Status of travel bans in different countries in the light of COVID-19 Pandemic 

(i)   https://www.civilaviation.gov.in/sites/default/files/Updation_of_

Guidelines.pdf – Ministry of Civil Aviation

(ii)  https://www.civilaviation.gov.in/sites/default/files/MHAOrder_Unlock4_

29082020.pdf – Ministry of Home Affairs 

(iii) https://www.mohfw.gov.in/pdf/RevisedguidelinesforInternationalArrivals02082020.pdf – Ministry of Health

Flight restrictions shall not apply to all international cargo flights and those approved by DGCA.

Bhutan has an air travel bubble arrangement with India and please refer https://www.mfa.gov.bt/?p=8389  for further information.

1. Australia’s international border is still closed. There are strict border measures in place. There are, however, exemptions for the following:

• Permanent Residents and their dependents with valid visas (subclass 100, 309, 801, 820, 101, 102 and 445)
• Diplomats accredited to Australia.
• Students in the final two years of study of a medical, dental, nursing or allied health profession university degree with evidence of confirmed placement. 
• Spouses can visit their spouses already studying in Australia. They can apply for visa sub-class 600 (visitor visa). This visa is to visit Australia as a tourist, to see family and friends or for purposes other than business or medical treatment. They can stay up to 12 months. However, approval will be on a case-by-case basis.

2. Those who already have a visa have to apply for entry approval.
3. For those beyond the exempted category, entry into Australia can only be approved on compelling grounds. They must process a separate entry exemption with the Department of Home Affairs. Further, States have their own restrictions, and additional exemption must be processed from the respective State Government as well. 
4. Applications for exemptions from Department of Home Affairs must be submitted at least two weeks, but not more than two months before travel at the following link: https://travel-exemptions.homeaffairs.gov.au/tep 
5. Exemptions are only granted on compelling and compassionate grounds. 
6. From 22 January 2021, travelers are required to produce a Negative Covid-19 PCR test taken 72 hours before departure.
7. Travelers must also complete the mandatory Australian Travel Declaration form at least 72 hours before departure. It collects contact details in Australia, flight details, quarantine requirements and health status.
8. Travelers must also undertake mandatory 14 day quarantine at their own cost. 
9. Australian Government maintains an updated and reliable website on immigration related issues including travel restrictions caused by the pandemic. All information can be found at www.covid19.homeaffairs.gov.au  https://covid19.homeaffairs.gov.au/travel-restrictions

Additional Travel restrictions 

All new travellers arriving from higher-risk countries and regions must serve a 21-day stay-home notice — up from 14 days — at a dedicated facility from 11.59pm on Friday (May 7). 

Higher-risk countries and regions refer to all countries or regions except Australia, Brunei, China, New Zealand, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. 

(ii) Arriving passengers, who have already been vaccinated with 2 doses of Covid-19 vaccine and possess PCR-based Covid-19 negative certificates along with the proof of vaccination, shall have to complete 14 days of home quarantine. The local administration shall ensure their home quarantine. 

(iii) Arriving passengers carrying a PCR-based Covid-19 negative certificate and either already have been vaccinated with 1st dose (proof of vaccination needs to be carried) or not yet vaccinated, shall have to complete mandatory 3-day institutional quarantine, at government-nominated facilities or at hotels at passengers’ own expenses. Upon completion of the 3-day institutional quarantine, samples will be collected for a Covid-19 PCR test. The passenger will be released to complete a total of 11 days of home quarantine if the PCR-based Covid-19 test result is Negative. In case of a positive result of a PCR-based Covid-19 test, the passenger shall have to go for isolation at government-nominated facilities at their own expenses. 

1) proof of a negative viral test for COVID-19 taken within three calendar days prior to boarding the initial flight to travel to the United States, or; 

2) evidence of a prior positive test and documentation from a healthcare provider of having recovered from COVID-19 within the preceding 90 days

The above applies to all air passengers, including U.S. citizens and Lawful Permanent Residents (LPRs), two years and older arriving in the United States from any foreign country or jurisdiction.  Airlines and other aircraft operators must also collect attestations from passengers verifying testing or recovery from a prior exposure and keep them electronically for two years.  The CDC Order is w.e.f. 26 January, 2021.

With limited exceptions, air travellers will also be required to reserve, prior to departure to Canada, a 3-night stay in a government-authorized hotel. Travellers will be able to book their government-authorized stay starting February 18, 2021. These new measures are in addition to existing mandatory pre-boarding and health requirements for air travellers.

All travelers whether arriving by land or air will be required to submit their travel and contact information, including a suitable quarantine plan, electronically via ArriveCAN before crossing the border or boarding a flight.

2. Further, the limit of 35 passengers on each flight or 1000

passengers per day travelling to Kuwait International Airport ending on

February 6 has been extended till the end of February 2021.  

3. Impose one-week institutional quarantine on all arrivals to

Kuwait at their own expenses at a hotel as of 21 February 2021 and another week quarantine at home. 

Visitors spending more than 48 hours in Greater Male will have to take another PCR test and there will be health checks on arrival at the airport.      

2. Qatari nationals and Resident Permit holders are allowed to enter

3. Departure is allowed for all passengers

Those passengers will be subjected to PCR test on the 7th day of the quarantine period. If the test result is negative, the quarantine will be lifted at the end of the 7th day. 

The quarantine period for those who do not take PCR test will be completed by the end of the tenth day. 

The treatment of those whose PCR results are positive will be conducted within the COVID-19 guidelines of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Turkey. 

Current practices towards passengers arriving from the Republic of South Africa and Brazil will remain the same.