ESSENTIAL INFORMATION TO ENTER ENGLAND FROM OVERSEAS - Please note changes to rules for travel from France under Amber list passengers
Everyone entering England from overseas (including UK nationals and residents) must provide proof of a negative COVID-19 test taken within 3 days prior to direct departure to England.
Fill in your Passenger Locator Form up to 48 hours before arrival. You must declare all countries you have visited or transited through in the 10 days prior to your arrival on your Passenger Locator Form.
Before departure Check the list of red, amber and green countries, as the list can change regularly.
Red list passengers
1. Book a managed quarantine package
2. Complete a passenger locator form
You can only enter if you are a British or Irish National, or you have residence rights in the UK. You must enter through a designated port of entry and quarantine in a government approved hotel for 10 days.
Amber list passengers
From 04:00 BST on 19 July, passengers who have been in or transited through France in the 10 days prior to their arrival in England are not eligible to forgo self-isolation and day 8 testing even if they are fully vaccinated.
1. Partially or not vaccinated under the UK vaccination programme - book tests for day 2 and 8
Fully vaccinated under the UK vaccination programme - book test for day 2
2. Complete a passenger locator form & show proof of your vaccination status via the NHS App, PDF QR code, or Letter (vaccination status not required for travel from France - you should answer “No” to the question on “Do you meet the COVID-19 vaccination eligibility criteria for reduced isolation and testing requirements?” on the PLF )
3. Partially or not vaccinated under the UK vaccination programme- Make plans to self-quarantine in private accommodation for 10 full days after arrival (or full duration of stay if less than 10 days)
Fully vaccinated under the UK vaccination programme - you do not need to self-quarantine on arrival in England
Green list passengers
1. Book a test for day 2
2. Complete a passenger locator form
These measures apply to all persons (including UK nationals and residents) arriving in the UK from outside the common travel area comprising the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islands. The British Overseas Territories are not in the common travel area. Public health requirements may vary depending upon in which nation of the UK you’re staying.
England: https://www.gov.uk/uk-border-control
Northern Ireland: https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/coronavirus-covid-19-international-travel-advice
Wales: https://gov.wales/arriving-wales-overseas
Failure to comply with these measures is a criminal offence and you could be fined. There are a limited set of exemptions from these measures. Check the list of exemptions carefully. You may be fined if you fraudulently claim an exemption.