over the place. But guess what they will flash that printed website in front of your eyes if you even missed a «.»
— The consular services covers a wide range of states within US, so if you are the unfortunate that lives in a state that requires a flight I suggest to financially plan for multiple trips — they absolutely do not believe in dropping all relevant paperwork and taking your pics and fingerprints while there and of course they do not believe in CERTIFIED MAIL for pending documents.
— Make a call… and here it starts about an hour of waiting and dialing over and over again. Every single time I made a call I did not got the chance to say BYE to the person I was taking to. My call was ALWAYS HANGED UP even i had more questions or while being put on hold. ALWAYS
–Make an appointment at the email address and they will answer two working days before the requested appointment telling you to come another day. NEWSFLASH: Not too many people own a private jet to fly whenever Romanian consular services feels like therefore people buy plane tickets which most of the times are non-​refundable and bough more than few days in advance.
–ASK for information: and the phones are hanged up on you or you will have links to the website. Newsflash: that is why I called in the first time — cause the website was not clear enough!!!
And I can keep on going on abt bad experiences at the consular services. And i do apologize in the mane of the consular person that was serving a family with a disabled kid and they were treated the same. At least I had less hardship on my head than that family and that kid having to put with such a horrible service.

It was ok for the euopean tour. Nothing exciting music and pictures to look at.