EU Travel Ban on "Americans"
#1
EU Travel Ban on "Americans"
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/26/w...ravel-ban.html
Do you think that will apply to "Americans" (i.e. passport holders) or people traveling from America, i.e. anyone who happens to be in the USA regardless of passport? If the UK doesn't follow suit, I could see a scenario where Americans come to the UK for a few days or a week and then onward to the EU, claiming "I'm coming from London, not New York" or something like that.
Do you think that will apply to "Americans" (i.e. passport holders) or people traveling from America, i.e. anyone who happens to be in the USA regardless of passport? If the UK doesn't follow suit, I could see a scenario where Americans come to the UK for a few days or a week and then onward to the EU, claiming "I'm coming from London, not New York" or something like that.
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Re: EU Travel Ban on "Americans"
On a related note, when do we think the Schengen/UK exec order will be revoked? I still don't particularly like being stuck in the US if something urgent comes up in the UK.
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Re: EU Travel Ban on "Americans"
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/26/w...ravel-ban.html
Do you think that will apply to "Americans" (i.e. passport holders) or people traveling from America, i.e. anyone who happens to be in the USA regardless of passport? If the UK doesn't follow suit, I could see a scenario where Americans come to the UK for a few days or a week and then onward to the EU, claiming "I'm coming from London, not New York" or something like that.
Do you think that will apply to "Americans" (i.e. passport holders) or people traveling from America, i.e. anyone who happens to be in the USA regardless of passport? If the UK doesn't follow suit, I could see a scenario where Americans come to the UK for a few days or a week and then onward to the EU, claiming "I'm coming from London, not New York" or something like that.
Again if it's like the US ban, citizenship won't be relevant, only where you've been.
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Re: EU Travel Ban on "Americans"
I suspect if the U.K. follows the lead of the EU and bans travellers from the USA then British citizens will not be subject to that ban even if they do come from the USA.
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Re: EU Travel Ban on "Americans"
I think the UK/EU should ban the americans in kind until they lift the ban on us. That is only fair.
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I’m planning on flying to the UK to pick up my daughter in mid July. I’m only staying for one day and plan to quarantine while I’m there.
From what I understand of the rules they won’t be stopping citizens from entering, I’ll be using my UK passport to enter the UK and my USA passport for the trip back.
From what I understand of the rules they won’t be stopping citizens from entering, I’ll be using my UK passport to enter the UK and my USA passport for the trip back.
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Citizenship is relevant. US citizens aren’t subject to the travel ban on entering the US if they travel from the U.K.
I suspect if the U.K. follows the lead of the EU and bans travellers from the USA then British citizens will not be subject to that ban even if they do come from the USA.
I suspect if the U.K. follows the lead of the EU and bans travellers from the USA then British citizens will not be subject to that ban even if they do come from the USA.
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Re: EU Travel Ban on "Americans"
Some work colleagues whose trips to “Europe” this summer (the usual 10 countries in 7 days “I’ve done Europe” thing) are in the balance depending on how the ruling goes, have been reminded by me that it’s only fair that they be banned from Europe as long as Europeans are banned from coming here. I was supposed to see my mother for the first time in 2 years last month but she was banned from coming here. So I can’t shed any tears that their cruises from Venice have been canceled.
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Re: EU Travel Ban on "Americans"
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Can't you run into issues doing that, I only ask as I knew a guy from Brazil who left LAX on his US passport, when he arrived in Brazil he used his Brazilian passport all was good but when he flew back he was stopped at immigration at LAX as it showed his US passport had not been used to enter the Brazil, they held him and he was returned back to Brazil to try again using his US passport and when he returned back to LAX again he was admitted ok.
Can't you run into issues doing that, I only ask as I knew a guy from Brazil who left LAX on his US passport, when he arrived in Brazil he used his Brazilian passport all was good but when he flew back he was stopped at immigration at LAX as it showed his US passport had not been used to enter the Brazil, they held him and he was returned back to Brazil to try again using his US passport and when he returned back to LAX again he was admitted ok.
Last edited by 1speedy; Jun 29th 2020 at 12:50 am.
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Re: EU Travel Ban on "Americans"
Post Ja5on
Can't you run into issues doing that, I only ask as I knew a guy from Brazil who left LAX on his US passport, when he arrived in Brazil he used his Brazilian passport all was good but when he flew back he was stopped at immigration at LAX as it showed his US passport had not been used to enter the Brazil, they held him and he was returned back to Brazil to try again using his US passport and when he returned back to LAX again he was admitted ok.
Can't you run into issues doing that, I only ask as I knew a guy from Brazil who left LAX on his US passport, when he arrived in Brazil he used his Brazilian passport all was good but when he flew back he was stopped at immigration at LAX as it showed his US passport had not been used to enter the Brazil, they held him and he was returned back to Brazil to try again using his US passport and when he returned back to LAX again he was admitted ok.
Maybe it's just right now when people like your Brazilian friend is just trying to circumvent sensible immigration rules.
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Re: EU Travel Ban on "Americans"
What if you wanted to work in say the UK while you were there? As a UK citizen that's fine but as a US visitor that's not. Surely as long as you leave and enter the US on that passport you'll be good.
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which is why I think your Brazilian friend is talking out of his backside.