Traveller Attestation for travel to the US

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#302122 31-Oct-2022 10:26

We are traveling to the US next week with Air NZ. According to a US government website, we need to provide a signed attestation that we are fully vaccinated against Covid19. Their website provides the blank form that is required. Airlines are required to collect this at check-in.

There no way to find out how this is done - do Air NZ supply the form or are we required to print it and take it with us, or what. Anyone recently done this who can comment? Do Air NZ actually collect the signed pieces of paper? No biggie but I'm interested to know how it works.

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#2989891 31-Oct-2022 10:41

"Latest U.S. Travel Updates

*** As of 12:01 a.m. EDT June 12, 2022, the CDC order requiring all persons aged two and above to show a negative COVID-19 test result or documentation of recovery from COVID-19 before boarding a flight to the United States is rescinded."

https://nz.usembassy.gov/covid-19-information/#:~:text=Latest%20U.S.%20Travel%20Updates,-June%2012th%2C%202022&text=%2Dtest.html.-,***%20As%20of%2012%3A01%20a.m.%20EDT%20June%2012%2C%202022,the%20United%20States%20is%20rescinded

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#2989895 31-Oct-2022 10:58

@gehenna Many thanks - much appreciated. I spent a long time looking for/at/around all this but didn't see that.

What mislead me is that Air NZ's website says it's still required. There's also US govt sites that indicate it's still a thing.

https://www.airnewzealand.co.nz/travel-requirements-north-america

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#2989949 31-Oct-2022 11:17

Interestingly that link you dropped has the attestation listed separately from the negative test/documentation of recovery. You'll want to contact the embassy for detail.

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#2989950 31-Oct-2022 11:18

The form you linked seems pretty clear also https://www.cdc.gov/quarantine/pdf/Proof-of-COVID-19-Vaccination-For-Noncitizen-Nonimmigrants-Passenger-Disclosure-and-Attestation.pdf

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#2989957 31-Oct-2022 11:26

The attestation form was still required when I travelled to the USA at the end of September. If you check-in at one of the kiosks, you can do it by clicking a couple of check boxes on the screen as part of the check-in process. If you check-in at a counter then you will need the paper form, and they can provide them if needed.

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#2989989 31-Oct-2022 12:26

We downloaded and signed the attestation for our trip to San Francisco two weeks ago.

At border control they didn't ask for it and when I offered, they waved it away...

Make of that what you will!

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#2990276 31-Oct-2022 20:11

What I make of this:

(a) “Beginning June 12th 2022 air passengers will not need to show a negative COVID-19 test result or show documentation of recovery from COVID-19 before boarding a flight to the United States.” (US govt CDC)

However:

(b) It appears that the Traveller Attestation is still required at check-in - a simple one-line sentence saying “I attest that I am fully vaccinated against COVID-19” - no test, proof or other supporting documentation required.

Anecdotally maybe it’s not necessarily being enforced by airlines, even though CDC puts the responsibility on them.

There’s a distinction between a and b.

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#2990289 31-Oct-2022 20:44

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We downloaded and signed the attestation for our trip to San Francisco two weeks ago.

At border control they didn't ask for it and when I offered, they waved it away...

Make of that what you will!

Border control in which country - leaving NZ or entering US? The ‘rule’ says it’s to be done by the airline at check-in - not at a border, so it’s not surprising no-one at a border was interested.

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#2990293 31-Oct-2022 20:56

When we checked in at Wellington (WLG-AKL-LAX) the person helping with the checkins collected our paper forms. That’s was it. Not sure if they do anything with them. This was back in June.

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#2990294 31-Oct-2022 20:58

tchart: When we checked in at Wellington (WLG-AKL-LAX) the person helping with the checkins collected our paper forms. That’s was it. Not sure if they do anything with them. This was back in June.

Did you print them and take them with you - or were the forms provided?

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#2990467 1-Nov-2022 08:50

I flew through the US last week. You don't need to print anything for checkin nor for US customs.

If you go via the automated checkin kiosk as someone above has already mentioned, then you just tick a few options on the screen and that is it.
If you go to a checkin with a human, they won't take your printed at home document, you will have to sign their form (This happened to me a few months ago)

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#2990470 1-Nov-2022 08:59

eracode:

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We downloaded and signed the attestation for our trip to San Francisco two weeks ago.

At border control they didn't ask for it and when I offered, they waved it away...

Make of that what you will!

Border control in which country - leaving NZ or entering US? The ‘rule’ says it’s to be done by the airline at check-in - not at a border, so it’s not surprising no-one at a border was interested.

No one asked for it at any point! Not the airline (ANZ) nor anyone else

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#2990529 1-Nov-2022 11:26

eracode:

Did you print them and take them with you - or were the forms provided?

Sorry just saw this now. Yes printed and signed them (there were 4 of us). Handed to the checkin helper - I cant recall if they asked for them or we just gave them to her but something prompted them to come over to the kiosk.