India resumes Covid-19 quarantine-free entry of foreign travellers from 99 countries – Full List

Nearly 20 months after imposing strict restrictions due to the Covid-19 outbreak, India has now resumed quarantine-free entry for foreign travellers from 99 select countries that have agreed to a mutual recognition of vaccination certificates with Delhi.

Passengers from these 99 countries must submit a self-declaration form on the Air Suvidha portal (newdelhiairport.in) before their scheduled travel, along with uploading a negative Covid-19 RT-PCR test report.

As per the revised Guidelines for International Arrivals, the RT-PCR test must be conducted within 72 hours before the journey.

Furthermore, every passenger should submit a declaration with respect to the authenticity of the report and will be liable for criminal prosecution, if found otherwise.

“There are countries that have agreements with India on a mutual recognition of vaccination certificates of nationally-recognised or World Health Organization-recognised vaccines. Similarly, there are countries that do not have such an agreement with India, but they exempt the Indian citizens who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 with nationally-recognised or WHO-recognised vaccines,” the guidelines said.

On basis of reciprocity, travellers from all such countries that provide quarantine-free entry to Indians have been permitted certain relaxations upon arrival in India.

Some of the countries that are currently considered “at risk” by India, as in from where travellers would have to follow additional Covid-19 measures upon arrival, are South Africa, Brazil, Bangladesh, Botswana, China, Mauritius, New Zealand, Zimbabwe and Singapore.

The guidelines state that fully-vaccinated travellers coming from a country with which India has reciprocal arrangements for mutual acceptance of WHO-approved Covid-19 vaccines need not be placed under home quarantine, and such passengers can self-monitor their health for 14 days after arrival.

List of countries with which India has mutual recognition for vaccination certificate for travellers:

1. Albania
2. Andorra
3. Angola
4. Antigua & Barbuda
5. Argentina
6. Armenia
7. Australia
8. Austria
9. Azerbaijan
10. Bahrain
11. Bangladesh
12. Belarus
13. Belgium
14. Benin
15. Botswana
16. Brazil
17. Bulgaria
18. Canada
19. Chad
20. Columbia
21. Commonwealth of Dominica
22. Comoros
23. Costa Rica
24. Croatia
25. Czech Republic
26. Dominican Republic
27. Egypt
28. El Salvador
29. Estonia
30. Eswatini
31. Finland
32. France
33. Georgia
34. Germany
35. Ghana
36. Greece
37. Guatemala
38. Guyana
39. Haiti
40. Honduras
41. Hungary
42. Iceland
43. Iran
44. Ireland
45. Israel
46. Jamaica
47. Kazakhstan
48. Kuwait
49. Kyrgyz Republic
50. Lebanon
51. Liechtenstein
52. Malawi
53. Maldives
54. Mali
55. Mauritius
56. Mexico
57. Moldova
58. Mongolia
59. Montenegro
60. Namibia
61. Nepal
62. Netherlands
63. Nicaragua
64. Nigeria
65. Oman
66. Panama
67. Paraguay
68. Peru
69. Philippines
70. Poland
71. Qatar
72. Romania
73. Russia
74. Rwanda
75. San Marino
76. Serbia
77. Sierra Leone
78. Singapore
79. Slovak Republic
80. Slovenia
81. South Sudan
82. Spain
83. Sri Lanka
84. State of Palestine
85. Sudan
86. Sweden
87. Switzerland
88. Syria
89. The Bahamas
90. The United Kingdom
91. Trinidad & Tobago
92. Tunisia
93. Turkey
94. UAE
95. Uganda
96. Ukraine
97. United States of America
98. Uruguay
99. Zimbabwe