brit_usa2014

Can we make a list of country that People who have been in the UK for past 14 days can travel to go quarantine given that the travel ban does not seem to be lifting anytime soon. Science has gone out of the window! If the Delta Varinant is so bad why aren’t they putting mask mandate back in place? Why is the US Open being allowed to go ahead with full capacity fans? Now I’m more than disappointed but I’m angry that they have no care or sympathy for families who have been separated

Mexico seems to be No 1 country choice. Do they have to be inside the room full 14 days or are they allowed to go out for a walk?

What about Canada? I’ve been reading reports saying it’ll open to Vaccinated people from September 21. Although land borders are closed can they fly into the US from Canada?

Any other European Countries they can fly to?

postbox134

Croatia is an option, as is Mexico.

I'm planning on going back to the UK for Christmas and then Canada if the ban is still in place.

destone

In order of preference:

1. Canada
2. Mexico
3. Other countries

NB: your visa may be revoked erroneously if traveling from other countries due to a technical glitch involving Schengen/non-Schengen European countries, particularly affecting Croatia.

See here:
https://qz.com/2051023/europeans-tra...bp-in-croatia/

In Mexico, you are free to do whatever you want during the 14 nights "layover" (first-hand experience of my family).

TexanScot

Go and read the Presidential Proclamation and then pick a country - any country - that's not one of the ones listed.

postbox134

Bonus points awarded for:

• Nice/safe place to visit
• Cheap
• Plenty of flights to UK and US (direct)
• No visa requirements

For me, Canada makes it work it as I can visit my company's offices there and not just waste two weeks somewhere.

tht

2 weeks holiday at an office where you likely can’t work legally (unless you already have a visa) seem like a lame use of 2 weeks holiday. There are places in the Caribbean offering the ability to remote works to people who were WFH in the US, not sure it it applied to everyone. The issue you will have is many places there are reached by “transit” through the US, which you can’t do since transit here is not airside like some other countries.

postbox134

Not vacation, business trip to visit colleagues we've not seen for years anyway. Agreed can't work (even remotely) from anywhere else. Caribbean would be nice but very expensive and hard to fly direct from the UK.

acol

Before my baby was given his visa last year I traveled to Aruba for two weeks with him so we could spend 90 days (esta) here in USA with my husband/baby’s dad. We now have baby’s visa and moved here in May. Aruba was AMAZING. I would definitely recommend it. I used an air bnb and me and baby watched the sunset on the beach every night. Although stressful on my own it was an experience I’ll never forget. This was in September 2020 so you’d need to check that you can fly there from uk and still fly to USA from there but I’m pretty sure you can!

Anrev

Africa - but not South Africa!

christmasoompa

Except that you can in Canada, it's not as draconian as the US. You could go to Canada and work there for months without needing a work permit, as long as the work meets the criteria i.e. not taking a job away from Canadians.

"The business visitor work permit exemption under paragraph 186(a) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (IRPR) facilitates entry to Canada for foreign nationals who intend to engage in international business activities in Canada.

General Criteria:

The foreign national is not entering the Canadian labour market (for example, they are not engaging in a business activity that is competitive in the marketplace).The foreign national is not directly entering the Canadian labour market if

• the primary source of the remuneration for the business activity remains outside Canada
• the principal place of business of the foreign national is located outside Canada"

HTH.

postbox134

That's super interesting, I was just going to treat it as a business trip like before COVID by physically visiting our office here. This actually is more flexible than I expected.

• come to take part in international business activities without being part of the Canadian labour market
• are visiting Canada temporarily to
  • look for ways to grow your business
  • invest
  • advance your business relationships

I have some 'digital nomad' friends I'll have to tell them they can work remotely from Canada!

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration...igibility.html