This thread has been set up to provide reliable, official information and updates and seek help and advice pertaining to your
BA flights that may be affected by the newly-imposed entry ban by the US government on those who have been in a Schengen country in the last 14 days.
Please make sure that this thread is kept clean and BA-specific, and focus on issues to do with US-imposed entry restrictions, so that those who come here seeking relevant help or information will be able to find it easily.
Please do not drown the relevant information with off-topic matters, rants, unhelpful or irrelevant comments, anything non-constructive or anything not specifically related to the topic at hand ("noise"), as has happened frequently in various threads. Noise will be removed rather brutally without notice because they will make it harder for people to find relevant information.
Essentially, please only post in this thread if you are posting a request for help, or reliable information that will help others. Please refrain from speculating as it may confuse people later on when the official information becomes available.
You may need to wait for a while for BA's policy to become established, bearing in mind this all happened in the middle of the night UK time. Some patience may be needed. You may also need to wait until further clarifications are made by the US government.
Just to reiterate, based on the official information that has been posted, the entry ban applies to
all Schengen countries, and
not the whole of Europe or the whole of the EU/EEA (in fact it includes Schengen countries that are non-EU/EEA).
As most of you would be aware,
UK is not part of Schengen and the ban is not applicable to the UK. The entry ban is not applicable to US citizens and US permanent residents either. It should also be noted that the ban is
not linked to the country of citizenship, but based on where you have visited in the last 14 days.
You are advised to carefully read and follow the
latest official information.
Currently, there are two relevant official releases. I am posting the links and some extracted text for your reference, but
please ensure that you refer to the latest information, rather than relying on the information below.
https://www.dhs.gov/news/2020/03/11/...l-proclamation
https://www.whitehouse.gov/president...l-coronavirus/
Copied from the documents linked above:
Today President Donald J. Trump signed a Presidential Proclamation, which suspends the entry of most foreign nationals who have been in certain European countries at any point during the 14 days prior to their scheduled arrival to the United States. These countries, known as the Schengen Area, include: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland. This does not apply to legal permanent residents, (generally) immediate family members of U.S. citizens, and other individuals who are identified in the proclamation.
Effective Date. This proclamation is effective at 11:59 p.m. eastern daylight time on March 13, 2020. This proclamation does not apply to persons aboard a flight scheduled to arrive in the United States that departed prior to 11:59 p.m. eastern daylight time on March 13, 2020.
Termination. This proclamation shall remain in effect until terminated by the President.
Edited to add:
The UK and non-Schengen countries in the EU are NOT affected by this ban. Non-Schengen countries in the EU are: Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Ireland and Romania. (from the Twitter post from the official White House account, as quoted in UKTravelbear's post below)
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