The national crisis prompted by the coronavirus illness 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak in the United States carries on to pose a grave menace to our overall health and protection. As of April 29, 2021, the United States experienced expert a lot more than 32 million confirmed COVID-19 circumstances and additional than 570,000 COVID-19 fatalities. It is the policy of my Administration to put into practice science-based mostly public well being steps, throughout all locations of the Federal Governing administration, to act quickly and aggressively to prevent further unfold of the disease.
The Facilities for Condition Manage and Avoidance (CDC), inside of the Section of Wellbeing and Human Products and services, working in near coordination with the Department of Homeland Stability, has established that the Republic of India is encountering popular, ongoing particular person-to-person transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that results in COVID-19. The Earth Well being Corporation has documented that the Republic of India has had extra than 18,375,000 verified situations of COVID-19. The magnitude and scope of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of India is surging the Republic of India accounts for above one-third of new world-wide scenarios, and the quantity of new instances in the Republic of India is accelerating at a immediate fee. There have been extra than 300,000 ordinary new day-to-day instances in the Republic of India about the earlier 7 days. A variant strain of the virus, acknowledged as B.1.617, is also circulating in the Republic of India, together with other variant strains, which includes B.1.1.7, very first detected in the United Kingdom, and B.1.351, first detected in the Republic of South Africa. The CDC advises, based mostly on work by public well being and scientific authorities, that these variants have attributes of concern, which could make them much more very easily transmitted and have the opportunity for lowered protection afforded by some vaccines.
Just after reviewing the community well being circumstance within just the Republic of India, CDC has concluded that proactive actions are needed to defend the Nation’s general public well being from tourists entering the United States from that jurisdiction.
Supplied the determination of CDC, working in close coordination with the Section of Homeland Security, described higher than, I have identified that it is in the interests of the United States to consider action to restrict and suspend the entry into the United States, as nonimmigrants, of noncitizens of the United States (“noncitizens”) who were being bodily existing in the Republic of India for the duration of the 14‑day time period preceding their entry or tried entry into the United States.
NOW, Hence, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of the United States, by the authority vested in me by the Structure and the rules of the United States of The usa, which includes sections 212(f) and 215(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. 1182(f) and 1185(a), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, hereby find that the unrestricted entry into the United States of individuals explained in part 1 of this proclamation would, other than as provided for in portion 2 of this proclamation, be harmful to the passions of the United States, and that their entry should be subject to certain limits, limitations, and exceptions. I thus hereby proclaim the adhering to:
Portion 1. Suspension and Limitation on Entry. The entry into the United States, as nonimmigrants, of noncitizens who have been physically existing within just the Republic of India for the duration of the 14-working day period of time preceding their entry or attempted entry into the United States is hereby suspended and confined matter to segment 2 of this proclamation.
Sec. 2. Scope of Suspension and Limitation on Entry.
(a) Area 1 of this proclamation shall not apply to:
(i) any lawful lasting resident of the United States
(ii) any noncitizen national of the United States
(iii) any noncitizen who is the wife or husband of a U.S. citizen or lawful long lasting resident
(iv) any noncitizen who is the guardian or legal guardian of a U.S. citizen or lawful long lasting resident, provided that the U.S. citizen or lawful long term resident is unmarried and below the age of 21
(v) any noncitizen who is the sibling of a U.S. citizen or lawful long term resident, offered that both equally are single and less than the age of 21
(vi) any noncitizen who is the boy or girl, foster youngster, or ward of a U.S. citizen or lawful lasting resident, or who is a potential adoptee trying to get to enter the United States pursuant to the IR-4 or IH-4 visa classifications
(vii) any noncitizen traveling at the invitation of the United States Govt for a purpose associated to containment or mitigation of the virus
(viii) any noncitizen touring as a nonimmigrant pursuant to a C-1, D, or C-1/D nonimmigrant visa as a crewmember or any noncitizen if not touring to the United States as air or sea crew
(ix) any noncitizen
(A) trying to find entry into or transiting the United States pursuant to one of the subsequent visas: A-1, A-2, C-2, C-3 (as a overseas federal government formal or fast relatives member of an formal), E-1 (as an personnel of TECRO or TECO or the employee’s fast loved ones customers), G-1, G-2, G-3, G-4, NATO-1 by way of NATO-4, or NATO-6 (or in search of to enter as a nonimmigrant in one of individuals NATO groups) or
(B) whose journey falls inside of the scope of area 11 of the United Nations Headquarters Agreement
(x) any noncitizen who is a member of the U.S. Armed Forces or who is a wife or husband or boy or girl of a member of the U.S. Armed Forces
(xi) any noncitizen whose entry would even further important United States legislation enforcement aims, as identified by the Secretary of Point out, the Secretary of Homeland Protection, or their respective designees, dependent on a recommendation of the Attorney Normal or his designee or
(xii) any noncitizen whose entry would be in the national interest, as decided by the Secretary of Condition, the Secretary of Homeland Stability, or their designees.
(b) Nothing in this proclamation shall be construed to impact any individual’s eligibility for asylum, withholding of elimination, or defense less than the regulations issued pursuant to the legislation implementing the Conference Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Procedure or Punishment, regular with the rules and restrictions of the United States.
Sec. 3. Implementation and Enforcement.
(a) The Secretary of Condition shall put into practice this proclamation as it applies to visas pursuant to this sort of techniques as the Secretary of Point out, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Stability, may possibly create. The Secretary of Homeland Stability shall employ this proclamation as it applies to the entry of noncitizens pursuant to this kind of processes as the Secretary of Homeland Safety, in consultation with the Secretary of Point out, may perhaps set up.
(b) The Secretary of State, the Secretary of Transportation, and the Secretary of Homeland Stability shall endeavor to make sure that any noncitizen topic to this proclamation does not board an plane traveling to the United States, to the extent permitted by legislation.
(c) The Secretary of Homeland Protection may establish requirements and treatments to assure the application of this proclamation at and involving all United States ports of entry.
(d) Where by a noncitizen circumvents the application of this proclamation by way of fraud, willful misrepresentation of a product point, or illegal entry, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall contemplate prioritizing such noncitizen for removing.
Sec. 4. Termination. This proclamation shall stay in influence right until terminated by the President. The Secretary of Wellbeing and Human Providers shall, as instances warrant and no more than 30 times soon after the date of this proclamation and by the ultimate day of just about every calendar thirty day period thereafter, endorse regardless of whether the President ought to proceed, modify, or terminate this proclamation.
Sec. 5. Effective Day. This proclamation is helpful at 12:01 a.m. jap daylight time on Might 4, 2021. This proclamation does not utilize to individuals aboard a flight scheduled to arrive in the United States that departed prior to 12:01 a.m. japanese daylight time on May 4, 2021.
Sec. 6. Severability. It is the policy of the United States to implement this proclamation to the utmost extent attainable to progress the national stability, community protection, and foreign plan pursuits of the United States. Appropriately:
(a) if any provision of this proclamation, or the software of any provision to any human being or circumstance, is held to be invalid, the remainder of this proclamation and the application of its provisions to any other persons or conditions shall not be impacted thus and
(b) if any provision of this proclamation, or the application of any provision to any person or circumstance, is held to be invalid since of the lack of certain procedural necessities, the appropriate government branch officers shall put into practice those people procedural demands to conform with current legislation and with any relevant courtroom orders.
Sec. 7. Basic Provisions.
(a) Very little in this proclamation shall be construed to impair or in any other case impact:
(i) the authority granted by legislation to an executive department or agency, or the head thereof or
(ii) the capabilities of the Director of the Business office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This proclamation shall be carried out constant with applicable regulation and issue to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This proclamation is not meant to, and does not, produce any ideal or reward, substantive or procedural, enforceable at legislation or in fairness by any get together against the United States, its departments, organizations, or entities, its officers, employees, or brokers, or any other particular person.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirtieth working day of April, in the calendar year of our Lord two thousand twenty-1, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-fifth.
JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR.
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