Since the emergence of two new, more contagious, strains of the Covid-19 virus France has enacted several measures to tighten its border controls.
There is now essentially a two-speed system in place – for those travelling from within the EU and those entering from outside the Bloc.
Travel rules are based on where you are travelling from, not what passport you hold, so a German national travelling from the USA would fall under the non-EU rules, likewise an American coming from Belgium would be covered by the EU rules.
Outside the EU
- Citizens of an EU country or non-EU citizens who are permanent residents of an EU country and need to come home
- Healthcare workers engaged in crucial work on the coronavirus crisis
- Frontier workers and in some circumstances seasonal workers
- Delivery drivers
- Diplomats, humanitarian or aid workers
- Passengers in transit
- Passengers travelling for imperative family reasons
- Persons in need of international protection or for other humanitarian reasons
- Third country nationals travelling for the purpose of study
- Highly qualified third-country workers IF their employment is essential from an economic perspective and cannot be postponed or performed abroad
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