The United States will lift on November 8, for people vaccinated, the restrictions in place since March 2020 on international travel, the maintenance of which annoyed many of their partners, Europeans in the lead. The date of November 1 had been late.
“The new US travel policy, which requires vaccination for foreign travelers going to the United States, will come into force on November 8,” the White House said on Friday in a statement specifying the date of this lifting, which had already been announced last month.
This new system will apply to travelers arriving by air as well as to those crossing the land borders with Canada and Mexico. Faced with the 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 later from India or Brazil.
They had also closed their land entry points to visitors from Canada and Mexico. This could have caused painful personal situations and economic damage.
A vaccination certificate and a very recent test
For travelers arriving by air, the United States will require, in addition to proof of vaccination and a test within three days before departure, the establishment by the airlines of a tracking system. contacts.
For the land route, the White House announced this week that the lifting of restrictions would be done in two stages. From November 8, people coming for reasons deemed non-essential, such as family or tourism, will be able to cross the border of Canada or Mexico, provided they are vaccinated. People coming for compelling reasons – for example truck drivers – will be exempt.
But from January, the vaccination obligation will apply to all visitors crossing land borders, regardless of their reason for entering the United States.
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