is a USA locator required?

IrishHomer

Can someone please confirm.

When I Google I get confusing information as the whether a locator form is required for an Irish citizen going to New York USA?

I already have proof of vaccines Covid Cert, ESTA,

NinjaTruncs

No, you will also need a test result within 72 hours of departure.

IrishHomer

I have the Covid test result forgot to mention that :)

Atlantic Dawn

A CDC form needs to also be filled in, I think you are provided with these onboard the plane...

https://www.cdc.gov/quarantine/pdf/NCEZID-FRM-Combo-Passenger-Disclose-508.pdf

IrishHomer

Thanks I've printed and filled that too 😊

endofrainbow

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118197676#Comment_118197676

How would that work with pre-clearance?

Atlantic Dawn

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118200586#Comment_118200586

Yes come to think of it you would need to have it inspected at pre clearance in the same way the blue customs declaration is checked.

NinjaTruncs

I fly last week I didn't fill out that form, unless I completed it at check-in without knowing. All I needed was COVID cert, negative test results and completed esta.

lynchie

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118201872#Comment_118201872

Did you use the verifly app by any chance? I used it last week and it had the CDC attestation form as part of the checklist so never had to fill it out either. Have heard that airlines (BA in my case) will give u a paper copy to sign on check in if u don't do them online.

NinjaTruncs

No, I flew with United from Dublin, as I said the only things I needed were covid cert, esta and clean test results. I had to agree to a bunch of things during check-in but I can't recall what exactly they were, I just pressed buttons until I got the boarding card.

Coming home I needed to compete the passenger locator form.

Barna77

I heard this morning on Newstalk an interview with a woman who had traveled recently to the US (she is in NYC), and explained how the process to check in and going through all the different certs, attestation form and qr codes seemed endless - two hours! which sounds quite extreme. And this is before US pre-clearance.

I'm pretty sure she said she flew with Aer Lingus but had not used the Verifly app. She pointed out that staff at the airport were asking who was using the app and giving some sort of "priority" to those who use it. When she was asked if she was warned anywhere beforehand to use of the app, she kind of implied that no, but as far as I know, AL urges passenger to use it on their site and emails.

I'm flying to the US for Christmas and I hope the airport experience goes smoothly... And that there's no issues with travelling again...

IrishHomer

I dipped up the wife this morning and iche ked her in.

We never heard of verify app until we were in the big long one hour que to check in and there were small flyers on signs advising to scan a qr code for I think the verify app but was too late.

The very que was smaller and faster but we kept in the regular que. All her documents were thoroughly checked and she got travelling.

She was extremely stressed worrying about it all but got through anyway.

I was considering a family Christmas holiday in New York but decided no it's too stressful. Thanks everyone for the advice it was helpful.

SweetSand

I strongly recommend anyone travelling to US or back to Ireland to download Verifly app. The use of it is urged by Aerlingus and that’s how we found out about it. Two main advantages are: you use separate line/s (in Boston there was few) and it speeds up check in immensely as once you have this green tick on the app - nothing else is checked again -apart from your passport. As well as that - it gives you a peace of mind as if app doesn’t think your test results or any other paper work are suitable - it won’t accept them. So once you have all the correct paperwork - you don’t have to worry about anything.

IrishHomer let your wife know that she can use the app on the way back to Ireland, it really makes it stress free. Locator form QR can be scanned by it and downloaded to the list as well.

I flew from Dublin to Chicago yesterday. On Saturday, Aer Lingus emailed me about the USA Passenger locator form. People were at the gates scanning the QR code with mobile phones trying to fill it out. The agents said it was mandatory.