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https://mohfw.gov.in/pdf/05112020Guidelinesforinternationalarrivals.pdf

Government of India
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Guidelines for International Arrivals
(in supersession of guidelines issued on the subject dated 2nd August 2020)
Before Planning for Travel
i. All travellers should submit self-declaration form on the online portal
(www.newdelhiairport.in) at least 72 hours before the scheduled travel or physically
after arrival at the respective health counters.
ii. They should also give an undertaking on the portal or otherwise to Ministry of Civil
Aviation, Govt. of India, through concerned airlines before they are allowed to
undertake the journey that they would abide by the decision of the appropriate
government authority to undergo facility / home quarantine/ self-monitoring of their
health for 14 days, or as warranted.
iii. Only for compelling reasons/ cases of human distress such as pregnancy, death in
family, serious illness and parent(s) with children of the age of 10 years or below,
home quarantine may be permitted for 14 days.
iv. If they wish to seek such exemption under para (iii) above, they shall apply to the
online portal (www.newdelhiairport.in) at least 72 hours before boarding. The
decision taken by the government as communicated on the online portal will be final.
v. Travelers may also seek exemption from institutional quarantine by submitting a
negative RT-PCR test report. This test should have been conducted within 72 hrs prior
to undertaking the journey. The test report should be uploaded on the portal for
consideration. Each passenger shall also submit a declaration with respect to
authenticity of the report and will be liable for criminal prosecution, if found
otherwise. The test report could also be produced upon arrival at the point of entry
airport in India.
vi. International passengers arriving without an RT-PCR negative certificate and wishing
to seek exemption from institutional quarantine may also avail the facility available at
the airports to undergo RT-PCR testing (where such provisions exist)
vii. All such passengers opting for exemption from institutional quarantine as in para (v)
& (vi) shall undertake self-monitoring of their health and will be exempted from
quarantine.
viii. International passengers arriving without RT-PCR negative certificate and not opting
for RT PCR test at airport (if facility is available) /arriving at an airport where testing
facility is not available will have to undergo mandatory 7 days’ institutional quarantine
and 7 days’ home quarantine.

Before Boarding
ix. Dos and Don’ts shall be provided along with ticket to the travellers by the
airlines/agencies concerned.
x. All passengers shall be advised to download Aarogya Setu app on their mobile devices.
xi. At the time of boarding the flight, only asymptomatic travellers will be allowed to
board after thermal screening.
xii. Suitable precautionary measures such as environmental sanitation and disinfection
shall be ensured at the airports.
xiii. During boarding all possible measures to ensure physical distancing are to be ensured.
During Travel
xiv. Travellers who had not filled in self-declaration form on the portal shall fill the same
in duplicate in the flight and a copy of the same will be given to Health and Immigration
officials present at the airport.
xv. Suitable announcement about COVID-19 including precautionary measures to be
followed shall be made at airports and in flights and during transit.
xvi. While on board the flight, required precautions such as wearing of masks,
environmental hygiene, respiratory hygiene, hand hygiene etc. are to be observed by
airline staff, crew and all passengers.
On arrival
xvii. Deboarding should be done ensuring physical distancing.
xviii. Thermal screening would be carried out in respect of all the passengers by the Health
officials present at the airport. The self-declaration form filled online shall be shown
(or a copy of physical self-declaration form to be submitted) to the airport health staff.
xix. The passengers found to be symptomatic during screening shall be immediately
isolated and taken to medical facility as per health protocol.
xx. Post thermal screening, the passengers who have been exempted from institutional
quarantine [para (iii) and (iv) above] (decision as indicated on the online portal in
advance) will show the same to the respective State Counters on their cell
phones/other mode before being allowed home quarantine for 14 days.
xxi. Post thermal screening, the passengers who have RT-PCR negative certificates already
with them [(para (v) and (vi)] shall be exempt from quarantine and shall be allowed
to leave and undertake self-monitoring of their health for 14 days.
xxii. All such passengers will also be provided the list of the national and state level
surveillance officers and the respective call centre numbers, so as to inform
state/national Call Centre in case they develop symptoms at any time during the
quarantine or self-monitoring of their health.

xxiii. The remaining passengers shall be taken to suitable institutional quarantine facilities,
to be arranged by the respective State/ UT Governments to undergo mandatory 7
days’ institutional quarantine and 7 days’ home quarantine.
xxiv. These passengers shall be kept under institutional quarantine for a minimum period
of 7 days.
a. They shall be tested as per ICMR protocol.
b. If they are assessed as asymptomatic / pre-symptomatic/ very mild cases, they
will be allowed home isolation or isolated in the Covid Care Centre (both public
& private facilities) as appropriate.
c. Those having mild/ moderate/ severe symptoms will be admitted to dedicated
Covid Health facilities and managed accordingly.
d. If found negative, they shall be advised to self-monitor their health for
additional 7 days.
International passengers arriving at seaports/land ports
xxv. International Passengers arriving through seaports/land ports will also have to
undergo the same protocol as above, except that facility for online registration is not
available for such passengers currently.
xxvi. Such passengers shall submit the self-declaration form to the concerned authorities
of Government of India at seaports/land ports on arrival.
NOTE: States can have any additional restrictions imposed with regards to quarantine and
isolation as per their field assessment post arrival of passengers in the state concerned.