US set to drop travel ban for vaccinated international travelers starting in early November

[brooklynite]

Source: USA Today

The United States announced a new international air travel system Monday, opening travel up for all vaccinated travelers in early November, including those currently impacted by the U.S. travel ban, amid the pandemic.

"Most importantly, foreign nationals flying to the U.S. will be required to be fully vaccinated," said White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Jeff Zients.

Travelers will need to show proof of vaccination prior to boarding U.S.-bound planes. A COVID-19 test will also continue to be required within three days of departure and proof of negative results must be shown. Enhanced contact tracing and masking will also be required.

The U.S. ban on nonessential travel has been in place since early 2020, starting with China and then expanding to visitors from Iran, the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, the 29 regions in the European Schengen region, Brazil, South Africa and India.

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/news/2021/09/20/us-international-travel-restrictions-travel-ban/8357843002/

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Equity with the EU requirements.

[DFW]

1. My wife was exempted from the ban, but this is good news all the same

Months overdue, actually. I wouldn’t blame the EU if they refused entry to residents of Florida, Mississippi, Alabama, Texas and Missouri, but they didn’t.

[brooklynite]

2. Why would you refuse entry to anyone with a vaccination record and negative COVID test?

[DFW]

3. Because bureaucrats follow instructions, and the easiest instructions to follow are to say no

If there was a rule in place, and some bureaucrat isn’t aware of an update, he follows the old rule. A year ago, when France wasn’t letting in anyone in except EU citizens with a letter of invitation from a French company and a recent PCR test, a French cop almost refused me entry because I wasn’t French. I showed him on his own form from the French government where it said “French citizens or lawful EU residents,” and he just said, “Oh, well in that case, come on in.” Bureaucrats care about CYA, not logic or common sense.

Besides, reports abound of faked vax documents, and the figures coming from the Republican-governed states are well-known here.

[brooklynite]

5. Yes, but WHY would you deny them entry?

If they're vaccinated and test negative, they're not part of the Republican anti-vax crowd.

[Mysterian]

4. Yes, months overdue

I have not seen my German fiancee since November 2019.