If you’re looking for the CDC contact tracing form for international travel, you don’t need to fill anything out. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention rescinded the order requiring airlines to collect passenger contact information on November 21, 2025, ending a mandate that had been in place since November 8, 2021.1Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Archived Orders The related COVID-19 vaccination requirement for noncitizen nonimmigrant air travelers was revoked earlier, on May 12, 2023. No airline, customs officer, or public health official will ask you for the attestation when you arrive.
What You Actually Face at the Border Now
International air passengers arriving in the United States face no CDC attestation, no testing requirement, and no vaccination requirement. Standard customs and immigration procedures apply. Airlines no longer distribute or collect health declarations at check-in, and there is no digital equivalent you’re expected to complete through an app or airline portal before your flight.
The rollback happened in stages. Presidential Proclamation 10575 dropped the vaccination requirement for noncitizen nonimmigrant air travelers on May 12, 2023. The pre-departure testing requirement was retired before that, including a narrower order that had briefly applied to passengers arriving from China, Hong Kong, and Macau starting in January 2023.2Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CDC Contact Tracing Attestation Form The last piece — the contact-information collection order — came off the books in November 2025.1Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Archived Orders
Older guidance, third-party travel blogs, and cached airline pages still describe the form and sometimes link to fillable versions. Those instructions are out of date. If a website tells you to complete a CDC attestation before flying to the US, check the date on the page.
If You Submitted the Form Before It Was Rescinded
Anyone who arrived in the US by air between November 8, 2021 and November 21, 2025 likely completed the attestation. Two things are worth knowing about that record.
First, the data. Your personal information was collected under the CDC’s System of Records Notice 09-20-0171, which covers records used for communicable disease prevention. Permitted uses include sharing with state, local, and foreign health authorities, with the Department of Homeland Security if you were deemed a public health risk, with the World Health Organization under treaty obligations, and with law enforcement if a potential legal violation was identified.3HHS.gov. SORN 09-20-0171 Congressional offices can reach your records only with your written consent. Airlines were required to keep their copies for two years from collection.
Second, the exposure for anything false you submitted. The attestation was designated a statement under 18 U.S.C. § 1001, the federal false-statements law.4Federal Register. Requirement for Negative Pre-Departure COVID-19 Test Result or Documentation of Recovery From COVID-19 for All Airline or Other Aircraft Passengers Arriving Into the United States From Any Foreign Country5Office of the Law Revision Counsel. 18 USC 1001 – Statements or Entries Generally6Office of the Law Revision Counsel. 18 USC 3571 – Sentence of Fine Rescinding the form did not erase that exposure. Parents or guardians who signed for minors assumed the same responsibility. The statute of limitations has not run on attestations submitted during the mandate’s active years.
Could the Form Come Back for a Future Trip?
Yes. The rescission removed the order, not the authority behind it. Under 42 U.S.C. § 264, the federal government can issue regulations it judges necessary to prevent communicable diseases from entering the United States from foreign countries.7Office of the Law Revision Counsel. 42 USC 264 – Regulations to Control Communicable Diseases That statute is what supported the attestation in the first place, and it covers inspections, quarantine measures, and mandatory health declarations for arriving air passengers. If a future outbreak warrants it, the CDC could reimpose a similar requirement quickly.
The CDC’s current travel guidance focuses on advisories for specific regional outbreaks rather than blanket entry rules.8Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Travel Health Notices Before booking a trip, checking that page is a reasonable habit; the attestation infrastructure could be rebuilt, but nothing indicates that it will be for routine travel.
For your upcoming flight, though, the answer is straightforward. There is no form to fill out.