The Indian Ministry of Civil Aviation (MOCA) has set a few rules for international travellers planning a trip to India. These travellers need to comply with all the rules that have been set by the relevant authorities to ensure that there is no penalty or criminal action taken against them. Further, not following the rules might result in no travel in the first place as the airlines will not entertain people who are complying with the rules.
MOCA had announced a set of fresh rules on January 7, 2022, that came into implementation from January 11, 2022. Note that the rules for each country are different based on whether they are in the ‘at risk’ or ‘no-risk’ category. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is not on the at-risk list of India. These are the things and rules that you need to remember if you are travelling from UAE to India.
UAE Passengers Travelling to India Need to Remember This
Negative RT-PCR Test: Passengers need to produce a negative RT-PCR test which was taken within 72 hours from the time of the flight’s departure.
Air Suvidha - UAE passengers travelling to India will also have to remember that they need to upload the Self-Declaration Form (SDF) to the Air Suvidha Portal at this link - https://www.newdelhiairport.in/airsuvidha/apho-registration
Further, passengers need to keep a printout of the PCR test results, vaccination certificate, and self-declaration form when travelling to the airport.
Passengers need to ensure that they have downloaded the Aarogya Setu application on their smartphone and taken a self-assessment.
Once the passenger reaches the airport, he/she will also have to undergo a thermal test. Symptomatic passengers will be immediately isolated and taken to a medical facility as per protocol. Positive tested individuals will be identified and managed according to the protocol.
The airport will have the authority to randomly test 2% of the passengers coming from non-risk countries, and these passengers will be picked out without any bias. The cost of this test will have to be borne by the passenger itself. For different airports, the cost of the test is different.
