To limit the spread of the coronavirus, the United States has
entered into joint initiatives with Canada and Mexico to
temporarily close its northern and southern borders for all
nonessential travel, effective March 21, 2020, for a 30-day period.
Essential commercial activity will not be impacted.
What Travel Is Restricted?
Only nonessential travel across the United States' Canadian
and Mexican borders is restricted temporarily.
"Nonessential" travel includes travel that is considered
tourism or recreational in nature―such as sightseeing,
recreation, gambling or attending cultural events. At this time,
the border closure measure does not apply to air, freight rail or
sea travel between the United States and Mexico, but does apply to
passenger rail and ferry travel between the United States and
Mexico.
