New Covid19 travel ban on South Africa, U.K. and Brazil (Jan 24)

[Gaelle 0]

Does anyone know how long this Bannon South Africa will be.

Do you guys think it's possible to travel to another country and then fly to the states if you are from South Africa?.

Why couldn't they just require a negative covid test 💔 WANT TO SEE MY LOVE

[HRQX 4,145]

12 minutes ago, Gaelle said:

Why couldn't they just require a negative covid test 💔 WANT TO SEE MY LOVE

I'm assuming you are a spouse of US citizen per your profile info. If so, note that previous COVID proclamations have stated that people in your circumstance are exempt to the travel restriction. We'll have to wait to see if the South Africa COVID proclamation follows that trend. If it does follow that trend, then you'll be able to travel directly to the US but would need "proof of a negative COVID-19 test or documentation of having recovered from COVID-19." https://www.cdc.gov/quarantine/fr-proof-negative-test.html

Edited January 25, 2021 by HRQX

[Gaelle 0]

19 minutes ago, HRQX said:

I'm assuming you are a spouse of US citizen per your profile info. If so, note that previous COVID proclamations have stated that people in your circumstance are exempt to the travel restriction. We'll have to wait to see if the South Africa COVID proclamation follows that trend. If it does follow that trend, then you'll just need "proof of a negative COVID-19 test or documentation of having recovered from COVID-19." https://www.cdc.gov/quarantine/fr-proof-negative-test.html

Yes my fiance is a US PR and we meant to get married in March to start of our CR1 visa so right now I'm not in an specific special case. I was basically going to go see him on tourist and that option is clearly out of the picture

[HRQX 4,145]

1 minute ago, Gaelle said:

Yes my fiance is a US PR and we meant to get married in March to start of our CR1 visa

IR-1/CR-1 is only for spouses of US citizen. Thus your case would be F2A.

33 minutes ago, Gaelle said:

Do you guys think it's possible to travel to another country and then fly to the states if you are from South Africa?

Do you already have a B-2 or B-1/B-2 visa? If yes, then you would have to go to an unrestricted country or area (e.g. Mexico, Serbia, Croatia, Turkey, Hong Kong, Macau, South Korea, etc.) for 14* days and then travel to the US. And before departing the unrestricted country you would need "proof of a negative COVID-19 test or documentation of having recovered from COVID-19." https://www.cdc.gov/quarantine/fr-proof-negative-test.html

 

*I'm assuming "14 days" per the previous COVID proclamations, but we'll have to wait for the actual proclamation to confirm.

[Theodora 2]

3 hours ago, Gaelle said:

Yes my fiance is a US PR and we meant to get married in March to start of our CR1 visa so right now I'm not in an specific special case. I was basically going to go see him on tourist and that option is clearly out of the picture

I'm from a banned country as well (Spain), and my plan is to spend a couple of weeks in Croatia before going to visit my boyfriend (it's been a year 💔).  If you can afford spending that much time out of your country then that option is still open. I just hope they don't close the borders to any more countries because we're getting desperate. 

[Bug&Bug 147]

When will we have the wording? 

Im in the middle of moving on my CR1 and want to make sure the new proclamation does not eff me up.

[Crazy Cat 41,851]

7 hours ago, Chauncey said:

That is what I'm wondering about. How will they actually know if you do quarantine? People have to go back to work...

They won't know.  There is no means to enforce a quarantine "order".  It is a "feel good" recommendation at this point. 

[Chauncey 138]

21 minutes ago, Lucky Cat said:

They won't know.  There is no means to enforce a quarantine "order".  It is a "feel good" recommendation at this point. 

That's what I was thinking. I didn't understand how they could do that. And isn't it also more up to states?

[Theodora 2]

1 hour ago, Lucky Cat said:

They won't know.  There is no means to enforce a quarantine "order".  It is a "feel good" recommendation at this point. 

My understanding is that in some countries the police stops by to make sure you're home. I'm not sure if that's realistic for the US though. 

Edited January 25, 2021 by Theodora

[igoyougoduke 1,656]

59 minutes ago, Chauncey said:

That's what I was thinking. I didn't understand how they could do that. And isn't it also more up to states?

Its a whopping failure on the first world. They will keep locking down and when things go nuts, economic & financial collapse is inevitable. It is going to end very ugly. 

[Chauncey 138]

6 minutes ago, igoyougoduke said:

Its a whopping failure on the first world. They will keep locking down and when things go nuts, economic & financial collapse is inevitable. It is going to end very ugly. 

Thank you! I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks that

[Chauncey 138]

30 minutes ago, Theodora said:

My understanding is that in some countries the police stops by to make sure you're home. I'm not sure if that's realistic for the US though. 

That sounds very unrealistic and authoritarian

[Theodora 2]

2 minutes ago, Chauncey said:

That sounds very unrealistic and authoritarian

I agree, although a lot of what's going on in the world would have sounded unrealistic and authoritarian only a year ago.

[Chauncey 138]

2 minutes ago, Theodora said:

I agree, although a lot of what's going on in the world would have sounded unrealistic and authoritarian only a year ago.

You really think police in the US have time to track people down? 

And in saying that, it's checking on compliance with quarantine. So cops are going to risk seeing someone face to face who could risk their health? 

Edited January 25, 2021 by Chauncey

[Theodora 2]

Just now, Chauncey said:

You really think police in the US have time to track people down?

I literally said "I agree", but I'm also not surprised of anything anymore 🤷🏻‍♀️ I'm past that point.