Canadian Citizen with US LPR crossing Buffalo boarder to the US

[newday 2]

I am a Canadian citizen currently in Canada but with a US green card. I intend to cross the boarders by car at one of buffalo/Niagara falls  crossing ports. My trip will be to do some business for two hours and then return back to Canada. Will I be required to quarantine in Buffalo NY for 14 days before I am allowed to cross the boarders back to Canada? because I heard that NY require 14 days quarantine.

Will I be required after this 2 hours visit to Buffalo/USA to quarantine for 14 days after crossing the boarders back to Canada?

[Lucky2Lucky 2,526]

You will be required to quarantine once you arrive back to Canada for 14 days. For the other question I do not know. You can’t conduct this business via zoom?

[JeanneAdil 6,201]

For now, only essential cross-border travel is permitted. Essential travel is allowed for returning U.S. citizens, people traveling for educational or medical purposes, individuals involved in emergency or government response, cargo drivers and other "lawful cross-border trade" and military service members. 

[newday 2]

55 minutes ago, Luckycuds said:

You will be required to quarantine once you arrive back to Canada for 14 days. For the other question I do not know. You can’t conduct this business via zoom?

Thanks. Original documents must be shown so Zoom is will not help. If there is a 14 days quarantine requirements in Buffalo New York then I might just cancel  the trip. Can someone tell if there is 14 days quarantine requirements in Buffalo New York??

[Lemonslice 4,555]

Any way to send your documents by courier, or get someone to represent you?

 

Quarantine will be required for sure when you return to Canada.

 

New York State guidance is here: https://coronavirus.health.ny.gov/home

 

 

 

[newday 2]

1 hour ago, Lemonslice said:

Any way to send your documents by courier, or get someone to represent you?

 

Quarantine will be required for sure when you return to Canada.

Thank you. No way its important document that I have to take with me and I can't risk it with a courier. I believe that I will be quarantined for 14 days in Canada which I don't mind. I will call the US boarders port to verify if I will be required to stay quarantined in Buffalo for 14 days before I can come back. This is very confusing and mind draining. 

[newday 2]

3 hours ago, JeanneAdil said:

For now, only essential cross-border travel is permitted. Essential travel is allowed for returning U.S. citizens, people traveling for educational or medical purposes, individuals involved in emergency or government response, cargo drivers and other "lawful cross-border trade" and military service members. 

Thank you. I think that both U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents are exempted. This is what I understand from the document. May be I am wrong I don't know

https://ca.usembassy.gov/travel-restrictions-fact-sheet/

[Sarismercadouribe 9]

You dont need to quarantine when you enter NY, you only have to quarantine when you enter Canada. 

[newday 2]

1 hour ago, Sarismercadouribe said:

You dont need to quarantine when you enter NY, you only have to quarantine when you enter Canada. 

Thank you. We know that there is no Federal quarantine requirement in the US,however, I know that NY has certain inter-state quarantine requirements for travelers from certain other states. What I am not sure about until now if they have any quarantine requirements for travelers crossing the boarders to Buffalo.

[Benjamin44 10]

The New York state quarantine law currently only applies to some US States; it does NOT apply to someone coming straight from Canada. So, you will be able to cross into Buffalo without the need to quarantine and can attend your meeting. But as you mentioned, you will need to quarantine upon return into Canada for 14 days, even though you will only have left for a few hours.

[newday 2]

43 minutes ago, Benjamin44 said:

The New York state quarantine law currently only applies to some US States; it does NOT apply to someone coming straight from Canada. So, you will be able to cross into Buffalo without the need to quarantine and can attend your meeting. But as you mentioned, you will need to quarantine upon return into Canada for 14 days, even though you will only have left for a few hours.

Thank you for your kind response

[HRQX 4,145]

On 7/26/2020 at 3:04 PM, newday said:

I think that both U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents are exempted.

Yup. You are correct.

On 7/26/2020 at 11:13 AM, JeanneAdil said:

For now, only essential cross-border travel is permitted. Essential travel is allowed for returning U.S. citizens, people traveling for educational or medical purposes, individuals involved in emergency or government response, cargo drivers and other "lawful cross-border trade" and military service members. 

OP is clearly exempt: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/03/24/2020-06217/notification-of-temporary-travel-restrictions-applicable-to-land-ports-of-entry-and-ferries-service

"shall be limited to “essential travel,” which includes, but is not limited to—

• U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents returning to the United States;
• Individuals traveling for medical purposes (e.g., to receive medical treatment in the United States);
• Individuals traveling to attend educational institutions;
• Individuals traveling to work in the United States (e.g., individuals working in the farming or agriculture industry who must travel between the United States and Canada in furtherance of such work);
• Individuals traveling for emergency response and public health purposes (e.g., government officials or emergency responders entering the United States to support Federal, state, local, tribal, or territorial government efforts to respond to COVID-19 or other emergencies);
• Individuals engaged in lawful cross-border trade (e.g., truck drivers supporting the movement of cargo between the United States and Canada);
• Individuals engaged in official government travel or diplomatic travel;
• Members of the U.S. Armed Forces, and the spouses and children of members of the U.S. Armed Forces, returning to the United States; and
• Individuals engaged in military-related travel or operations."

Edited August 4, 2020 by HRQX

[newday 2]

13 hours ago, HRQX said:

OP is clearly exempt: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/03/24/2020-06217/notification-of-temporary-travel-restrictions-applicable-to-land-ports-of-entry-and-ferries-service

"shall be limited to “essential travel,” which includes, but is not limited to—

• U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents returning to the United States;

Thank you every one. Yes you are correct. I traveled to the US as a "US lawful permanent residents" without any issues.