Note: This information is no longer current. Since September 17, 2022, there are no longer any corona rules for travelers to the Netherlands. You can travel to the Netherlands without a long-distance relationship statement, proof of vaccination, proof of recovery or negative test result. If you are subject to a visa requirement, you must of course first apply for a Schengen visa.
The Netherlands will reinstate the entry ban for Morocco from 13 August 2020. This decision was taken on the basis of a risk assessment with criteria that are as objective as possible about the health situation in Morocco and the measures in force there in connection with the corona pandemic.
In this context, as with Serbia, Montenegro and Algeria, the number of new Covid-19 infections was examined, among other things. That number must be lower than the European average of 15 June last per 100.000 inhabitants over the past 14 days. It also looks at the overall response to COVID-19 in the country in question. This includes, among other things, the number of corona tests performed, source and contact tracing and control measures. Health organizations such as ECDC, WHO and RIVM provide the necessary information for this.
The lifting of the travel restriction, effective July 1, will remain in force for travelers who have permanent residence in the following countries: Australia, Canada, Georgia, Japan, New Zealand, Rwanda, South Korea, Thailand, Tunisia and Uruguay. For travelers from China, the entry ban will be lifted as soon as China itself also admits EU citizens.
For all non-essential travel by persons from other third countries (other than the EU+ area) to Europe, the current entry restriction remains in force with the aim of preventing the spread of the corona virus. This means that persons who do not have permanent residence in a country mentioned above on the green list and who do not fall under the exceptions, cannot enter the Netherlands.
There is no quarantine obligation for the first category of exceptions, but urgent advice for home quarantine applies to the second category of exceptions.
Exception categories for which no urgent advice for home quarantine applies:
- healthcare personnel;
- frontier workers;
- Persons working in the transport of goods and other transport personnel, insofar as necessary, this includes container ships, bulk carriers (for example ore or coal), tankers (fuels and chemicals), fisheries, persons working in the energy sector, i.e. oil and gas platforms and wind farms as well as offshore companies that provide services to this sector, and flight crew;
- Transit passengers who want to travel to another third country via the Netherlands or another Schengen country;
- Seafarers in possession of a seaman's book. The exceptions do not apply to seafarers on commercial yachts and pleasure craft.
- Diplomats if they travel in the course of their duties;
- Military personnel when they travel in the performance of their duties;
- Personnel of international organizations and humanitarian organizations;
- Persons who have compelling reasons to visit their family; this concerns travel in exceptional cases. An exceptional case is visiting a terminally ill relative and attending a funeral. It is intended for the first-degree and second-degree relatives. Partner and children are first-degree and grandchildren are second-degree.
Exception categories for which urgent advice for home quarantine applies:
- EU citizens (including UK nationals) and their family members, including persons covered by the long-distance relationship scheme;
- Nationals of Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, San Marino, Monaco, Vatican City and Andorra and their family members;
- third-country nationals holding a residence card or residence permit in accordance with Directive 2003/109/EC (the Long-Term Residents Directive) and their family members;
- third-country nationals who derive their right of residence from other European directives or from the national law of a Member State and their family members;
- Holders of a long-stay visa, including those with a provisional residence permit (MVV).
- Persons in need of international protection; the border procedure applies in full;
- Persons admitted for humanitarian reasons;
- Students in possession of a letter of notification from the Immigration and Naturalization Service;
- Highly skilled migrants in possession of a notification letter from the Immigration and Naturalization Service or a Dutch work permit.
Source: Rijksoverheid.nl
