Originally Posted by
SamirD
In time, all the loopholes will be closed, but then there will be cases where travel is of an emergency status--then what?
Perfect case in point is my wife's family friend who lives in London whose daughter in SFO passed away from covid (she was under 35). It is a shock and terrible for her two kids and husband. But UK to USA isn't possible. These are either the collateral damages from the pandemic or there has to be some processes introduced to help these situations on a case by case basis that can't be abused.
Certainly a time of shock and sadness for the loved ones she left behind but as I recall, New Zealand's isolation policy was working very well until they let in some family members on a bereavement exception to quarantine. In Hawaii, funerals and other family gatherings have tended to be the spreader events. Here on FT we had quite a few people who thought they were young and healthy and should be allowed to enjoy the benefits of travel when everyone else was cooped up. Everyone thinks they're different and should have exceptions made for them. Unfortunately in the US, we have about 100 million of these people wanting exceptional handling and are then surprised when we have spikes or can't control the outbreaks.
Getting back to the subject, the OP appears to have good documentation to show he wasn't in India for the 14 days prior to entry so he should be good to go. It's interesting to see that some people thought about the situation this past year and were able to make some money and provide a needed service with basically quarantine vacations that enabled safe international travel.