
The Department recommends all travelers consider travel insurance with Covid-related trip cancellation and medical benefits. Travelers should also consider making arrangements for longer than expected absences from their homes, places of work, and schools before departing. The Department of State recommends you have access to financial resources and any medication you require to cover an unanticipated overseas stay of a week or more. If you choose to travel internationally, be sure to make contingency plans, as you may find yourself having to remain in a foreign country longer than originally planned. citizens who choose to travel internationally should be aware that they may face unexpected challenges related to COVID-19 as they attempt to travel from one overseas destination to another. Travelers should review the CDC website on international travel for additional information. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Order, which took effect November 8, 2021, requiring all nonimmigrant, non-citizen air travelers to the United States to be fully vaccinated and to provide proof of vaccination status prior to boarding an airplane to the United States remains in effect. If you do travel, follow all CDC recommendations before, during, and after travel. Delay travel and stay home to protect yourself and others from COVID-19. International travel poses additional risks, and even fully vaccinated travelers might be at increased risk for getting and possibly spreading some COVID-19 variants. The CDC recommends that you do not travel internationally until you are fully vaccinated. Please see the CDC website for further information. For more information see Requirement for Proof of COVID-19Vaccintation for Air Passengers on CDC’s website. Of note, CDC’s Order requiring proof of vaccination for non-citizen nonimmigrants to travel to the United States is still in effect.

This means that starting at 12:01AM ET on June 12, 2022, air passengers will not need to get tested and show a negative COVID-19 test result or show documentation of recovery from COVID-19 prior to boarding a flight to the United States regardless of vaccination status or citizenship.

The CDC order from December 2, 2021, requiring persons aged two and above to show a negative COVID-19 test result or documentation of recovery from COVID-19 before boarding a flight to the United States, is rescinded, effective June 12, 2022, at 12:01AM ET. Pre-departure Testing Requirements for Air Travelers to the U.S.
