No pre or post-arrival testing or quarantine for International travellers to India

Full primary vaccinated (two doses) international travelleres from 107 countries allowed traveling India without RT-PCR test and quarantine requirements

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India has new Covid rules that will be effective from February 14, 2022, 00:01 Hours IST. From that date onwards, international travellers need to upload a negative Covid-19 RT-PCR report (The test should have been conducted within 72 hrs prior to undertaking the journey). Or, they need to have a certificate of completing full primary vaccination schedule of Covid-19 vaccination.

The following countries’ full primary vaccination schedule will be valid (boosters not required). As of February 10, 2022, the list is:

Albania

Andorra

Angola

Antigua & Barbuda

Australia

Austria

Azerbaijan

Bangladesh

Bahrain

Belarus

Botswana

Bulgaria

Canada

Cambodia

Chile

Columbia

Commonwealth of Dominica

Costa Rica

Croatia

Cuba

Cyprus

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

Georgia

Grenada

Guatemala

Guyana

Hong Kong

Hungary

Iceland

Iran

Ireland

Israel

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Latvia

Lebanon

Liechtenstein

Malaysia

Maldives

Mali

Mauritius

Mexico

Moldova

Mongolia

Myanmar

Namibia

Nepal

New Zealand

Netherlands

Nicaragua

North Macedonia

Oman

Paraguay

Panama

Portugal

Philippines

Qatar

Romania

San Marino

Saudi Arabia

Serbia

Sierra Leone

Singapore

Slovak Republic

St. Kitts and Nevis

Slovenia

Spain

Sri Lanka

State of Palestine

Sweden

Switzerland

Thailand

The United Kingdom

Trinidad & Tobago

Turkey

Ukraine

United States of America

Venezuela

Vietnam

Zimbabwe

All travellers arriving in India, regardless of their Covid-19 vaccination status, from countries on the at-risk list, have to undergo the following post-arrival Covid-19 testing on arrival in India. That will include thermal screening by health officials at the airport. The self-declaration form filled online has to be shown to the airport health staff.

Passengers found to be symptomatic during screening would be isolated and taken to the medical facility as per health protocol. If tested positive, their contacts would be noted and managed as per the protocol.

The Government of India has mandated that a sub-section (2 per cent of the total passengers in the flight) would have to go through the random post-arrival testing at the airport. These travellers would be identified by the airlines (preferably from different countries). They will have to submit samples and then leave the airport.

There is a list of approved tests that have to be taken to prove if the travellers are infected or not, Other than RT-PCR, rapid PCR tests would also be accepted.

It should be noted that the 7-days home quarantine advisory has been replaced with “All travellers will self-monitor their health for the next 14 days of arrival.”, and they can move around in public.

Earlier, before arriving in India, all international travellers — whether citizen or visitor – would have to fill-up the Air Suvidha form. Also a RT-PCR negative report within 72 hours of boarding the plane was one of musts. This has been changed in the new requirements notified on February 10, 2022.

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