*** Effective January 26, all airline passengers to the United States ages two years and older, including U.S. citizens and Lawful Permanent Residents (LPR), must provide a negative COVID-19 viral test taken within three calendar days of travel. Alternatively, travelers to the U.S. may provide documentation from a licensed health care provider of having recovered from COVID-19 …
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By U.S. Mission Switzerland | 22 March, 2021 | Topics: Business, Consular Affairs, Doing Business in the U.S., Economic Affairs, Education, English Language Learning, Family Immigration, Health Issues, Immigrant Visas, News, Non Immigrant Visas, Scholarships and Exchanges, Study in the U.S., Temporary Employment Visas, Trade, Travel & Tourism, U.S. & Switzerland, U.S. Citizen Services, Visa Waiver Program, Visas | Tags: COVID-19, Travel to the U.S., U.S. Quarantine requirments, U.S. Travel restrictions
The U.S. Embassy Bern will be closed and there will be no visa or passport services on this day: Wednesday, November 26, 2020
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By U.S. Mission Switzerland | 17 November, 2020 | Topics: Consular Affairs, embassy, Messages for U.S. Citizens, News, Visa Waiver Program, Visas | Tags: Closure Notice, thanksgiving
U.S. Embassy Bern, Switzerland Subject:Health Alert – U.S. Embassy Bern (March 20, 2020) Location:Switzerland and Liechtenstein Event: On March 19, 2020 the Department of State issued a Global Level 4 Health Alert – Do not travel The Department of State advises U.S. citizens to avoid all international travel due to the global impact of COVID-19. In countries where commercial departure options remain available, …
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By delmonicoc | 20 March, 2020 | Topics: Alert, Consular Affairs, embassy, Health Issues, Messages for U.S. Citizens, News, Non Immigrant Visas, Notification, U.S. Citizen Services, Visa Waiver Program | Tags: Coronavirus, COVID-19
The World Health Organization has determined that multiple countries within the Schengen Area are experiencing sustained person-to-person transmission of SARS CoV-2, which causes the disease COVID-19. Presidential Proclamation 9984 restricts and suspends the entry into the United States, as immigrants or nonimmigrants, of all aliens who were physically present within the Schengen Area (which includes Switzerland and Lichtenstein) …
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By U.S. Mission Switzerland | 12 March, 2020 | Topics: Consular Affairs, embassy, Health Issues, Messages for U.S. Citizens, News, Non Immigrant Visas, U.S. Citizen Services, Visa Waiver Program | Tags: Coronavirus, COVID-19
The United States began implementing changes under the Visa Waiver Program Improvement and Terrorist Travel Prevention Act of 2015 (the Act) on January 21, 2016. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) welcomes more than a million passengers arriving to the United States every day and is committed to facilitating legitimate travel while maintaining the highest …
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By U.S. Mission Switzerland | 21 January, 2016 | Topics: Press Releases, Visa Waiver Program, Visas | Tags: Visa Waiver Program