With a surge in Covid-19 cases, several countries across the world have put India on their travel ban list. The US, Hong Kong, the UK have already released fresh travel advisories for their citizens, asking them to avoid traveling to/from India. While UAE has not imposed a blanket ban or severe restrictions, but it has released a fresh set of guidelines for people traveling to Dubai from India.

Passengers flying from India to Dubai will now have to submit an RT-PCR negative test report with a QR code on it. Indigo, SpiceJet, Vistara, and Air India Express have informed the passengers about the new rule through its official Twitter handle.

New guidelines issued for passengers from India traveling to Dubai effective today

1) Negative Covid-19 test certificate that’s issued within 48 hours from the time of collecting the sample.

2) The RT-PCR test report must indicate a ‘negative’ test result, described either in Arabic or English, issued from a certified lab at the original point of destination, where the passenger is traveling from.

3) QR code is mandatory on the test report. Passengers not carrying the same will not be allowed to board the flight.

4) Children below the age of 12 are exempted from negative RT-PCR test

“Important update for passengers traveling to Dubai,” SpiceJet said in a tweet.

Effective today (22 April), all SpiceJet passengers flying from India to Dubai have to carry a negative RT-PCR test report with a QR code on it. The test should have been conducted within 48 hours of flight departure.

QR code is mandatory on the test report. Passengers not carrying the same will not be allowed to board the flight.

“Please ensure you meet all these requirements before leaving for Dubai,” IndiGo said in a tweet.

Air India Express that starting April 22, all passengers traveling from India to Dubai must hold a valid negative Covid-19 test certificate that’s issued within 48 hours from the time of collecting the sample.

It also said that the certificate must indicate a negative test result described either in Arabic or English, issued from a certified lab at the original point of destination where the passenger is traveling from.