When my husband was plant engineer for a wire mill in Baker County, FL (just west of Jacksonville) he had people working for him who’d never left the county and never wanted to. One guy was told he’d have to go out of state for training, and he said he’d quit if he had to leave the county.
Some people…
I may ask my Dr about this on my next visit. I thought I had all the “usual” childhood things back in the 60s, but my mom claims I never had chicken pox. CVS has a comprehensive record of my Covid, flu, pneumonia, shingles, and RSV, easily available on line. My husband and I are booked on a 28-day cruise this June/July - I’m guessing maybe we should do this now just in case.
The chickenpox vaccination didn’t exist in the 60s (I know, because I had the exact same issue). My mom couldn’t remember whether I had ever had the disease because I’d had so many rashes as a kid (I literally had a pediatric dermatologist named Dr. Spot).
It can be hard for Russians to get a visa to EU, so I guess if the new Trumpian world order ends with Russia and USA on one side and the rest of western countries on another, there may be restrictions on American citizens too.
It can be both and probably is. Which is where I disagree with @Czarcasm - they don’t need to pretend they don’t want to leave the US because many actually don’t.
I’m in my mid 50s, so I avoided getting the MMR diseases through vaccination whereas my older siblings had at least measles. Chicken pox in 1976 sucked.
I had Chicken Pox in the early 70s but I think it was on purpose. Brother or sister got it so we were all put in a room and we all got it. Parents saw to it. A week of sick kids and done.
It’s a very clear memory for me. We went to the Holiday Inn in Grand Island New York for a few days over New Year’s Eve with family friends. About two or three days later I came down with CP. My dad came home from the office with an origami craft book.
If there is anything a 6 year old boy would love more than intricate paper folding while dealing with a high fever and uncontrollable itching, I don’t know what it is. /s
I still have my yellow card but it’s not completely up-to-date. When I first started traveling overseas (Nepal, Thailand, India) I got a bunch of shots from my company “Travel Doctor” and I kept that as a record.
Once in the EU can a given country refuse entry to a US citizen?
(I really do not know…I think once in the EU you can go anywhere without any fuss but not sure.)
Put another way, can any country that is a member of the EU (27 countries I think) individually say they refuse entry to someone from a country outside the EU?
When I was travelling from the UK to France (when the UK was still in the EU), I needed to show my Canadian passport to the French authorities at St Pancras before I could board the Chunnel. Since I wasn’t a citizen of an EU state, I didn’t have an automatic right to enter France from the UK.
Not the EU, but Schengen. Once you’re in any Schengen country, you can theoretically go to any other Schengen country without passing through border controls. The Schengen countries are similar to, but not identical to, the EU.
Britain was never part of Schengen, even when it was in the EU.
What happens at the first Schengen country that an American tries to enter? Could France deny entry to an American flying in from New York?
I understand that once you’re in the Schengen area there’s free movement, but I’m curious about the initial entry point. Is there a common set of entry requirements for the entire Schengen area, or is each Schengen country able to set its own entry criteria?
See the EU information page, particularly the section Travelling to and within the Schengen area. There is a set of common rules for who may enter. The page links to a PDF with list of countries whose citizens require a Schengen visa, and those who can enter without visa. The USA is on the second list.
There are some minor differences, but ultimately each time you present yourself for admission at any border where you do not have an absolutely right of entry, it’s up to the official at that time to admit or deny you.
Having an ESTA or a B1/B2 visa to enter the US doesn’t mean they can’t decide that they believe you will not honour the terms of entry and send you packing.
The EU was about to implement an electronic visa-lite system for darn near everyone effective Jan 2025. Which has now been delayed, probably for IT reasons, until late 2026.
Exactly how EU & Schengen interact in this case is probably some of what’s triggering delays. I could imagine some concerns driven by the issue of the OP. If/when USA-ians are en masse persona non grata in at least some EU or Schengen countries, then what?