- Joined
- May 12, 2021
Do you think it could have been possible for her if she transited through another country like the UK? I know Brexit has complicated things this side of the pond, but the UK was still open to American citizens who’d cleared a 14 day quarantine and had negative test result as far back as last summer.I know someone who is a dual US/German citizen, who went through ungodly paperwork nightmare, several canceled flights, waiting for hours at airports, needing special permissions, etc..just to enter the country with their legal American spouse.
They own a home in Germany, had been living in the USA the past decade, but she was a German passport holder with a American spouse and only after amazing efforts and weeks of paperwork were they finally able to enter Germany last year.
Our embassies are very clear - Americans cannot enter Germany. EU passport holders can, but not Americans.
The only exceptions have been emergency medical or research personnel who can be given special entry visas.
According to the German Embassy in the USA as of even today:
And this has been the case for almost a year now. Entry into Germany for Americans, unless via very special permission, is a big NO. The main exception to this rule has been if an American is legally married to a German citizen they will be allowed to enter the country with the citizen spouse.
It’s fairly easy for an EU citizen to come into the US though the ‘back door’, despite major travel bans, by quarantining in an non travel restricted country for 14 days prior to traveling to the US. I wouldn’t put it past people to sneak in to the EU in these ways if they could exploit a loophole.