Flying to the US May 2021

ReturningForY · 12-02-2021 5:27pm

ceadaoin. wrote: »

Despite being asked how he was getting in and told that he needed permission from the embassy he said it would be grand. Unsurprisingly he was denied boarding.

Ouch. I wonder if that counts as refusal-of-admission and makes them ineligible for ESTA...

> Have you ever been denied a U.S. visa you applied for with your current or previous passport, or have you ever been refused admission to the United States or withdrawn your application for admission at a U.S. port of entry?

Atlantic Dawn · 12-02-2021 5:37pm

channelsurfer2 wrote: »

any guesses on when it will re-open for europeans?

Biden said he hopes to have 100 million people vaccinated in his first 100 days in office so allowing for some slippage they should have enough done by September/October to hit around 80% of the population which is benchmark to open up. If I had to guess I'd say October, I'd be more worried about not being able to travel outbound from Ireland.

Mongfinder General · 12-02-2021 6:51pm

ReturningForY wrote: »

Ouch. I wonder if that counts as refusal-of-admission and makes them ineligible for ESTA...

> Have you ever been denied a U.S. visa you applied for with your current or previous passport, or have you ever been refused admission to the United States or withdrawn your application for admission at a U.S. port of entry?

I’m not sure it makes him ineligible but you can almost guarantee that he’ll be subject to further scrutiny every time he goes through immigration. That could be anything from a couple of questions at the immigration desk to a couple of hours in a room with immigration officers.

circular flexing · 16-02-2021 9:15pm

Mongfinder General wrote: »

I’m not sure it makes him ineligible but you can almost guarantee that he’ll be subject to further scrutiny every time he goes through immigration. That could be anything from a couple of questions at the immigration desk to a couple of hours in a room with immigration officers.

There probably won't be any further consequences. As I understand it, they cancel your ESTA when you try to check in, so that would prevent any traveler from checking in which means they won't get anywhere near the CBP area.

Fathom · 16-02-2021 9:38pm

surfer, Best guess today. Travel between US and Ireland opens up sometime after mid-summer. More than likely autumn.

lonestargirl · 17-02-2021 11:49am

circular flexing wrote: »

There probably won't be any further consequences. As I understand it, they cancel your ESTA when you try to check in, so that would prevent any traveler from checking in which means they won't get anywhere near the CBP area.

There are still categories of people who can travel on an ESTA within the proclamation (I did so in December with no issue). I did notice a big difference between the way over and back. We landed in JFK and just walked off the plane, when we were leaving there were US army meeting all arrivals (including domestic) with the COVID forms where you had to fill out where you were quarantining etc.

Fathom · 25-02-2021 10:31pm

Seth Meyers did a COVID "Closer Look" this week. Herd immunity in USA was all over the place. From April to Christmas. Depending whom you asked. The point? Nobody knows yet when travel to America will be safe and practical.

ReturningForY · 04-03-2021 2:59am

The US federal government is now saying there will now be enough vaccine doses for everyone in the US by the end of May!

Traveling in May sounds uncertain but by, say, August, I think travel will be back to normalish.

Fathom · 04-03-2021 10:28pm

ReturningForY wrote: »

The US federal government is now saying there will now be enough vaccine doses for everyone in the US by the end of May!

Need to convince the anti-vaxxers.

ReturningForY wrote: »

Traveling in May sounds uncertain but by, say, August, I think travel will be back to normalish.

A possibility.

ReturningForY · 05-03-2021 1:40am

Fathom wrote: »

Need to convince the anti-vaxxers.

The anti-vaxxers are less than 10% of the population and are not needed for herd immunity IMO.

The "vaccine hesitant" group is larger, but I think most of these people will end up taking it.

nocoverart · 05-03-2021 1:49am

Coybig_ wrote: »

USA is literally seeing drastic reductions in COVID cases, as they are rapidly progressing through their vaccination programme. Hospitalisations are reducing, numbers vaccinated are increasing and states are beginning to open up again.

By June the situation is shaping up to look amazing over there. The situation is the opposite of how you are presenting it.

America was always very succeptible to COVID because they have over 40 percent of their population classed as obese ergo they had more vulnerable people than any other country in the world.

100% correct! Don’t know where Boards got that “Moderator” the bargain bin of the January transfer window I take it.

Fathom · 10-03-2021 10:03pm

nocoverart wrote: »

Don’t know where Boards got that “Moderator” the bargain bin of the January transfer window I take it.

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Flying to the US May 2021

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