Dubai eases travel restrictions for inbound passengers from India

Dubai eases travel restrictions for inbound passengers from India

Dubai eases travel restrictions for inbound passengers from India

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The Supreme Committee of Crisis and Disaster Management in Dubai, headed by Sheikh Mansoor Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, announced updates to Dubai's travel protocols for inbound passengers from South Africa, Nigeria and India, effective from Wednesday, 23 June 2021.

The updates are part of the Committee's keenness to protect passengers and ease hassles for them without compromising on COVID-19 precautionary measures put in place to safeguard everyone's health and wellbeing.

The new protocols allow travellers from South Africa, who have received two doses of a UAE-approved vaccine to enter Dubai. Passengers must present a negative result from a PCR test taken within 48 hours before departure to Dubai; UAE nationals are exempted from this PCR test requirement. Passengers must also undergo a PCR test on arrival in Dubai. Transit passengers should comply with entry protocols of final destinations.

For travelers from Nigeria, passengers must present a negative test result for a PCR test taken 48 hours prior to departure; UAE citizens are exempted from this requirement. The negative PCR test certificate should carry a QR Code and the test must have been conducted by