Travel News Update

 

 

TRAVEL UPDATE

20th July 2021

Government Policy Changes

  • You will not need to quarantine on arrival in England or take a day 8 COVID-19 test, as long as you:
  • Have been fully vaccinated under the UK vaccination programme
  • Have not been in a red list country in the 10 days before you arrive in England
  • You will need to:
    • Declare that you have been fully vaccinated on your passenger locator form
    • Show proof of your vaccination status to your carrier (ferry, airline or train) when you travel via NHS app.
  • Children under the age of 18, who are returning to the UK, and people taking part in formally approved COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials will also be exempt from requirements to quarantine and take the day 8 test

 

Requirements for all passengers entering the UK from anywhere:

  • Negative test result- the test must have been taken at most 3 days before departure of the last flight to the United Kingdom.
  • Completed “Public Health Passenger locator form”- to include *the booking reference number for the day 2
  • The form and **test result must be presented at check-in and immigration on arrival.

*To be issued by provider at time of payment, consisting of Company-unique 5 letter prefix (CIRC1) + 7 letter customer unique suffix
**Tests accepted are antigen, LAMP, nucleic acid and PCR tests. The test result must be in English, French or Spanish. Passengers’ details (name, date of birth or age) on the test result must match those stated in the passport or other travel document. The test result must also include the contact details of the issuing Laboratory.

*Fully vaccinated means that you have had your final dose of an approved vaccine at least 14 days before the date you arrive in England.
**Not fully vaccinated under the UK vaccination programme, you will have to quarantine on arrival and take both the day 2 and day 8 tests.

Government Global Travel Task Force Traffic Light System

GREEN LIST

  • Singapore,
  • Australia,
  • New Zealand,
  • Brunei,
  • Iceland,
  • Gibraltar,
  • Falkland Islands,
  • Faroe Islands,
  • South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands,
  • St Helena,
  • Tristan de Cunha,
  • Ascension Island,
  • Malta

GREEN WATCHLIST

  • Anguilla,
  • Antarctica/British
    Antarctica territory,
  • Antigua and Barbuda,
  • Barbados,
  • Bermuda,
  • British Indian Ocean Territory,
  • British Virgin Islands,
  • Cayman Islands,
  • Dominica,
  • Grenada,
  • Montserrat,
  • Madeira,
  • Pitcairn,
  • Henderson,
  • Ducie and Oeno Islands,
  • The Balearic Islands,
  • Turks and Caicos Islands.

AMBER LIST

Fully vaccinated people are set to be allowed to travel to amber list countries.

RED LIST

  • Angola,
  • Afghanistan,
  • Argentina,
  • Bahrain,
  • Bangladesh,
  • Bolivia,
  • Botswana,
  • Brazil,
  • Burundi,
  • Cape Verde,
  • Chile,
  • Colombia,
  • Congo (Dem. Rep.),
  • Costa Rica,
  • Cuba,
  • Dominican Republic,
  • Ecuador,
  • Egypt,
  • Eritrea,
  • Eswatini,
  • Ethiopia,
  • French Guiana,
  • Guyana,
  • Haiti
  • India,
  • Indonesia,
  • Kenya,
  • Lesotho,
  • Malawi,
  • Maldives,
  • Mongolia,
  • Mozambique,
  • Myanmar,
  • Namibia,
  • Nepal,
  • Oman,
  • Pakistan,
  • Panama,
  • Paraguay,
  • Peru,
  • Philippines,
  • Qatar,
  • Rwanda,
  • Seychelles,
  • Somalia,
  • South Africa,
  • Sudan,
  • Suriname,
  • Sri Lanka,
  • St. Leone,
  • Tanzania,
  • Tunisia,
  • Turkey,
  • Trinidad and Tobago,
  • Uganda,
  • United Arab Emirates,
  • Uruguay,
  • Venezuela,
  • Zambia,
  • Zimbabwe

HM Government link for confirmation

Requirements for all passengers entering the UK from anywhere:

  • Negative test result- the test must have been taken at most 3 days before departure of the last flight to the United Kingdom.
  • Completed “Public Health Passenger locator form”- to include *the booking reference number for the day 2 and day 8 tests, address where they will be isolated for 10 days.
  • The form and **test result must be presented at check-in and immigration on arrival.

*To be issued by provider at time of payment, consisting of Company-unique 5 letter prefix (CIRC1) + 7 letter customer unique suffix
**Tests accepted are antigen, LAMP, nucleic acid and PCR tests. The test result must be in English, French or Spanish. Passengers’ details (name, date of birth or age) on the test result must match those stated in the passport or other travel document. The test result must also include the contact details of the issuing laboratory.

Quarantine Measures:

British citizens travelling back to the UK from “Red List” countries = Quarantine hotel package for 11 nights: £1750 including two Covid tests (day 2/day 8).

All passengers travelling to the UK from any other country = 10 days quarantine: 2 tests (day 2/day 8)

Day 2 Day 8 explained:

Children under five do not need to take day 2 and day 8 tests.

Day 2 (swab on day 0, 1, 2)

The day of your arrival into UK is treated as day 0. Test will be sent the day before your arrival to the place you identified as a place of your isolation.

  • The day 2 test is designed to identify any potentially harmful variants of Covid-19. Tests are taken in your own accommodation and then sent to the laboratory.
  • If you receive a positive result- a 10-day quarantine begins the day after the test was taken (i.e., day 13). You will also not be required to take any further test.

Day 8 (swab on day 8, 9, 10 )

Take a test on or after day 8 unless you have a positive result from day 2. Test day 8 will be posted to the place you identified as a place of your isolation on day 6 of your arrival.

  • If you receive a positive result from this test, you will be required to quarantine until day 19.

Contact

In the first instance please contact:

customerservice@circular1.com

or phone: 0800 7999 751 (Monday to Friday 6am to 10pm, Weekends 8am – 8pm)

International callers please dial: +44 (0) 1556 510 576