Biden Administration: Required Proof of Vaccination for Travel
Practice Alert: Biden Administration Plans to Rescind COVID-19 Travel Bans and Instead Required Proof of Vaccination
AILA Doc. No. 21092014 | Dated October 11, 2021
October 11, 2021
On October 11, 2021 it was confirmed via a CDC spokesperson that only vaccines that are approved or authorized by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or listed for emergency use by World Health Organization (WHO) will be accepted for international travelers seeking to travel to the United States.
As of the date of this update, the accepted vaccines are as follows:
FDA Authorized/Approved: Moderna, Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer-BioNTech
WHO Approved: Moderna, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer-BioNTech, Oxford-AstraZeneca/Covishield, Sinopharm, and Sinovac.
While much is not yet known about the implementation of the administration’s new travel requirements, it appears that as vaccines are added to the approved/authorized list by either the FDA or WHO, it will subsequently be accepted for international travelers. AILA will continue to provide additional updates on the implementation of these new requirements.