Toronto: Canada on Monday lifts its prohibition on Americans who cross the border to shop, vacation, or visit, but the United States keeps a similar limit for Canadians, part of the wavy return from the prohibition of Covid-19 travel.
US citizens and legal remains must be fully vaccinated and tested negatively for Covid-19 within three days to deliver one of the longest and busiest land borders in the world.
Tourists also have to fill in the detailed application on the Arrivecan application before crossing.
Even though travelers must register, the Canadian border service body will not say how many people they expect to enter Canada to reopen.
But tourists must plan possible additional processing time on the border.
“CBSA will not compromise the health and safety of Canadian people for time waiting for the border,” Rebecca Purdy’s agency spokesman said in a statement.
While the Canadian border service body won’t say how many people are expected, Garnet Health, an Essex-based company, Vermont who offers Covid-19 testing the same day, has seen the number of tests made more than three times in the last few weeks .
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The increase coincided with the Canadian decision last month to drop two-week quarantine requirements for its citizens when they returned home from the US “I imagined that the border was opened, we would see many people,” said Chelsea Sweeney, the company.
Business Development Director.
The A.-Canadian border has been closed for a trip that is not important since March 2020 to try to slow down the spread of Coronavirus.
The A.S.
said he would extend his closure to all Canadians who traveled unhappy to at least August 21, which also applies to the Mexican border.
But the Biden government began to plan to reopen gradually.
The main requirement is that almost all foreign visitors to the US must be vaccinated against the Coronavirus.
But Canadians are not waiting for reciprocal rules.
Joel Villanueva, owner Primo’s Mexican Grill at White Rock, British Columbia, about 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) north of the border A.S., more than ready for Americans back.
“Let’s finish this,” he said.
“Many of our customers come from the United States, and we really are a few minutes from across the border.
We welcome our Americans, and we depend on their foot traffic.” Villanueva said he supports people who come who are fully vaccinated and don’t think there will be a rush of Americans at first.
But if the restaurant and dozens of other people along the sea can fill several tables with US visitors every day for the rest of the summer, it will be a big financial encouragement, he said.
Near the border in the state of Washington, the member of the Commerce Board Board Body Carroll Solomon calls it reopen steps in the right direction for business.
But he also said it was somewhat concerned because of the increase in the Covid-19 national case as a very contagious spread of delta variants.
“For people who need to wake up there (to Canada) for family reasons, it’s amazing,” Solomon said, who also volunteered at the Blaine visitor information center.
With all the hoop people need to jump through – fully vaccinated, tested for Covid-19 and upload the information to the application – he doesn’t think that people will go to Canada during a day trip.
“I have many friends on the Canadian side and want to go lunch with someone, but you can’t do it; you have to plan the previous day to make sure you can pass,” Solomon said.
This will be an event for the Blaine area when Canadians can go down regularly, he said.
As far back to the United States from Canada, US customs and spokesman for border protection Jason Givens said there was no requirement to show evidence of vaccination or a negative Covid-19 test.
“CBP officers have processed important trips throughout the pandemic and remains ready and able to process American citizens and permanent residents who returned from Canada,” Givens said via email.
Steve Blake, who lives in Stanstead, Quebec, right across the border from the Derby Line, Vermont, hopes his brother who lives in the United States will be able to immediately visit Canada so they can hold a warning service for their mother who died at first 2020, just before the pandemic Close the border.
But considering the requirements, he did not know how fast it would happen.
“I want it faster than later,” he said.
Canada began to allow US citizens who were vaccinated to visit again
