Travelers from South Africa must be able to show a negative COVID-19 test result and a statement signed by the traveler when traveling to the Netherlands by air or ship.
This also applies to travelers from the United Kingdom.
From 23:00.00 on December 19, travelers will show an official negative COVID-XNUMX test result and declaration to the airline or shipping company before traveling to the Netherlands. Can a traveler not show a negative test result? Then he is not allowed to travel to the Netherlands and the traveler is not allowed to board the plane or ship. This also applies to Dutch travelers.
Show test result and statement
The traveler must be able to show the following documents:
- an official negative COVID-19 test result;
- completed and signed Negative Test Declaration
They show these documents to the airline or shipping company before departure. And after arrival at the security region or the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee.
Mandatory data on test result and statement
The negative test result must be in English, German, French, Spanish or Dutch. The document is checked on 5 points:
- Type of test: This must be a molecular PCR test and a test for Sars-Cov-2/COVID-19. Any other type of test, including a rapid test, is not valid;
- Test result: must be negative (or not detected);
- First and last name: according to the passport;
- Date and time of taking the test: The test is no more than 72 hours old upon arrival in the Netherlands;
- Details of the institute or laboratory that administered the test.
Travelers from high-risk areas pose a risk of spreading and importing the coronavirus. To limit this risk, they must have a negative test result and statement.
The time between the moment of taking the test and arrival in the Netherlands may be a maximum of 72 hours. The test result must be known before someone leaves for the Netherlands.
Travelers who require a negative COVID-19 test result and statement
Travelers must show a negative COVID-23 test result from 00.00 December 19:XNUMX if they:
- be from the United Kingdom or South Africa;
- come by plane or ship;
- be 13 years or older.
Situations where no test result is required
- The negative test result does not yet apply to travelers by car, train or bus.
- Travelers who arrive at the airport in the Netherlands and travel directly by plane do not need a negative test result. They do not leave the airport.
- If they continue to travel by train, for example, they must show a negative test result. Because then they leave the airport.
Negative test result and arrival in the Netherlands
Does a traveler have a delay through no fault of his own? Then the test may be no more than 96 hours old upon arrival in the Netherlands. The traveler therefore receives an extra 24 hours. It is up to the passenger to prove that the negative test result has expired due to delay through no fault of his own.
Travelers without a negative test result and declaration will not be allowed to enter the Netherlands
When traveling by plane, does a traveler not show a negative test result before the plane departs? Then he is not allowed to travel to the Netherlands and the traveler is not allowed to board the plane. The same applies to travel by ship. In the Netherlands, the security region checks whether travelers are in possession of a statement and a negative test result.
Home quarantine
The negative test is not a substitute for home quarantine. You stay at home for 10 days if you come from an area with an orange travel advice due to many corona infections.
Do not travel to the Netherlands if the test results are positive
Do travelers have a positive result of a corona test? Then they are not allowed to travel. So not to the Netherlands either. They must remain in isolation until the complaints are over. They follow the advice of the local health services. This also applies to Dutch travelers.
Only when they no longer have any complaints and test negative for corona are they allowed to travel to the Netherlands.
A negative test result is not a health declaration
Travelers also need one completed health declaration when they enter the Netherlands by plane.
Source: Rijksoverheid.nl
