Travel to the states

12 hours is a long time for the verifly app to accept it especially when realistically you'll need to do your test the day before to comply with the time period as most flights from us to dublin are night flights.

How did you board if you didn't check in ?🤔

Hubbie and I are due to travel to Boston for a 4 night break on 12th Jan. We were due to go over in Nov but had to re-schedule and now is probably the worst time. I'm not sure what to do, is anyone over there at the moment to advise if we should just go ahead and travel over? I know all info on tests going over and coming back and have been checking online about the C19 numbers etc over there. Just so in a quandary on the best thing to do!!

thanks!

We are just back from the US (not Boston). We were there gor 3 weeks. We had no problems, wore our masks, kept our hands santized, didnt eat in crowded bars/resturants, used common sense etc. We tested negative coming back.

Unless you are at high risk health wise, I think the biggest risk is the cost if you test negative. Cost of staying in the states for 14 days (or what ever it takes to test negative), cost of a new flight, and other related costs.

Friends of ours came back from.Boston this morning, they explored the city, went to the malls, ate and drank out, like us, took the precautions (masks, clean hands), they tested negative. They said most people wore masks in Boston.

Thanks for the replies on our upcoming trip. We have decided to brave it! Have so been looking forward it to!!

So.. Just to confirm.. could anyone confirm for me.. as of todays date: If you have had Covid within 90 days of travel to the USA and are in possesion of an EU recovery certificate (digital or paper) then you do NOT need to present an antigen or PCR result before travel? In all other cases just an Antigen test taken 24hrs before departure will suffice? Just getting a bit concerned about mixed messaging etc. and a bit nervous about all this. I am aware of no testing required to re-enter Ireland as advised by government recently.

I have had Covid in November 2021 and I hope to travel to the USA in early February (all things going well)!

Thank you in advance

You will need negative test to enter the US.

You do NOT need a negative test to enter Ireland. This was dropped yesterday.

Airline websites might not yet be updated about the negative test flying to Ireland.

Hope this helps.

I travelled today to US. You need your vaccinations and you need a negative test. I got mine the day before with Randox at the airport. You can pre-book a slot and get a result in an hour. They are just opposite terminal 2 short term parking entrance. I used VeriFLY and it really cut down the worry.

A friend of mine just flew over to the US in the last couple of weeks. He had Covid in November so only needed to present his recovery cert and a letter from his doctor saying he was fit to travel. He wasn’t charged anything for this letter but I’m not sure if this would be the case with all doctors? I’m going next week and need to do the same.

It states clearly on US embassy website what is required:

If you recently recovered from COVID-19, you may instead travel with documentation of recovery from COVID-19 (i.e., your positive COVID-19 viral test result on a sample taken no more than 90 days before the flight’s departure from a foreign country, and a letter from a licensed healthcare provider or a public health official stating that you were cleared to travel).

Did they charge her for letter or was it free?

Heading to the states next week, can anyone tell me if the antigen test that they do at some Boots branches is sufficient for USA entry requirements?

It's done by staff and it's not self swab.

Thanks

Edit, looks like boots test is fine

Boots antigen will be fine for US

Airline will look for name, DOB, date test result, negative result, name of tester (Boots). You,ll be fine with Boots test.