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"So far, Portugal, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Germany, France and the U.K. have all issued new travel guidance for those wishing to travel to the U.S."

"So far, Portugal, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Germany, France and the U.K. have all issued new travel guidance for those wishing to travel to the U.S." https://www.newsweek.com/portugal-issues-travel-warning-us-2051891 https://www.newsweek.com/portugal-issues-travel-warning-us-2...

wizzwizz4 2y ago
The UK has updated its "Entry requirements" page, but not its "Warnings and insurance" section: https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/usa https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/usa Last I checked, Germany's advice was similar (i.e., not a general warning); and from the article, it doesn't look like Portugal's advice is a Travel Warning either. There's a difference between making information available, and providing warnings.
- johannes1234321 2y ago
  > Last I checked, Germany's advice was similar What changed is that they made the text clearer, that ESTA approval doesn't guarantee entry and decision is made by the border officer and adding a note that wrong information may lead to incarceration. Those notes weren't "needed" before as that was rare, while theoretically the rules were the same, but seem to be handled stricter now. This is still far from a "proper" travel warning. https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/service/laender/usa-node/usavereinigtestaatensicherheit-201382?isLocal=false&isPreview=false https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/service/laender/usa-node/...
jeroenhd 2y ago
Because it's easiest to check, I looked up https://www.ireland.ie/en/dfa/overseas-travel/advice/united-states-of-america/ https://www.ireland.ie/en/dfa/overseas-travel/advice/united-... but this doesn't seem nearly as severe as Newsweek makes it seem. It's absolute lunacy that western governments are giving out negative travel advice against the US at all, but I've noticed Newsweek seems to have an agenda on this topic.
- threeseed 2y ago
  > It's absolute lunacy that western governments are giving out negative travel advice against the US at all We've had multiple examples in the last few weeks of Australians being detained and having phones/laptops searched for no legitimate reason e.g. https://www.smh.com.au/traveller/travel-news/an-australian-was-denied-us-entry-for-bizarre-reasons-he-s-not-alone-20250403-p5lov8.html?js-chunk-not-found-refresh=true https://www.smh.com.au/traveller/travel-news/an-australian-w...

wizzwizz4 2y ago

The UK has updated its "Entry requirements" page, but not its "Warnings and insurance" section: https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/usa https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/usa Last I checked, Germany's advice was similar (i.e., not a general warning); and from the article, it doesn't look like Portugal's advice is a Travel Warning either. There's a difference between making information available, and providing warnings.

johannes1234321 2y ago
> Last I checked, Germany's advice was similar What changed is that they made the text clearer, that ESTA approval doesn't guarantee entry and decision is made by the border officer and adding a note that wrong information may lead to incarceration. Those notes weren't "needed" before as that was rare, while theoretically the rules were the same, but seem to be handled stricter now. This is still far from a "proper" travel warning. https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/service/laender/usa-node/usavereinigtestaatensicherheit-201382?isLocal=false&isPreview=false https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/service/laender/usa-node/...

jeroenhd 2y ago

Because it's easiest to check, I looked up https://www.ireland.ie/en/dfa/overseas-travel/advice/united-states-of-america/ https://www.ireland.ie/en/dfa/overseas-travel/advice/united-... but this doesn't seem nearly as severe as Newsweek makes it seem. It's absolute lunacy that western governments are giving out negative travel advice against the US at all, but I've noticed Newsweek seems to have an agenda on this topic.

threeseed 2y ago
> It's absolute lunacy that western governments are giving out negative travel advice against the US at all We've had multiple examples in the last few weeks of Australians being detained and having phones/laptops searched for no legitimate reason e.g. https://www.smh.com.au/traveller/travel-news/an-australian-was-denied-us-entry-for-bizarre-reasons-he-s-not-alone-20250403-p5lov8.html?js-chunk-not-found-refresh=true https://www.smh.com.au/traveller/travel-news/an-australian-w...