From next Wednesday, stricter entry rules will apply to travelers from countries outside the Netherlands Schengen area. Travelers from the so-called third countries must then be able to submit a negative test result, even if they have been fully vaccinated or have recently recovered from corona.
Test evidence is a negative PCR test no more than 48 hours old and/or a rapid test no more than 24 hours before departure. The tightened entry conditions will eventually also apply in the rest of the EU, but the Netherlands does not want to wait for that.
Formally, there is still an entry ban for the EU and therefore also for the Netherlands, but there is an exception to this ban if you live in a 'safe country'. If you do not come from a safe country, you must be fully vaccinated to travel to the Netherlands. There is also an exception for this long distance lovers. For all exceptions, if the traveler is subject to a visa requirement, he or she has a valid Schengen visa and an medical travel insurance must have in order to enter the Netherlands.
From a very high risk area? Quarantine duty
Travelers from all countries that have been designated as a very high-risk area must be quarantined for ten days from Wednesday. In many cases, the quarantine obligation only applies to travelers without proof of recovery or proof of vaccination. Only for people from 'countries with a worrying virus variant', such as South Africa, was there already a quarantine obligation for vaccinees. From Wednesday, the United Kingdom, among others, will be added due to the rapid spread of the omikron variant there.
Travelers who test negative at the GGD on the fifth day after arrival in the Netherlands can leave quarantine earlier.
No stricter requirements within the EU
For traveling within the European Union/Schengen, the Dutch only need a corona proof: proof of vaccination, proof that you have recovered from corona, or a negative test result (test certificate). You can use the CoronaCheck for this. These requirements may also be tightened in the near future. According to Minister De Jonge, it is conceivable that a negative test result will also be added to the European 'corona passport'. A test obligation would then also apply to travel within the EU. Consultations on this subject will take place at European level in the coming weeks.
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