In implementing its first new COVID-19 travel restriction in months, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently issued guidance requiring all persons traveling from mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau, to provide a negative COVID-19 test or documentation of COVID-19 recovery within two days of departing for the United States. The policy went into effect January 5, 2023, and applies to airline passengers two years of age or older. The requirement also applies to passengers traveling through Incheon International Airport, Toronto Pearson International ...
Over the past year, several Presidential Proclamations have restricted travel to the United States by foreign nationals physically present in China, Iran, the Schengen Region, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Brazil, South Africa, and India during the fourteen-day period prior to U.S. entry. The travel restrictions were put into place as a measure to prevent further spread of COVID-19. Those subject to the regional travel restrictions were required to obtain a National Interest Exception ("NIE") from the Department of State ("DOS") each time they planned to enter the United States ...