Kan detta betyda att USA öppnar upp?

[Homer]

Officiellt bekräftat. Inget beslut har fattats ännu, men vi jobbar med saken.


White House coronavirus response coordinator Jeff Zients confirmed that an interagency working group was developing plans that may require some type of vaccine requirement for foreign nationals.

"We will be ready when it is the right time to consider reopening," Zients said at a White House COVID-19 briefing.

At a separate briefing, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki acknowledged inconsistencies in the current restrictions barring people from some countries with low COVID-19 rates but not from others with high rates.

She said it was uncertain whether the United States would mandate vaccines.

The White House again said on Thursday it was not ready to immediately lift restrictions because of the rising COVID-19 caseload and highly transmissible Delta variant.
U.S. may require foreign visitors be vaccinated, White House says | Reuters

 

[Fredrik]

Det där lät mer positivt än på länge. Tänker mest på att Psaki bekräftar det som "vi" konstaterat länge.

Tyvärr är väl surgen där och här ett problem men vem vet. Med vaccinationskrav kanske det blir av redan i år...

 

[igelkotten]

Jag är fortfarande lite intresserad av NIE-processen. Jag tycker synd om eventuella talangfulla svenska idrottare som har fått stipendier till universitet och kan inte få komma på intervjuer för att konsulatavdelningen i Stockholm är underbemannad:

Summer 2021 Appointment Availability: The COVID-19 pandemic continues to severely affect the ability of U.S. embassies and consulates around the world to be able to resume routine visa services. Necessary measures we implemented to contain the spread of COVID-19 drastically reduced our appointment capacity and, coupled with the global suspension of services last year and a renewed desire for travel by many people this year, created a significant backlog for all our appointments. The provision of services to U.S. citizens is the top priority of all consular sections abroad. The current demand and existing backlog for U.S. passport and citizenship services in Sweden is such that we are currently unable to offer any appointments for routine nonimmigrant visas for the foreseeable future. We have had to cancel all routine visa services scheduled for June, July, and August, including visa appointments for students, exchange visitors, and petition-based visas.

Nonimmigrant Visas | U.S. Embassy in Sweden

Jag tolkar det som att man inte ens tittar på inkommande NIE för tillfälle. Tidigare stod det "20 business days" men det är borttagit.

Det var något liknande ifjol, och jag har bekanta som läste visum genom att göra sina intervjuer på andra ambassader, ex USA:s ambassad i Tyskland. Så det går nog att lösa - men är rätt meckigt (och förutsatt att ovan fortfarande funkar).

 

[FoxBumblebee]

Jag är fortfarande lite intresserad av NIE-processen. Jag tycker synd om eventuella talangfulla svenska idrottare som har fått stipendier till universitet och kan inte få komma på intervjuer för att konsulatavdelningen i Stockholm är underbemannad:

Summer 2021 Appointment Availability: The COVID-19 pandemic continues to severely affect the ability of U.S. embassies and consulates around the world to be able to resume routine visa services. Necessary measures we implemented to contain the spread of COVID-19 drastically reduced our appointment capacity and, coupled with the global suspension of services last year and a renewed desire for travel by many people this year, created a significant backlog for all our appointments. The provision of services to U.S. citizens is the top priority of all consular sections abroad. The current demand and existing backlog for U.S. passport and citizenship services in Sweden is such that we are currently unable to offer any appointments for routine nonimmigrant visas for the foreseeable future. We have had to cancel all routine visa services scheduled for June, July, and August, including visa appointments for students, exchange visitors, and petition-based visas.

Nonimmigrant Visas | U.S. Embassy in Sweden

Jag tolkar det som att man inte ens tittar på inkommande NIE för tillfälle. Tidigare stod det "20 business days" men det är borttagit.

Att ansöka om ett visum eller en NIE är ju dock två olika saker. Mina NIEs har kommit tillbaka med mer eller mindre vändande e-post sedan dem infördes.

 

[Senator]

Att ansöka om ett visum eller en NIE är ju dock två olika saker. Mina NIEs har kommit tillbaka med mer eller mindre vändande e-post sedan dem infördes.

Det är såklart olika men som hanteras av samma enhet. Jag hade också fel gällande 20 dagar:
How to Request National Interest Exceptions for Travel | U.S. Embassy in Sweden

Däremot har vi en glädjande nyhet om du redan har en NIE:

Extension of Validity for All National Interest Exceptions
Unless otherwise indicated, existing NIEs will be valid for 12 months from the date of approval and for multiple entries, as long as they are used for the purpose under which they were granted.

Jag tolkar dig att du har fått grönt ljus flera gånger?

 

[Homer]

Officiellt bekräftat. Inget beslut har fattats ännu, men vi jobbar med saken.


White House coronavirus response coordinator Jeff Zients confirmed that an interagency working group was developing plans that may require some type of vaccine requirement for foreign nationals.

"We will be ready when it is the right time to consider reopening," Zients said at a White House COVID-19 briefing.

At a separate briefing, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki acknowledged inconsistencies in the current restrictions barring people from some countries with low COVID-19 rates but not from others with high rates.

She said it was uncertain whether the United States would mandate vaccines.

The White House again said on Thursday it was not ready to immediately lift restrictions because of the rising COVID-19 caseload and highly transmissible Delta variant.
U.S. may require foreign visitors be vaccinated, White House says | Reuters

Detta är vad de sa ordagrant


Press Briefing by White House COVID-19 Response Team and Public Health Officials | The White House
MR. ZIENTS: Why don’t I take the first question on travel, and, Dr. Murthy, vaccine verifications.

In terms of travel — and I’m glad you ask that question — the administration certainly understands the importance of international travel. And given where we’re — where we are today, as Dr. Walensky showed us earlier, on the prevalence of the Delta variant, the United States will maintain the existing travel restrictions at this point.

However, we do have, as you alluded to, agency working groups that are developing plans for when we do open travel, how do we do it in a consistent and safe way. And part of that planning is a phased approach that foreign nationals traveling to the United States may — there’s still policy work being done here — may need to have some type of a vaccine requirement, but that’s not a decision at this point. That’s one of the paths that’s being looked at and considered, but there are — there are alternative paths being looked at, at the same time.

So, the interagency working groups are currently developing a policy process, and we will be ready when it is the right time to consider reopening travel. And that’ll be guided, as always, by the science and the public health.




Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki and Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, August 5, 2021 | The White House
MS. PSAKI: Given where we are today with the Delta variant, we will plan to maintain existing travel restrictions at this point.

However, what our interagency working groups are focused on — and this is, I think, what was reported — is working to develop a plan for a consistent and safe international travel policy, and that will be done through the prism of providing consistent guidance, equitable guidance, digestible guidance. And there’s a lot of confusion about what the restrictions are now, and you all have asked a lot of good questions about it because it feels inconsistent, and it is.

But that’s what our focus is. So that is certainly under strong consideration, but it is under a policy process review right now that I won’t get ahead of myself.

Q. Jen, just to follow up on the international travel question. I understand that there’s an interagency process, but is it the goal of that process to end in a vaccine mandate for people who are flying to the U.S.?

MS. PSAKI: Well, that’s one of the considerations, but there hasn’t — the process has not been concluded yet. And what I was trying to note at the beginning is that, right now, I think — which is why a lot of you have very good questions about this — there is inconsistency, right?
And there are good questions about why, when this country has larger rates of vaccination, et cetera.

What we want to create or determine through this process is a way to provide clear, digestible guidance that also has our public health front and center. So that’s a consideration, but it has not concluded yet.

 

[Cristoffer Cedergren]

Förstår inte att USA kan tillåta sina egna medborgare att flyga till Europa, om internationellt resande nu är så farligt pga deltavarianten?

 

[Hachans]

Förstår inte att USA kan tillåta sina egna medborgare att flyga till Europa, om internationellt resande nu är så farligt pga deltavarianten?

De kan nog inte stoppa dem. De enda som kan stoppa dem är platserna de reser till.

 

[Senator]

Förstår inte att USA kan tillåta sina egna medborgare att flyga till Europa, om internationellt resande nu är så farligt pga deltavarianten?

De kan nog inte stoppa dem. De enda som kan stoppa dem är platserna de reser till.

Jag tror inte det finns lagstöd för ett förbud. Däremot publicerar både CDC och State Department "advisories" som guidelines. Jag skulle tro att t.ex. försäkringsbolag använder detta för villkor.

Travel | CDC
Travel Advisories

Det är som @Hachans skriver enklare för mottagarland att reglera detta.

Det kan också vara värt att anmärka att "bara" 1/3 av USAs befolkning har ett pass:
Only one-third of Americans have a valid US passport | YouGov

Jag skulle gissa det finns en stark korrelation mellan innehav av pass och vaccinationsvilja på samma sätt som det finns en väldigt tydlig korrelation mellan geografi/vaccination.

 

[Homer]

Förstår inte att USA kan tillåta sina egna medborgare att flyga till Europa, om internationellt resande nu är så farligt pga deltavarianten?

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