The Biden Administration announced late Tuesday to ease travel restrictions for fully vaccinated visitors and have appropriate documentation to enter the United States via land and ferry ports of entry (POEs) across the U.S. border from Canada and Mexico from early November.
From early next month, fully vaccinated visitors traveling for nonessential reasons, like visiting friends or for tourism, will be allowed to cross U.S. land borders.
Restrictions will be lifted in November, although an exact start date hasn’t been announced.
The U.S. borders have been shut to all but essential travel since March of last year.
The White House also announced last month it will no longer prohibit fully vaccinated foreign visitors from entering the country on U.S.-bound flights from early November.
“In alignment with the new international air travel system that will be implemented in November, we will begin allowing travelers from Mexico and Canada who are fully vaccinated for COVID-19 to enter the United States for non-essential purposes, including to visit friends and family or for tourism, via land and ferry border crossings,” Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said in a statement.
“Cross-border travel creates significant economic activity in our border communities and benefits our broader economy. We are pleased to be taking steps to resume regular travel in a safe and sustainable manner,” he added.
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