15/12/2021
Find the latest Coronavirus (COVID-19) testing before you travel to England - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
You must take the test in the 2 days before your service to England departs. It can be a PCR or antigen test. You must use a private test provider for the test and not an NHS test.
For example, if you travel directly to England on Friday, you could take a test any time on the Wednesday, Thursday or Friday. The test result must be available for boarding.
Children aged 11 and under do not have to take a COVID-19 test before travel to England.
Children aged 12 to 17 must take a COVID-19 test in the 2 days before travel to England.
You must complete a passenger locator form before you travel to England.
If you are fully vaccinated -
Before you travel to England you must:
- take a COVID-19 test – to be taken in the 2 days before you travel to England
- book and pay for a COVID-19 PCR test – to be taken after you arrive in England
- complete a passenger locator form – to be completed in the 48 hours before you arrive in England
- After you arrive in England you must take a COVID-19 PCR test. This is the test that you booked before travel.
- You can take the test any time after you arrive and before the end of day 2 at the latest. The day you arrive is day 0.
- You must quarantine in your home or the place you are staying while you await your test result.
·Test results
- If your test result is negative, you can end your quarantine.
- If your test result is positive, you must self-isolate for 10 full days. The day of the test is day 0.
To qualify under the fully vaccinated rules for travel to England, you must have proof of full vaccination with a full course of an approved vaccine.
You must have had your final dose of the vaccine at least 14 days before you arrive in England. The day you had your final dose does not count as one of the 14 days.
The proof of vaccination must have been issued by either:
- the UK vaccination programme
- the United Nations vaccine programme for staff and volunteers
- an overseas vaccination programme with an approved proof of vaccination for travel to the UK
If you are not fully vaccinated
After you arrive in England you must:
- quarantine at home or in the place you are staying for 10 full days
- take your COVID-19 PCR tests – you must book these tests before you travel
You must take the first test on or before day 2 and the second test on or after day 8. The day you arrive is day 0.
Children aged 4 and under do not have to take any COVID-19 travel tests.
Children aged 12 to 17 must take a COVID-19 test in the 2 days before travel to England.