Requirements for all passengers arriving in Dubai

• January 2, 2022
• vusan
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Passengers travelling to Dubai from all countries (GCC included) must have a negative COVID‑19 RT‑PCR test certificate for a test taken no more than 72 hours before departure.

There are specific requirements for passengers travelling from the following countries. Please check before you travel: Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Egypt, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Lebanon, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Vietnam and Zambia.

The certificate must be a Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT PCR) test. Other test certificates including antibody tests, NHS COVID‑19 Test certificates, COVID‑19 Rapid PCR tests and home testing kits are not accepted in Dubai. Travellers must bring an official printed or digital certificate in English or Arabic to check in – SMS certificates are not accepted. COVID‑19 PCR certificates in other languages are acceptable if they can be validated at the originating station.

COVID‑19 RT PCR test certificates must be issued by an authorised facility in the passenger’s departure country. Certificates that have already been presented for travel to another destination can’t be used for re entry even if they are still within the validity period.

The regulations change frequently, so please check the requirements of the country you are departing(Opens page in the same tab). You may need to take a particular type of COVID 19 test specified by your destination in order to depart the country.

Source: emirates.com