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COVID-1984EVER: TSA Quietly

Extends COVID-19 Vaccine
Requirement to Enter US –
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By Caden Pearson | Jan. 4th, 2023 Send to Kindle

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has quietly extended the

requirement for visitors to the United States to have proof of COVID-19
vaccination.

The United States is the only Western country and one of the few remaining
countries worldwide to require such proof of entry.

The latest TSA security directive (pdf ) is effective from Jan. 9 to April 10, 2023.

It requires foreign aircraft operators to require each non-U.S., nonimmigrant

citizen to present paper or digital documentation for “proof of being fully
vaccinated against COVID-19,” or documentation proving the person is excepted
from taking the vaccine, before boarding a flight to the United States.

A “nonimmigrant” is someone who is not a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, lawful

permanent resident, or is visiting the United States on an immigrant visa.

Being fully vaccinated, according to the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), involves having received an accepted single-dose vaccination
or a second dose of an accepted 2-dose series at least 14 days ago. There is no
need for a booster dose to achieve the criterion.
President Joe Biden issued a proclamation on Oct. 25, 2021, to adopt an
air travel policy that “relies primarily on vaccination as an added tool” to its
strategy to resume air travel to the United States as the world began lifting travel
restrictions.

The proclamation replaced a previous country-by-country approach for COVID-

19-related air travel restrictions.

The CDC issued an order on Oct. 25, 2021, with revisions on Oct. 30, 2021, and
April 14, 2022, offering directions on how to implement the president’s
proclamation. The proclamation also requires the Department of Homeland
Security to ensure that noncitizens excluded from entry are not allowed to board
an aircraft bound for the United States.

The security directive is the latest in a string of orders largely matching that of
the previous TSA security directives that were made effective for 12 months
starting Nov. 8, 2021, (pdf ); that directive was then replaced by another from
Nov. 9, 2022, until Jan. 8 (pdf ).

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