Canada Travel Guideline

• Can Indian travel to Canada?
• Yes Open For Travel

• RTPCR Test & Vaccination
• 72 Hrs Prior with QR code

• Vaccination
• Fully vaccinated passengers.
• at least 2 doses of a vaccine accepted for travel, a mix of 2 accepted vaccines o or at least 1 dose of the Janssen/Johnson & Johnson vaccine
• Meet the Government of Canada requirements of fully vaccinated travellers
• Stranded Canadian nationals/residents and foreigners with valid Canadian visas eligible to enter Canada;

Canada Travel Guidelines for International Arrivals to India

• This Standard Operating Procedure shall be valid w.e.f. 01st December (00.01 Hrs IST) till further orders. Based on the risk assessment, this document shall be reviewed from time to time.

A.1. Planning for Travel

• i. All travellers should (i) submit a self-declaration form on the online Air Suvidha portal (www. new Delhi airport. in) before the scheduled travel, including last 14 days travel details (ii) upload a negative COVID-19 RT-PCR report or Vaccination Certificate. This RT-PCR test should have been conducted within 72 hrs prior to undertaking the journey. Each passenger shall also submit a declaration with respect to the authenticity of the report and will be liable for criminal prosecution if found otherwise.
• ii. They should also give an undertaking on the portal or otherwise to Ministry of Civil Aviation, Govt. of India, through concerned airlines before they are allowed to undertake the journey that they would abide by the decision of the appropriate government authority to undergo home quarantine/ self-monitoring of their health for 14 days, or as warranted.
• iii. Arrival in India without negative reports shall be allowed only for those travelling to India in the exigency of death in the family.
• iv. If they wish to seek such exemption under para (iii) above, they shall apply to the online portal (www. new Delhi airport. in) at least 72 hours before boarding. The decision taken by the government as communicated on the online portal will be final.

A.2. Before Boarding

• v. Passengers originating or transiting from at-risk countries shall be informed by the airlines that they will undergo post-arrival testing, quarantine if tested negative, stringent isolation protocols if tested positive etc.
• vi. Do’s and Don'ts shall be provided along with tickets to the travellers by the airlines/agencies concerned.
• vii. Airlines to allow boarding only those passengers who have filled in the Self Declaration Form on the Air Suvidha portal and uploaded the negative RT-PCR test report or Vaccination Certificate
• viii. At the time of boarding the flight, only asymptomatic travellers will be allowed to board after the thermal screening. viii. All passengers shall be advised to download the Aarogya Setu app on their mobile devices.
• ix. Suitable precautionary measures such as environmental sanitation and disinfection shall be ensured at the airports.
• x. During boarding all possible measures to ensure physical distancing is to be ensured.

A.3. During Travel

• xi. Suitable announcement about COVID-19 including precautionary measures to be followed shall be made at airports and in flights and during transit.
• xii. While onboard the flight, required precautions such as wearing of masks, environmental hygiene, respiratory hygiene, hand hygiene etc. are to be observed by airline staff, crew and all passengers.

A.4. On arrival

• xiii. De-boarding should be done ensuring physical distancing.
• xiv. Thermal screening would be carried out in respect of all the passengers by the health officials present at the airport. The self-declaration form filled out online shall be shown to the airport health staff.
• xv. The passengers found to be symptomatic during screening shall be immediately isolated and taken to a medical facility as per health protocol.
• Travellers from specified Countries at risk will follow the protocol as detailed below:
  • Submission of sample for post-arrival COVID-19 test
  • at the point of arrival (self-paid). Such travellers will be required to wait for their test results at the arrival airport before leaving or taking a connecting flight.
  • If tested negative they will follow, home quarantine for 7 days. Re-test on the 8th day of arrival in India
  • and if negative, further self-monitor of their health for the next 7 days.
  • However, if such travellers are tested positive, their samples should be sent for genomic testing at the INSACOG laboratory network.
  • They shall be managed at a separate isolation facility and treated as per laid down standard protocol including contact tracing mentioned in para (xiv).
  • The contacts of such positive cases should be kept under institutional quarantine or at home quarantine monitored strictly by the concerned State Government as per laid down protocol
• xvii. Travellers from Countries excluding those Countries at risk, will be allowed to leave the airport and shall self-monitor their health for 14 days’ post-arrival. A sub-section (5% of the total flight passengers) shall undergo post-arrival testing at random at the airport on arrival. a. The 5% of such travellers in each flight shall be identified by the concerned airlines (preferably from different countries). b. Such travellers shall be escorted by the concerned airlines/MoCA to a testing area on arrival. c. The cost of testing of such travellers shall be borne by MoCA. d.Laboratories shall prioritize testing of samples from such travellers. e. If such travellers are tested positive, they shall be managed as per laid down standard protocol and samples would further send for genomic testing.
• xviii. If travellers under home quarantine or self-health monitoring, develop signs and symptoms suggestive of COVID-19 or test positive for COVID-19 on re-testing, they will immediately self-isolate and report to their nearest health facility or call National helpline number (1075)/ State Helpline Number

International travellers arriving at seaports/land ports

• xix. International travellers arriving through seaports/land ports will also have to undergo the same protocol as above, except that facility for online registration is not available for such passengers currently.
• xx. Such travellers shall submit the self-declaration form to the concerned authorities of the Government of India at seaports/land ports on arrival.
• xxi. * Children under 5 years of age are exempted from both pre-and post-arrival testing. However, if found symptomatic for COVID-19 on arrival or during the home quarantine period, they shall undergo testing and be treated as per laid down protocol. # Contacts of the suspect case are the co-passengers seated in the same row, 3 rows in front and 3 rows behind along with identified Cabin Crew. Also, all the community contacts of those travellers who have tested positive (during the home quarantine period) would be subjected to quarantine for 14 days and tested as per ICMR protocol
• The restrictions imposed by the Government of India guidelines dated 28t' November 2021 as well as future restrictions if any, shall act as minimum restrictions to be imposed.
• DCP immigration and FRRO to draft a proforma of declaration for all arriving passengers on international flights to declare details of the countries visited in the last 15 days. MIAL to share the proformas with all airlines and the information regarding travel in the last 15 days shall be cross-checked by immigration on arrival.
• The international passengers arriving from At-Risk countries (declared by GOI front time to time) may be deplaned on priority and separate counters will be arranged by MIAL and Airport Authority for their checking. Such all passengers shall have to undergo mandatory 7-day institutional quarantine and RTPCR test to be carried out on days 2, 4 and 7 for these passengers. If any of the test is found to be positive, then the passenger shall be shifted to a hospital. In case of all tests coming negative. the passenger will have to undergo a further 7 days of home quarantine.
• Passengers from any other countries except the at-risk countries will have to compulsorily undergo an RTPCR test at the airport on arrival valid on being found negative, will have to undergo 14 days of home quarantine. If found positive, they will be shifted to the hospital.
• In case of an international passenger having a connecting flight to any other airport in India (without leaving the airport at all), the passenger shall undergo an RTPCR test at the first arrival airport in Maharashtra and only on being found negative will he be allowed to board the connecting flight.
• In the case of domestic air travel, passengers travelling within the state will either ha e to be fully vaccinated or compulsorily carry an RTPCR test within 48 hours of the time of arrival.
• In the case of passengers from other States, a negative RTPCR test within 48 hours of arrival will be compulsory without exceptions.

Eligibility

• Stranded Canadian nationals/residents and foreigners with valid Canadian visas eligible to enter Canada;
• Indian nationals with valid visas are eligible to enter Canada. It would be for the airlines concerned to ensure that there is no travel restriction for Indian nationals to enter Canada before the issue of ticket/ boarding passes to the Indian passenger; and
• Seamen of foreign nationalities; Seamen holding Indian passports would be allowed subject to clearance from the Ministry of Shipping
• Stranded Indian nationals;
• All Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) cardholders holding Canadian passports; and
• Foreigners (including diplomats), who are eligible to enter India as per Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) guidelines dated 30.06.2020 as amended
  from time to time.

Other Things to Remember:

• The emergency orders under the Quarantine Act do not allow people to travel to Canada for optional or discretionary reasons, such as for tourism, recreation or entertainment.
  
• All travellers above 5 years entering Canada must present a negative COVID-19 RT-PCR molecular test report prior to boarding. The test must have been done not more than 72 hours before boarding the plane to Canada.
  

Passenger Obligation

• The emergency orders under the Quarantine Act do not allow people to travel to Canada for optional or discretionary reasons, such as for tourism, recreation or entertainment.
• All incoming passengers are recommended to wear masks while travelling and during their stay in Canada.
• Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, entry into Canada is open for a few select categories of travellers.
• International passenger flights can arrive and depart at the following four Canadian airports only: Calgary International Airport, Montréal-Trudeau International Airport, Toronto Pearson International Airport, Vancouver International Airport.
• This restriction is limited to private, business and charter flights only.
• Before departure, all passengers must download the ArriveCan mobile app (IOS or Android) and provide necessary information through a form available on the app.

Quarantine Protocol

• 14 Days Quarantine if tested positive on arrival or at Departure

Mandatory Canada Quarantine Rules:

• You would be eligible to enter Canada if have received the full series of an accepted COVID-19 vaccine or a combination of accepted vaccines at least 14 days prior to entering Canada. Proof of vaccination has to be loaded in ArriveCAN. Accepted vaccines are Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca, and Janssen
• Yes, the COVID-19 RT-PCR test must be taken 72 hours prior to boarding a flight to Canada.
• Travellers must undergo a second COVID-19 molecular test on arrival at Canada airport.
  They will also be given an At Home Specimen Collection Kit at the airport.
• Using this kit, they must take a third COVID-19 molecular test on day 10 of their quarantine. They will have to register for the test in advance, depending on which airport they arrive in. Please click here to check different rules that apply to different airports.
• Information about the exact date when the 10-day test must be taken will be provided at the airport.
• Even people who have been vaccinated must undergo the above tests.
• Passengers transiting through Canada to other international destinations are exempted from these tests, provided they remain in the secure terminal area in the airport.
• Passengers who have already suffered COVID-19 and have recovered, but are still testing positive, will be permitted to enter Canada with a positive test result obtained at least 14 days but not more than 90 days from the scheduled departure of a flight to Canada.
• Having a ‘quarantine plan’ is mandatory for everyone entering Canada, without which entry shall be denied. More details here.
• Travellers entering Canada must stay in a hotel for 3 nights at their own expense, while they await their on-arrival test results. For hotel bookings and a list of Government-authorized hotels, click here.
• They must then proceed for their 14-day quarantine as per their ‘quarantine plan’. For more details on quarantine rules for travellers, visit here.
• Persons involved in essential services are exempt from quarantine restrictions. Click here for details.
• For the latest health advice issued by the Canadian government, click here.
• Passengers transiting Canada to other international destinations are exempted from a 3-night hotel stay and quarantine, provided they remain in the secure terminal area.

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