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A PROCLAMATION ON SUSPENSION OF ENTRY AS IMMIGRANTS AND NONIMMIGRANTS OF CERTAIN
ADDITIONAL PERSONS WHO POSE A RISK OF TRANSMITTING CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019

November 26, 2021 • Presidential Actions

The national emergency caused by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
outbreak in the United States continues to pose a grave threat to our health and
security.  As of November 26, 2021, the United States has experienced more than
47 million confirmed COVID-19 cases and more than 773,000 COVID-19 deaths.  It
is the policy of my Administration to implement science-based public health
measures, across all areas of the Federal Government, to act swiftly and
aggressively to prevent further spread of the disease.

On November 24, 2021, the Republic of South Africa informed the World Health
Organization (WHO) of a new B.1.1.529 (Omicron) variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus
that causes COVID-19, that was detected in that country.  On November 26, 2021,
the WHO Technical Advisory Group on SARS-CoV-2 Virus Evolution announced that
B.1.1.529 constitutes a variant of concern.  While new information is still
emerging, the profile of B.1.1.529 includes multiple mutations across the
SARS-CoV-2 genome, some of which are concerning.  According to the WHO,
preliminary evidence suggests an increased risk of reinfection with this
variant, as compared to other variants of concern.  Further, the WHO reports
that the number of cases of this variant appears to be increasing in almost all
provinces in the Republic of South Africa.  Based on these developments, and in
light of the extensive cross-border transit and proximity in Southern Africa,
the detection of B.1.1.529 cases in some Southern African countries, and the
lack of widespread genomic sequencing in Southern Africa, the United States
Government, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),
within the Department of Health and Human Services, has reexamined its policies
on international travel and concluded that further measures are required to
protect the public health from travelers entering the United States from the
Republic of Botswana, the Kingdom of Eswatini, the Kingdom of Lesotho, the
Republic of Malawi, the Republic of Mozambique, the Republic of Namibia, the
Republic of South Africa, and the Republic of Zimbabwe.  In addition to these
travel restrictions, the CDC shall implement other mitigation measures for
travelers departing from the countries listed above and destined for the United
States, as needed.

Given the recommendation of the CDC, working in close coordination with the
Department of Homeland Security, described above, I have determined that it is
in the interests of the United States to take action to suspend and restrict the
entry into the United States, as immigrants and nonimmigrants, of noncitizens of
the United States (“noncitizens”) who were physically present within the
Republic of Botswana, the Kingdom of Eswatini, the Kingdom of Lesotho, the
Republic of Malawi, the Republic of Mozambique, the Republic of Namibia, the
Republic of South Africa, and the Republic of Zimbabwe during the 14-day period
preceding their entry or attempted entry into the United States.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of the United States, by the
authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, including 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 persons
described in section 1 of this proclamation would, except as provided for in
section 2 of this proclamation, be detrimental to the interests of the
United States, and that their entry should be subject to certain restrictions,
limitations, and exceptions.  I therefore hereby proclaim the following:

     Section 1.  Suspension and Limitation on Entry.  The entry into the United
States, as immigrants or nonimmigrants, of noncitizens who were physically
present within the Republic of Botswana, the Kingdom of Eswatini, the Kingdom of
Lesotho, the Republic of Malawi, the Republic of Mozambique, the Republic of
Namibia, the Republic of South Africa, and the Republic of Zimbabwe during the
14-day period preceding their entry or attempted entry into the United States is
hereby suspended and limited subject to section 2 of this proclamation.    

     Sec. 2.  Scope of Suspension and Limitation on Entry. 
          (a)  Section 1 of this proclamation shall not apply to:
               (i)     any lawful permanent resident of the United States;
               (ii)    any noncitizen national of the United States;
               (iii)   any noncitizen who is the spouse of a U.S. citizen or
lawful permanent resident;
               (iv)    any noncitizen who is the parent or legal guardian of a
U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident, provided that the U.S. citizen or
lawful permanent resident is unmarried and under the age of 21;
               (v)     any noncitizen who is the sibling of a U.S. citizen or
lawful permanent resident, provided that both are unmarried and under the age of
21;
               (vi)    any noncitizen who is the child, foster child, or ward of
a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident, or who is a prospective adoptee
seeking 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 Government for a purpose related to containment or mitigation of the
virus;
               (viii)  any noncitizen traveling as a nonimmigrant pursuant to a
C-1, D, or C-1/D nonimmigrant visa as a crewmember or any noncitizen otherwise
traveling to the United States as air or sea crew;
               (ix)    any noncitizen
                    (A)  seeking entry into or transiting the United States
pursuant to one of the following visas:  A-1, A-2, C-2, C-3 (as a foreign
government official or immediate family member of an official), E-1 (as an
employee of TECRO or TECO or the employee’s immediate family members), G-1, G-2,
G-3, G-4, NATO-1 through NATO-4, or NATO-6 (or seeking to enter as a
nonimmigrant in one of those NATO categories); or
                    (B)  whose travel falls within the scope of section 11 of
the United Nations Headquarters Agreement;
               (x)     any noncitizen who is a member of the U.S. Armed Forces
or who is a spouse or child of a member of the U.S. Armed Forces;
               (xi)    any noncitizen whose entry would further important United
States law enforcement objectives, as determined by the Secretary of State, the
Secretary of Homeland Security, or their respective designees, based on a
recommendation of the Attorney General or his designee; or
               (xii)   any noncitizen or group of noncitizens whose entry would
be in the national interest, as determined by the Secretary of State, the
Secretary of Homeland Security, or their designees.
          (b)  Nothing in this proclamation shall be construed to affect any
individual’s eligibility for asylum, withholding of removal, or protection under
the regulations issued pursuant to the legislation implementing the Convention
Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment,
consistent with the laws and regulations of the United States.

     Sec. 3.  Implementation and Enforcement.  (a)  The Secretary of State shall
implement this proclamation as it applies to visas pursuant to such procedures
as the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland
Security, may establish.  The Secretary of Homeland Security shall implement
this proclamation as it applies to the entry of noncitizens pursuant to such
procedures as the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the
Secretary of State, may establish.
          (b)  The Secretary of State, the Secretary of Transportation, and the
Secretary of Homeland Security shall endeavor to ensure that any noncitizen
subject to this proclamation does not board an aircraft traveling to
the United States, to the extent permitted by law.
          (c)  The Secretary of Homeland Security may establish standards and
procedures to ensure the application of this proclamation at and between all
United States ports of entry.
          (d)  Where a noncitizen circumvents the application of
this proclamation through fraud, willful misrepresentation of a material fact,
or illegal entry, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall consider prioritizing
such noncitizen for removal.

     Sec. 4.  Relationship to Other Suspensions, Limitations, or Restrictions on
Entry.  Individuals described in section 2 of this proclamation may nevertheless
be subject to an entry suspension, limitation, or restriction under Proclamation
10294 of October 25, 2021 (Advancing the Safe Resumption of Global Travel During
the COVID-⁠19 Pandemic).  Nothing in this proclamation shall be construed to
affect any other suspension, limitation, or restriction on entry.

     Sec. 5.  Termination.  This proclamation shall remain in effect until
terminated by the President.  The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall,
as circumstances warrant and no more than 30 days after the date of this
proclamation and by the final day of each calendar month thereafter, recommend
whether the President should continue, modify, or terminate this proclamation.

     Sec. 6.  Effective Date.  This proclamation is effective at 12:01 a.m.
eastern standard time on November 29, 2021.  This proclamation does not apply to
persons aboard a flight scheduled to arrive in the United States that departed
prior to 12:01 a.m. eastern standard time on November 29, 2021.

     Sec. 7.  Severability.  It is the policy of the United States to enforce
this proclamation to the maximum extent possible to advance the national
security, public safety, and foreign policy interests of the United States. 
Accordingly, if any provision of this proclamation, or the application of any
provision to any person or circumstance, is held to be invalid, the remainder of
this proclamation and the application of its provisions to any other persons or
circumstances shall not be affected thereby.

     Sec. 8.  General Provisions.  (a)  Nothing in this proclamation shall be
construed to impair or otherwise affect:
          (i)   the authority granted by law to an executive department or
agency, or the head thereof; or
          (ii)  the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and
Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
               (b)  This proclamation shall be implemented consistent
with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
               (c)  This proclamation is not intended to, and does not, create
any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity
by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities,
its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-sixth day of
November, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-one, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-sixth.

                               JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR.

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