U.S. to reopen its land borders for fully vaccinated travelers
Thursday, October 14, 2021 at 11:59AM The U.S. has announced that it will lift travel restrictions at the land borders with Canada and Mexico starting in November 2021 to all travelers who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
These restrictions will be lifted nearly 19 months after the U.S. closed its borders to all nonessential travelers, including visitors for pleasure.
Upon lifting of these restrictions in November (no exact date has been released yet), U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers will have discretion to send all applicants for admission to secondary screening to have their vaccination documents checked.
Those who were deemed essential and therefore not subject to the 19-month travel restrictions (such as students and commercial truck drivers) will also be required to provide proof of vaccination, however, they will have until January 2022 before they will be required to show proof of vaccination at the land borders.
It appears that there will also be limited exemptions for some unvaccinated travelers, such as children.
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