LDRs and travel during coronavirus

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DP is in US and I'm a bit confused about travel restrictions. I understand that "nonessential travel" is not permitted but there are still flights coming from US to UK. Could my DP visit if they only stayed in my residence? I also understand there's a 14 day quarantine required for international arrivals, would the person be required to remain for 14 days to fulfill isolation requirements? or would they be permitted to leave early.

No of course he can't come. Just because there are flights, it doesn't mean he should travel. A bus goes past my flat every 10 minutes - but it's not essential to get on it so I don't. Most flights are for repatriation.

Quarantine should be solo as I understand it. So I don't think that means living with someone else.

I've done long distance so I know it's tough but it's non-essential travel. People are being slated for non-essential trips to Tesco so I think you'd rightly come in for some criticism if you went ahead. Lots of couples who live apart in the same town are currently not seeing each other.

Ah what a sympathetic response from @writergirl007 who is obviously living with her partner and keen to shoot others down.

OP, if he came, could he stay for months? Work remotely?

Ignore posters like @writergirl007, some posters really love the competitive suffering of lockdown

Fucking hell op, where have you been for the last 7 weeks???

Sure, your dp can fly thousands of miles, come visit you at your home after being cooped up on a plane for 7plus hours, nevermind all the health craziness going on in his home country, stay for a few days when he should be isolating (clue is in the word) alone for 2 weeks, no worries!!!

Get a fucking grip and a vibrator. The longer idiots like you dismiss this for the sake of a shag, the longer the rest of us have to wait to get back to some sort of reality.

I fucking dispair at some folk

And no, my dp doesn't live with me, I'm home with 2 kids who are driving me nuts and it's frustrating as fuck. But unless he intends to come to the UK to stay, no its not OK for him to come for a quickie visit.

No DP here, live-in or otherwise. Barely seen another person for seven (eight?) weeks now. A hug, snog or shag would be lovely but I'd settle for face to face chat with a friend.

@Stronger76 is right. Completely disregarding the rules for the sake of a shag will result in this whole thing going on much longer.

And I'm at a loss as how anyone can be "confused" about travel restrictions. Both the UK and US govts say non-essential travel is banned. Where's the confusion?

Wow. Relax. I haven't "dismissed" anything. It was simply a question because I didn't understand the vocabulary, I'm not an expert ffs. If I was going to blindly "dismiss" the rules, I wouldn't have asked what they mean in the first place. Most published info "advises" against nonessential travel, hardly anything says "nonessential travel is banned." Sure, the US has banned entry from foreign nationals, but there aren't any actual travel restrictions "banning" Americans entering the UK. I was just curious...

You may not have understood the vocabulary and slightly confused by the fact that there are flights ... but surely you understand the instruction "travel only when strictly necessary". I usually think AIBU is harsh but you may deserve the flames you get here