Heathrow & Gatwick: Latest UK Foreign Office travel advice for USA, Canada and Mexico

The Authorities launched main adjustments to its journey system this month making it simpler for passengers to jet off on vacation.

The UK’s journey pink record was slashed from 54 locations to simply seven earlier this week.

The adjustments, which got here into drive on October 11, noticed South Africa, Brazil and Mexico come off the pink record.

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The Authorities additionally introduced a simplified two-tier system of journey guidelines with the amber and inexperienced record scrapped altogether.

There’s now solely a single record of pink ‘no-go’ locations of simply seven locations together with: Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador, Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

Travellers arriving from a rustic on the pink record are nonetheless required to isolate in a Authorities-mandated quarantine resort for 10 days when returning to the UK.

Testing and isolation restrictions have eased for many vaccinated passengers visiting locations not on the pink record, making it simpler to journey overseas.

America, Canada and Mexico should not on the Authorities’s pink record.

There’s now solely a single record of pink ‘no-go’ locations of simply seven locations together with: Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador, Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

If you’re absolutely vaccinated, you need to e-book and pay for a day two Covid-19 check and full a passenger locator kind earlier than travelling from these nations to England.

Once you arrive in England from such nations, you need to take a Covid-19 check on or earlier than day two.

You qualify as absolutely vaccinated if you happen to had an entire course of an authorised vaccine a minimum of 14 days earlier than you arrive in England. The day you had your closing dose doesn’t depend as one of many 14 days.

Your vaccine should even be administered beneath both the UK vaccination programme or an authorised abroad vaccination programme in a listed nation, which you’ll examine on-line here.

If you’re not double jabbed, you need to take a Covid-19 check three days earlier than you journey to England from these nations, and e-book and pay for day two and day eight Covid-19 exams, to be taken on arrival in England.

You will need to additionally full a passenger locator kind earlier than travelling to England from these nations.

When arriving in England, you need to self-isolate at residence or within the place you’re staying for 10 days and take your pre-booked Covid-19 exams on or earlier than day two and on or after day eight.

However, earlier than travelling, it is very important examine the entry necessities into your meant vacation spot.

United States of America

America is because of ease its journey restrictions for international residents and raise its journey ban.

The US authorities introduced on October 15 that journey restrictions might be lifted from November 8 for travellers from the UK who’re absolutely vaccinated with any authorised Covid-19 vaccine.

The brand new guidelines will imply double vaccinated holidaymakers might be required to point out proof of vaccination earlier than boarding a flight and proof of a damaging Covid-19 check.

The restrictions will imply double vaccinated travellers coming into America from the UK don’t want to enter quarantine.

Travellers who should not absolutely vaccinated is not going to be allowed to enter the US.

Canada

Totally vaccinated travellers have been capable of enter Canada since September 7, 2021.

As a way to achieve entry, holidaymakers mut present proof of vaccination with a vaccine authorised by the Authorities of Canada.

You will need to even have a sound pre-arrival COVID-19 molecular test outcome taken not more than 72 hours earlier than your scheduled flight or arrival on the land border crossing, or a earlier optimistic check outcome taken between 14 and 180 days earlier than departure to Canada.

You will need to additionally submit info through ArriveCAN (App or web site), together with proof of vaccination in English or French and a quarantine plan in case it’s decided on the border that you don’t meet the mandatory necessities.

You might be additionally anticipated to take a check on arrival, if chosen.

You have to be admissible into Canada beneath the Immigration and Refugee Safety Act.

Mexico

Mexico was faraway from the federal government’s pink record earlier this month.

This implies double vaccinated passengers are capable of go to Mexico with out having to quarantine in a resort for 10 days upon returning to the UK.

In keeping with the International Workplace web site it’s obligatory for anybody travelling to Mexico to register on the Mexico Vuela Seguro Platform earlier than boarding your flight and to point out the QR code upon arrival on the airport.

Upon your arrival in Mexico, you may be requested to fill out a Well being Questionnaire which is obtainable in Spanish and English.

You will need to keep up-to-date with International Workplace tips which you’ll entry here

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