I'm currently working in the NY and my OH is thinking of visiting for Christmas and we plan to go skiing in California.

He is a UK citizen and is based in London but he will work from home from a country not on the restricted listed for 14 days before flying over. (Glad his job is fairly flexible in that respect!)

Currently there are two plans.

Plan 1

He will come to New York and WFH from there for two weeks thereby satisfying the 14 day self-isolation requirement by the NY Gov

We will then travel to California together and ski for a week and fly back to NY. We will stay in NY for another week before flying to London together.

Plan 2

He will come to New York and will fly to California on the same day thereby satisfying the passage requirement set by the NY Gov.

We will then travel to California together and ski for a week and fly back to NY. We will stay in NY for another week before flying to London together.

I have a few questions.

1 If he comes to NY a few days before flying to CA (i.e. neither plan above), presumably he will be in breach of the quarantine rule. As this is a domestic flight, will he get found out (his passport will be stamped upon entry to the US)

2 Similar question on the way back. Currently there are no restrictions for travelling from CA to NY but this may change. If this does change and NY Gov imposes quarantine for CA visitors will we be allowed to board the flight to London which will be a week after we fly back from CA. In theory since this is a domestic flight there is no way they could tell from our passport we’ve been away from the NY state?

3 Currently there are no travel restrictions on travel to CA within the US. Will he need to self-isolate upon landing in CA under plan 2? My research suggests not but I’d like to double check.

4 When flying between NY and CA, does TSA flip through your passport to see your arrival date/visa etc? Could you be denied boarding because you breach the 14 day quarantine rule?

Obviously if CA imposes self-isolation on visitors then there’s nothing we can do and we will cancel the trip altogether.

I want to add that we have no intention to flout the rules. I’m just trying to be more informed so that we can make sure we don’t break the rules.

I hope I have covered all (well, most) the possible scenarios. Happy for any other suggestions to get round this. Only requirement is that the international flights have to arrive/depart from NY.

Thanks!