The general travel ban for people who have been physically present in Brazil, China, Iran, Ireland, the United Kingdom, or the Schengen countries (Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland) within the 14 days preceding their attempted entry into the United States is still in place and the non-essential travel across the U.S.-Canada land border is also temporarily restricted. These travel restrictions do not apply to U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents returning to the United States, spouses of U.S. citizens and green card holders or parents of unmarried U.S. citizen children under 21.

Please note and remember, the general travel ban is not based on your citizenship of any of the above countries, but simply based on where someone has been physically present 14 days before they want to come to the U.S. This means, if you’ve spent time in a country that is included in the travel ban, such as Germany, Italy or France and then travel to Mexico or any other country that is not included in the general travel ban, such as Turkey, Croatia, or Canada and many more, and stay there for 14 days – you can enter the U.S. either with your existing visa, such as O-1 or E-2 or even just on ESTA for pleasure.

You obviously have to check the specific country’s entry regulations and also make sure that your flight doesn’t have a stop-over in one of the affected countries.