The lifting of restrictions, announced in September, will apply to travelers arriving by air as well as those crossing the land borders with Canada and Mexico.
The end of the “travel ban”. The United States will lift the restrictions in place since March 2020 on international travel on November 8, for people fully vaccinated against Covid-19.
“The new US travel policy, which requires vaccination for foreign travelers to the United States, will come into effect on November 8”, the White House said in a statement Friday, October 15.
This new device, announced in September, will apply to travelers arriving by air as well as those crossing the land borders with Canada and Mexico.
Faced with the Covid-19 pandemic, the United States had closed its borders from March 2020 for millions of travelers, coming in particular from the European Union, the United Kingdom or China, then from India or from Brazil. They also closed their land entry points to visitors from Canada and Mexico. These restrictions could have caused painful personal situations and economic damage.
For travelers arriving by air, the United States will require proof of vaccination and testing within three days of departure, as well as the establishment by airlines of a contact tracing system.
For the land route, people coming for reasons deemed non-essential, for example family, will be able to cross the border from November 8, provided they are vaccinated. People coming for compelling reasons will be exempt. From January, however, the vaccination obligation will apply to all visitors crossing land borders.