Effective September 14, 2020, flights carrying passengers recently present in China (excluding the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau), Iran, the Schengen Area, the United Kingdom (excluding overseas territories outside of Europe), Ireland, and Brazil will no longer be required to land at 15 designated airports in order to conduct COVID health screenings.
The notification does not lift or change:
- the country-specific COVID travel bans for the countries named above,
- the immigrant visa travel ban (Presidential Proclamation 10014), or
- the nonimmigrant visa travel ban for H-1B visa holders (Presidential Proclamation 10052).
Travelers impacted by the country-specific COVID travel bans will still be required to obtain a National Interest Exemption (NIE) to travel to the United States. Likewise, travelers impacted by the nonimmigrant visa travel ban will still be required to obtain a different National Interest Exemption (NIE) to travel to the United States.
This notification does not affect other public health measures which will remain in place as long as appropriate.