Last week, the U.S. announced a travel ban in response to the Coronavirus pandemic.
This 30-day travel ban initially applied only to individuals entering the U.S. who have traveled to the 26 countries that make up the European Union, in the past 14 days. These 26 countries include: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.
This ban has now been expanded to include the United Kingdom and Ireland.
The expansion of this ban to include the UK and Ireland is set to begin on Monday March 16th at 11:59 pm. Flights that are in the air from Europe at that time will be permitted to land in the U.S.
If you are currently a national of the UK or Ireland, and hold a non-immigrant visa (or travel frequently on the visa waiver), and need to be in the United States in the next month, we advise re-entering the United States today if you are currently outside of the U.S.
If you are a non-immigrant visa holder from Europe, including the UK and Ireland, we also recommend not leaving the United States at this time, as we do anticipate that this ban will be expanded to include more countries, and possibly for a longer period, if the virus continues to spread.
We will continue to provide updates as they become available.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Anthony F. Siliato or Scott R. Malyk.