Does DCL check passports when you board?
And a China visit will leave very evident traces in a passport, unlike moving through different European countries.
They also must submit the ship’s manifest to Homeland security a few days before sailing. They might be able to cross-check it against entries in the US from China.
I suspect they will now... unless the scannable magstrip is going to do the lookup automatically.
And as there are human-to-human transfers of the virus to people who HAVEN'T been in China, it's not a 100% guarantee it will hold the ships corona-virus free. But I guess it's the best they can do and hopefully it will keep down the hysteria.
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Also you have the 144 hours visa (for stopovers in China), which is a sticker and a stamp. This one does have a date, but more easy to skip over. Let's hope the staff at ports are briefed properly and know what to look for, the different types of visa you have. And hope no one is tired when they are checking passports.
Correct. But the visa could flag the passport for closer inspection for dates.
