What are the procedures or forms to submit when you enter or transit in to UK?
- Passenger who wants to return or transit to UK must provide their travel details, contact details through Public Health Passenger Locator Form and they must be in quarantine for 14 days (returning passenger). *health declaration form should be submitted before 48 hours prior to your arrival.
- You can check here for the travellers exempt from border rules in the UK.
- If you travel by a group, everyone should submit a separate form and the passenger under 18 years old need not submit a form.
- Before you start to submit the form, keep your passport details, date and time of travel, residence address in UK.
- You must show the completed form as a printed copy or through the phone upn your arrival to the UK.
Form and self-isolation helpline for passengers returning or transit to the UK
Telephone: 0800 678 1767
Hours: Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm
Website: https://www.gov.uk/uk-border-control
Traveling to England? Read the new rules from January 2021 regarding COVID-19 PCR test
Type of COVID-19 test requirements while traveling to England. Procedure to take the COVID test
All the passengers including UK citizen who are traveling to England must take a COVID-19 test 3 days prior to the departure to England (UK). If the passenger has no valid test result, they cannot board the flight or fined Ā£500 on arrival in England. Read the conditions mentioned below:
The COVID-19 test must include the following requirements:
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- performance standard must be of ā„97% specificity, ā„80% sensitivity at viral loads above 100,000 copies/ml.
- test includes a nucleic acid test, including a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test or derivative technologies, including loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) tests orĀ an antigen test, such as a test from a lateral flow device.
- Test result must be either in English, French or Spanish.
- Must provide the original test result certificate.
- the test result has the following information mentioned below
- name (name must match with your travel document)
- Age or Date of birth
- Test result
- when the test sample was collected (date)
- test provider details such as name, contact details
- test device name.
Covid-19 test are not required for the travelers traveling to England from the following countries
For the passenger who are traveling to England from Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the Isle of Man, Jersey or Guernsey, Ascension, Falkland Islands, St Helena do not require COVID-19 test
Rules for COVID-19 test for the connecting flights to UK
- Take the test within 3 days prior to the departure.
- If the test cannot be taken within 3 days, try to take the test as close as your flight date.
- If you take the test less than 3 days in UK, you cannot use NHS Test and Trace. But you can test with private test provider.
- Check FCDOĀ travel advice pages for more details about test providers and further information.
- Contact UK embassy or consulate or high commission in your destination.
For more details, visit https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-testing-for-people-travelling-to-england
Documents required to enter into UK
For an EEA (European Economic Area)Ā country or Switzerland
- Passport or valid identity card.
For an non EEA (European Economic Area) country or Switzerland
- Passport
- Visa
Please check if you require visa to travel UK via https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.You can apply UK visa here
PCR Test location in UK
You can check for location to take COVID 19 PCR test in UK here
Passengers who want to return to UK from Australia under COVID 19 situation
Some flights resumes operation to the UK:
Cathay Pacific, via Hong Kong:
- One flight weekly from Melbourne (from 21 June)
- Two flights weekly from Sydney
You can book via theĀ Cathay Pacific website
Emirates, via Dubai:
- One flight per week from Brisbane
- Three flights per week from Melbourne
- One flight per week from Perth
- Three flights per week from Sydney
You can book via theĀ Emirates websiteĀ or by phone from Australia on 1300 303 777.
Etihad, via Abu Dhabi:
- One flight per week from Melbourne
- One flight per week from Sydney (Starting 27 May)
You can book via theĀ Etihad website, or by phone from Australia on 1300 532 215, or through a travel agent.
Qatar Airways, via Doha
- One flight daily from Sydney
- One flight daily from Melbourne
- Four flights per week from Perth
- Three flights per week from Brisbane
For more details, visit here: https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/australia/return-to-the-uk
Passengers who want to return to UK from Afghanistan under COVID 19 situation
Qatar Airways
Qatar Airways flights from Kabul to UK on 13, 20 and 27 th June and 4 and 7 th July 2020
Emirates