Abu Dhabi has announced an easing of quarantine restrictions for arrivals from this weekend.
Effective September 5, fully vaccinated travellers from all destinations will be exempt from quarantine on arrival into the UAE capital.
In addition unvaccinated travellers from “green list” destinations will also no longer be required to undergo quarantine.
However unvaccinated travellers arriving from non green-list countries will still be required to quarantine for ten days either at home or in a hotel.
Vaccines must be approved by the World Health Organisation, and travellers must register their international vaccination certificate or vaccination exemption document for verification five days before their travel date, via the Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship (ICA) Smart app or the ica.gov.ae website.
Applicants will receive an SMS confirmation, containing a link to the Alhosn app, which must be downloaded prior to travel, and which will display users’ vaccination status and PCR test results, which are required to activate the Abu Dhabi Green Pass.
The Green Pass is required in order to gain access to public spaces throughout Abu Dhabi.
Specific testing and quarantine information for vaccinated and non-vaccinated arrivals into Abu Dhabi is as follows:
Entry for vaccinated travellers from Green List countries
Under the new guidelines, vaccinated travellers from all over the world, arriving from green list will be required to show a negative PCR test taken a maximum of 48 hours before departure and take a PCR test at the airport on arrival. They will not need to quarantine but will be required to take one more PCR test on day 6 (Counting the day of arrival as day 1). Their hotel will arranged testing on the premises, for their convenience.
Entry for vaccinated travellers from all countries (outside green list)
Under the new guidelines, vaccinated travellers from all over the world , arriving from countries not on the green list, will be required to show a negative PCR test taken a maximum of 48 hours before departure and take a PCR test at the airport on arrival. They will not need to quarantine but will be required to take one more PCR test on day 4 and day 8 (Counting the day of arrival as day 1). Their hotel will arranged testing on the premises, for their convenience.
Entry for unvaccinated travellers from Green List countries
Unvaccinated travellers arriving from ‘Green List’ countries will also be exempt from quarantine measures. They will be required to show a negative PCR test taken a maximum of 48 hours before departure, and take a PCR test on arrival. They will also need to take a PCR test on day 6 (counting the day of arrival as day 1) and another PCR test on day 9.
Entry for unvaccinated travellers from all countries (outside green list)
Unvaccinated travellers arriving from countries not on the Green List will be required to show a negative PCR test taken a maximum of 48 hours before departure and take a PCR test on arrival. They will be required to quarantine for 10 days at home or in a hotel (counting the day of arrival as day 1). They then must take a PCR test on day 9; if negative, visitors can end their quarantine on day 10.
The UAE was recently downgraded from red to amber on the UK’s traffic light travel system, meaning that arrivals will no longer need to quarantine for ten days in a government-approved hotel.
