In this time of Covid’19
pandemic when the world’s major economies are collapsing, both financially and
scientifically, travel and tourism has become the most vulnerable sector. Work
and wages have dried up most drastically in this industry as the emergency
responses to the international crisis had included cancellation/postponement of
both domestic and international travel for all purposes including education,
work, tourism and business.
However now with the dramatic
downfall of the diseases impact and succeeding results of the vaccines against
this deadly virus, life has started getting back to normal. Governments of all
nations are minimizing boundary barriers at their own speed, leading to gradual
comeback of the industry in its substantial form. Domestic transport including
taxies, buses, railways and even flights have already started carrying
passengers from one city to another while taking precautionary measures and now
that mostly all existing visa forms have been restored excluding electronic,
tourist and medical ones, international flights have begun for essential
purposes including education, business, employment and research purposes.
India has already made air
bubble arrangements with about 18 countries namely Afghanistan, Bangladesh,
Bahrain, Oman, Canada, France, Germany, Iraq, Japan, Maldives, Nigeria, Qatar,
The UAE, Kenya, Ukraine, Bhutan, The UK and The USA meaning the passengers
travelling to and from India can fly back-and-forth in any of these countries
for reasons including education, business, employment and research while
following the rules and regulations as bilaterally set by the Union Ministry of
Health and Family Welfare, India and the concerned health authority of the
other country involved, including:
- All international travellers will have to present self-declaration forms online, stating their physical soundness and no interaction guarantee with patients affected by Covid’19 virus at least 14 days prior to the scheduled travel.
- Travellers will also be required to upload their RT-PCR report of Covid’19 along with declaration of its authenticity on the online portal of New Delhi’s Indra Gandhi International Airport.
- The test reports will only be accepted if it is conducted within a period of 72 hours from the flight.
- Only passengers carrying no symptoms to the virus will be allowed to board the flight post thermal screening.
- Arrival in India without having a negative report shall be allowed only under urgent circumstances of death in the family. To avail this exemption, one must fill an online form at least 72 hours before the scheduled flight.
- Passengers arriving from/transiting through the UK, Europe, Middle East, Brazil and Africa will have to go through a mandatory 14-day self-quarantine in the home country, will be segregated in flights by the respective airline and will have to go through a mandatory self-paid confirmatory molecular test on arrival.
All these rules apply to passengers travelling by air/sea and land ports. However, passengers travelling by sea and land ports are not granted the means to fill self-declaration forms online. Suitable precautionary measures including wearing masks throughout the journey and keeping the environment sanitized are mandatory for all, irrespective of the means of transport.
To know more about visa applications, documents compilation and translations/apostille attestations required by the embassies of different countries, write to us through Email or WhatsApp or simply give a call to our team of travel experts.
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