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New thread for discussing 1-day test requirements for travellers arriving in the US by air
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/coronavirus-travel/2060730-us-require-air-travelers-provide-negative-test-within-1-day-departure.html
Entry ban from eight southern African countries starting on November 29, 2021
Most non-U.S. citizens who have been in South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Lesotho, Eswatini, Mozambique or Malaw within the prior 14 days will not be allowed into the United States.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/11/26/a-proclamation-on-suspension-of-entry-as-immigrants-and-nonimmigrants-of-certain-additional-persons-who-pose-a-risk-of-transmitting-coronavirus-disease-2019/
Entry ban by air to be lifted on November 8, 2021 - All travelers should refer to CDC for travel requirements.
3 day pre-flight testing requirement will continue (US citizens/LPR not vaccinated will have to test no earlier than 1 day prior) Children under 2 years old do not need to test.
Children under 18 are exempt from vaccination requirement
Accepted vaccines will include:
There is a face mask mandate when flying to/from the USA, with effectively no exemptions, and including children two and above years old
Airlines need to provide some sort of contact tracing information for potential follow-up cases
Update on U.S. travel policy requiring COVID-19 vaccination
Last Updated: October 25, 2021
As announced by the White House today, the new travel policy requiring foreign nationals traveling to the United States to demonstrate proof of full vaccination against COVID-19 will take effect November 8. The CDC’s website explains that, for purposes of entry into the United States, the accepted vaccines will include FDA approved or authorized and WHO Emergency Use Listing vaccines.
COVID-19 Travel Restrictions and Exceptions - U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs
Last updated: October 25, 2021
The presidential proclamations described on this page will no longer be in effect on November 8, 2021. For additional information, please see Safely Resuming Travel by Vaccine Requirement and Rescission of Travel Restrictions on Brazil, China, India, Iran, Ireland, the Schengen Area, South Africa, and the United Kingdom (travel.state.gov).
To protect the public health, there are four presidential proclamations that suspend entry into the United States of all noncitizens who were physically present in any of 33 countries during the 14-day period preceding their entry or attempted entry into the United States. They are Presidential Proclamation 9984 (China); Presidential Proclamation 9992 (Iran); Presidential Proclamation 10143 (Schengen Area, United Kingdom, Ireland, Brazil, and South Africa); and Presidential Proclamation 10199 (India).
What we know so far is
- Confirmed to start on 8 November
- Children under 18 are exempt from the vaccine restrictions, so the varying international standards on jab ages won't be an issue here.
- Vaccines that are OK will include Pfizer, Moderna, AZ, J&J and the two Chinese vaccines.
- Some exemptions from vaccinations are potentially allowed, notably for US citizens, though my guess is airlines will be expecting to see vaccine certificates
- 3 day pre-flight testing requirement will continue, so this needs to be a documented antigen/Lateral Flow test or PCR.
- 3 days is potentially more than 72 hours, departure on a Friday afternoon means a test on Tuesday morning or thereafter.
- NHS Lateral Flows and PCRs can't be used.
- Children over 2 years old travelling with vaccinated travellers have to be tested on the same basis (3 days).
- 1 day testing for unvaccinated USA legal residents (testing on or the day before departure), including their children.
- All passengers need to sign an attestment to confirm their negative test result and also a statement to confirm full vaccination status.
- Children who are not vaccinated do not need to get vaccinated but do need to get a "viral test" 3 to 5 days after arrival in the USA
- As a result there is a separate attestion question for unvaccinated children to confirm that the viral test is arranged.
- Vaccination certificates must come from an official source. The NHS COVID Pass app and EU DCC are specifically mentioned as acceptable.
- Vaccination is counted as two weeks from dose2, or 2 weeks after the sole dose in the case of J&J.
- Antibody certification is not a replacement for the need for vaccination, at least for non USA residents.
- 14 clear days need to elapse before travel. So if jabbed on 1 October then 15 October is when you are good to go.
- Booster vaccinations are not a factor here, they don't count towards or against the primary dose process.
- There is a face mask mandate when flying to/from the USA, with effectively no exemptions, and including children two and above years old.
- Airlines need to provide some sort of contact tracing information for potential follow-up cases.
- These restrictions do not apply at the land border.
Note that a lot of interpretation onus falls on airlines. For example there is no language requirement for vaccine certificates as far as the CDC is concerned, however you can imagine Air France may be hesitant in accepting a vaccine certificate issued in the Welsh language, to take one example.
CDC link
https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2...el-System.html
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/coronavirus-travel/2060730-us-require-air-travelers-provide-negative-test-within-1-day-departure.html
Entry ban from eight southern African countries starting on November 29, 2021
Most non-U.S. citizens who have been in South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Lesotho, Eswatini, Mozambique or Malaw within the prior 14 days will not be allowed into the United States.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/11/26/a-proclamation-on-suspension-of-entry-as-immigrants-and-nonimmigrants-of-certain-additional-persons-who-pose-a-risk-of-transmitting-coronavirus-disease-2019/
Entry ban by air to be lifted on November 8, 2021 - All travelers should refer to CDC for travel requirements.
3 day pre-flight testing requirement will continue (US citizens/LPR not vaccinated will have to test no earlier than 1 day prior) Children under 2 years old do not need to test.
Children under 18 are exempt from vaccination requirement
Accepted vaccines will include:
- AstraZeneca
- BIBP/Sinopharm
- Covishield
- Janssen/J&J
- Moderna
- Pfizer-BioNTech
- Sinovac
There is a face mask mandate when flying to/from the USA, with effectively no exemptions, and including children two and above years old
Airlines need to provide some sort of contact tracing information for potential follow-up cases
Update on U.S. travel policy requiring COVID-19 vaccination
Last Updated: October 25, 2021
As announced by the White House today, the new travel policy requiring foreign nationals traveling to the United States to demonstrate proof of full vaccination against COVID-19 will take effect November 8. The CDC’s website explains that, for purposes of entry into the United States, the accepted vaccines will include FDA approved or authorized and WHO Emergency Use Listing vaccines.
COVID-19 Travel Restrictions and Exceptions - U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs
Last updated: October 25, 2021
The presidential proclamations described on this page will no longer be in effect on November 8, 2021. For additional information, please see Safely Resuming Travel by Vaccine Requirement and Rescission of Travel Restrictions on Brazil, China, India, Iran, Ireland, the Schengen Area, South Africa, and the United Kingdom (travel.state.gov).
To protect the public health, there are four presidential proclamations that suspend entry into the United States of all noncitizens who were physically present in any of 33 countries during the 14-day period preceding their entry or attempted entry into the United States. They are Presidential Proclamation 9984 (China); Presidential Proclamation 9992 (Iran); Presidential Proclamation 10143 (Schengen Area, United Kingdom, Ireland, Brazil, and South Africa); and Presidential Proclamation 10199 (India).
What we know so far is
- Confirmed to start on 8 November
- Children under 18 are exempt from the vaccine restrictions, so the varying international standards on jab ages won't be an issue here.
- Vaccines that are OK will include Pfizer, Moderna, AZ, J&J and the two Chinese vaccines.
- Some exemptions from vaccinations are potentially allowed, notably for US citizens, though my guess is airlines will be expecting to see vaccine certificates
- 3 day pre-flight testing requirement will continue, so this needs to be a documented antigen/Lateral Flow test or PCR.
- 3 days is potentially more than 72 hours, departure on a Friday afternoon means a test on Tuesday morning or thereafter.
- NHS Lateral Flows and PCRs can't be used.
- Children over 2 years old travelling with vaccinated travellers have to be tested on the same basis (3 days).
- 1 day testing for unvaccinated USA legal residents (testing on or the day before departure), including their children.
- All passengers need to sign an attestment to confirm their negative test result and also a statement to confirm full vaccination status.
- Children who are not vaccinated do not need to get vaccinated but do need to get a "viral test" 3 to 5 days after arrival in the USA
- As a result there is a separate attestion question for unvaccinated children to confirm that the viral test is arranged.
- Vaccination certificates must come from an official source. The NHS COVID Pass app and EU DCC are specifically mentioned as acceptable.
- Vaccination is counted as two weeks from dose2, or 2 weeks after the sole dose in the case of J&J.
- Antibody certification is not a replacement for the need for vaccination, at least for non USA residents.
- 14 clear days need to elapse before travel. So if jabbed on 1 October then 15 October is when you are good to go.
- Booster vaccinations are not a factor here, they don't count towards or against the primary dose process.
- There is a face mask mandate when flying to/from the USA, with effectively no exemptions, and including children two and above years old.
- Airlines need to provide some sort of contact tracing information for potential follow-up cases.
- These restrictions do not apply at the land border.
Note that a lot of interpretation onus falls on airlines. For example there is no language requirement for vaccine certificates as far as the CDC is concerned, however you can imagine Air France may be hesitant in accepting a vaccine certificate issued in the Welsh language, to take one example.
CDC link
https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2...el-System.html
US reopened on 8 November 2021 (& subsequent entry restrictions for non-citizens)
#2566
Join Date: Apr 2020
Posts: 73
Not sure if this is the right thread but does anyone have advice?
I was meant to be flying to USA today on an ESTA but obviously that didn't go ahead and I had cancelled a fair few weeks ago with BA. I received my voucher with British Airways and used it for a trip this November as the travel ban is ending. However for some reason, unlike other cancelled trips, the trip for today remained on my BA App/Website account and I was getting alerts this morning.
BA confirmed on Twitter my booking was cancelled yet I received an email from DHS at 3am saying my ESTA is now expired.
Will this have any impact on my trip in November - should I reapply for an ESTA now?
I've not had this problem with other trips and I'm worried about November now.
I was meant to be flying to USA today on an ESTA but obviously that didn't go ahead and I had cancelled a fair few weeks ago with BA. I received my voucher with British Airways and used it for a trip this November as the travel ban is ending. However for some reason, unlike other cancelled trips, the trip for today remained on my BA App/Website account and I was getting alerts this morning.
BA confirmed on Twitter my booking was cancelled yet I received an email from DHS at 3am saying my ESTA is now expired.
Will this have any impact on my trip in November - should I reapply for an ESTA now?
I've not had this problem with other trips and I'm worried about November now.
#2567
Moderator: British Airways Executive Club
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: TPA/ABZ
Programs: BA Lifetime Gold. GGL/CCR.
Posts: 13,252
Not sure if this is the right thread but does anyone have advice?
I was meant to be flying to USA today on an ESTA but obviously that didn't go ahead and I had cancelled a fair few weeks ago with BA. I received my voucher with British Airways and used it for a trip this November as the travel ban is ending. However for some reason, unlike other cancelled trips, the trip for today remained on my BA App/Website account and I was getting alerts this morning.
BA confirmed on Twitter my booking was cancelled yet I received an email from DHS at 3am saying my ESTA is now expired.
Will this have any impact on my trip in November - should I reapply for an ESTA now?
I've not had this problem with other trips and I'm worried about November now.
I was meant to be flying to USA today on an ESTA but obviously that didn't go ahead and I had cancelled a fair few weeks ago with BA. I received my voucher with British Airways and used it for a trip this November as the travel ban is ending. However for some reason, unlike other cancelled trips, the trip for today remained on my BA App/Website account and I was getting alerts this morning.
BA confirmed on Twitter my booking was cancelled yet I received an email from DHS at 3am saying my ESTA is now expired.
Will this have any impact on my trip in November - should I reapply for an ESTA now?
I've not had this problem with other trips and I'm worried about November now.
First, the BA IT systems are not great and cancelled bookings often hang around in the 'manage my booking' section. If you have a confirmation of the cancellation (and I'm sure you do) then you can ignore what you see in your BA account.
The ESTA situation is independent. It sounds like it's expired. You may as well go ahead and renew it now given that you're going to need it soon.
#2568
Join Date: Apr 2020
Posts: 73
There are two separate issues here.
First, the BA IT systems are not great and cancelled bookings often hang around in the 'manage my booking' section. If you have a confirmation of the cancellation (and I'm sure you do) then you can ignore what you see in your BA account.
The ESTA situation is independent. It sounds like it's expired. You may as well go ahead and renew it now given that you're going to need it soon.
First, the BA IT systems are not great and cancelled bookings often hang around in the 'manage my booking' section. If you have a confirmation of the cancellation (and I'm sure you do) then you can ignore what you see in your BA account.
The ESTA situation is independent. It sounds like it's expired. You may as well go ahead and renew it now given that you're going to need it soon.
I do have the cancellation but I had heard from other travellers that their ESTA had been cancelled/expired if they had a booking for during the travel ban on that day. That's why I wondered if the BA booking hanging around was still 'live' as I was getting updates on the flights this morning.
I only purchased the ESTA in March 2021
#2569
Moderator: British Airways Executive Club
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: TPA/ABZ
Programs: BA Lifetime Gold. GGL/CCR.
Posts: 13,252
Thank you for this.
I do have the cancellation but I had heard from other travellers that their ESTA had been cancelled/expired if they had a booking for during the travel ban on that day. That's why I wondered if the BA booking hanging around was still 'live' as I was getting updates on the flights this morning.
I only purchased the ESTA in March 2021
I do have the cancellation but I had heard from other travellers that their ESTA had been cancelled/expired if they had a booking for during the travel ban on that day. That's why I wondered if the BA booking hanging around was still 'live' as I was getting updates on the flights this morning.
I only purchased the ESTA in March 2021
#2570
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Join Date: Feb 2007
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Programs: UA Premier Gold
Posts: 4,783
BA confirmed on Twitter my booking was cancelled yet I received an email from DHS at 3am saying my ESTA is now expired.
I received my voucher with British Airways and used it for a trip this November as the travel ban is ending.
#2571
Join Date: Apr 2020
Posts: 73
I know BA can’t guarantee that but it said early November so I booked very late November.
#2572
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Well, hopefully "it" was right then.
#2576
Join Date: May 2018
Posts: 34
Thank you for this.
I do have the cancellation but I had heard from other travellers that their ESTA had been cancelled/expired if they had a booking for during the travel ban on that day. That's why I wondered if the BA booking hanging around was still 'live' as I was getting updates on the flights this morning.
I only purchased the ESTA in March 2021
I do have the cancellation but I had heard from other travellers that their ESTA had been cancelled/expired if they had a booking for during the travel ban on that day. That's why I wondered if the BA booking hanging around was still 'live' as I was getting updates on the flights this morning.
I only purchased the ESTA in March 2021
The ESTA might not be related?, mine is still live and expiring early next year and Im supposedly travelling on 3rd :S
Last edited by alanjhett; Oct 15, 2021 at 4:45 am Reason: added a word
#2577
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#2579
Join Date: Nov 2013
Posts: 211
It’s normally those that have filled in the API on their flight booking.
#2580
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: UK
Programs: MUCCI, BA,AA
Posts: 56
Telegraph reporting an expected date of 8 November.