USA restricts travel from Europe's Schengen area

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Can you imagine the immigration queues into the USA after Friday with all the questions they will have to ask
 
I think airport transit hotels could end up very busy if there are more bans. Someone may leave country A on the way to country C and change planes in country B and then find they can't go forward to C or back to A.
 
VPS said:
Can you imagine the immigration queues into the USA after Friday with all the questions they will have to ask
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The immigration queues will probably be much shorter with a lot less travellers. The first line of defence will be people cancelling or deferring travel. The second line will be at the checkin desk. That should weed out significant numbers who haven’t heard the news. Then the third line is immigration.
 
SydneySwan said:
Do Australians get passport stamps when entering and exiting the Schengen area?
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Yes they do. And apparently it specified that the ban applies to anyone who has been in the EU's Schengen border-free area within 14 days prior to their arrival in the US.
 
SydneySwan said:
Officer. Have you been to Europe in the past 14 days?
Traveller. How do you define Europe exactly?
Officer. Call security - we have a troublemaker here.
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That would be me. I get details like that muddled up when I'm stressed. Even at the Exit interview in Australia to go to the US I don't know it was coming and damned if I could remember the cruise line we were cruising on.
 
dajop said:
Applies to anyone who is not a Citizen or Resident of the US who has been inside Schengen area in the previous 14 days.
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That seems clear now but it is going to be difficult to police. UK passport holders going in / out Schengen will have no evidence in their passport. They may even live inside Schengen but their passport won;t demonstrate this. If they fly to US from UK how are the Yanks going to know?
 
SydneySwan said:
That seems clear now but it is going to be difficult to police. UK passport holders going in / out Schengen will have no evidence in their passport. They may even live inside Schengen but their passport won;t demonstrate this. If they fly to US from UK how are the Yanks going to know?
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They won't and can't. Will be self declared honesty system and you know.....

US is over, he ignored it for too long.
 
jakeseven7 said:
They won't and can't. Will be self declared honesty system and you know.....
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Whilst this will happen probably two things that may mitigate this:
1) you don't @*&#( around with US immigration, and it is an offense to lie on an immigration form. Unless you want to risk severely curtailing your future rights to travel to the country if you get caught out.
2) the spectre of getting sick in a country where a couple of days in hospital could set you back $100K.
 
dajop said:
Whilst this will happen probably two things that may mitigate this:
1) you don't @*&#( around with US immigration, and it is an offense to lie on an immigration form. Unless you want to risk severely curtailing your future rights to travel to the country if you get caught out.
2) the spectre of getting sick in a country where a couple of days in hospital could set you back $100K.
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My bet/opinion is its already widespread in the US anyway they just were far too slow to recognise the threat
 
jakeseven7 said:
My bet/opinion is its already widespread in the US anyway they just were far too slow to recognise the threat
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Just like Indonesia. The UK lady who died yesterday - Jakarta did not tell Bali medical people it was Covid. Bali can't do its own tests and they are sent to the capital.
 
disruptivedolphin said:
What's the source for this?
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www.abc.net.au

PM moves to reassure Australians about coronavirus in national address — as it happened

Scott Morrison delivers his first televised national address as Prime Minister as the Federal Government tries to handle the coronavirus pandemic. Look back at how the day unfolded in our blog.
www.abc.net.au www.abc.net.au
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Pushka said:
www.news.com.au

Australia considering Europe travel ban

Australia is considering a travel ban on all of Europe.
www.news.com.au www.news.com.au
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Ugh get nonews off our pristine AFF board :)
 
jakeseven7 said:
www.abc.net.au

PM moves to reassure Australians about coronavirus in national address — as it happened

Scott Morrison delivers his first televised national address as Prime Minister as the Federal Government tries to handle the coronavirus pandemic. Look back at how the day unfolded in our blog.
www.abc.net.au www.abc.net.au
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Ugh get nonews off our pristine AFF board :)
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Is it wrong though? It's actually easier to read that story off the news website. ABC is a mass of mixed news
 
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For the rumor mill, vets being put on notice for recall to active duty. Maybe to support National Guard?


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