

More information about this global vaccination requirement, including details on exceptions and waivers due to humanitarian concerns, is available at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. In place of these restrictions, the President announced a global vaccination requirement for all adult foreign national travelers. On October 25, President Biden announced a Presidential Proclamation titled “A Proclamation on Advancing the Safe Resumption of Global Travel During the COVID-19 Pandemic.” This proclamation, which took effect at 12:01 am Eastern Standard Time on November 8, 2021, ended the travel restrictions under Presidential Proclamations (P.P.) 9984, 9992, 10143, and 10199 as they relate to the suspension of entry into the United States of persons physically present in Brazil, China, India, Iran, Ireland, the Schengen Area, South Africa, and the United Kingdom. Proclamation on Advancing the Safe Resumption of Global Travel There are very limited exceptions for diplomats (A and G visa holders) and air and sea crew (C1/D visa holders). All Centers for Disease Control orders pertaining to vaccination and testing requirements still apply. Applicants with impending travel due to extreme humanitarian emergencies may contact their local post. lawful permanent residents and who were present in Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, or Zimbabwe within 14 days prior to their arrival at the port of entry in the United States is suspended, per Presidential Proclamation. Information for Travels from Southern AfricaĮntry into the United States of noncitizens who are not U.S. Select here to learn more about certain individual petition-based visa applicants who are now eligible for waiver of interview.

Important Announcement on Waivers of the Interview Requirement for Certain Nonimmigrant Visas
