India resumes Covid-19 quarantine-free entry of foreign travellers from 99 countries – Full List

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November 17, 2021

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Nearly 20 months after imposing strict restrictions due to the Covid-19 outbreak, India has now resumed quarantine-free entry for foreign travellers from 99 select countries that have agreed to a mutual recognition of vaccination certificates with Delhi.
Passengers from these 99 countries must submit a self-declaration form on the Air Suvidha portal (newdelhiairport.in) before their scheduled travel, along with uploading a negative Covid-19 RT-PCR test report.
As per the revised Guidelines for International Arrivals, the RT-PCR test must be conducted within 72 hours before the journey.
Furthermore, every passenger should submit a declaration with respect to the authenticity of the report and will be liable for criminal prosecution, if found otherwise.
“There are countries that have agreements with India on a mutual recognition of vaccination certificates of nationally-recognised or World Health Organization-recognised vaccines. Similarly, there are countries that do not have such an agreement with India, but they exempt the Indian citizens who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 with nationally-recognised or WHO-recognised vaccines,” the guidelines said.
On basis of reciprocity, travellers from all such countries that provide quarantine-free entry to Indians have been permitted certain relaxations upon arrival in India.
Some of the countries that are currently considered “at risk” by India, as in from where travellers would have to follow additional Covid-19 measures upon arrival, are South Africa, Brazil, Bangladesh, Botswana, China, Mauritius, New Zealand, Zimbabwe and Singapore.
The guidelines state that fully-vaccinated travellers coming from a country with which India has reciprocal arrangements for mutual acceptance of WHO-approved Covid-19 vaccines need not be placed under home quarantine, and such passengers can self-monitor their health for 14 days after arrival.