Border restrictions relaxed for some travellers

Wednesday 27 October 2021

From today, fully vaccinated travellers arriving in the Bailiwick from outside the Common Travel Area will no longer require a PCR test, providing they have not spent time in any UK Red List country.

They will still be required to purchase a pack of five lateral flow tests, the first of which to be taken on the day of arrival. The pack of five LFTs will cost £25 at the border.

It is a legal requirement for arrivals from outside of the CTA to purchase the LFT pack and take a day of arrival test. Arrivals are recommended to continue the course of five LFTs, every other day.

These travellers are asked to make their way home or to their accommodation for their first test, but will not need to self-isolate when waiting for a result of that LFT and will not have to report negative results. 

Should they receive a positive test result they must immediately contact the clinical helpline on 220001 or 220002 to book in for a PCR test to confirm the result.

Changes are required to the Travel Tracker to give effect to these latest amendments to travel restrictions, which were announced at the press briefing last week, and the Travel Tracker has been updated this morning. 

Following the changes to the Travel Tracker, arriving travellers meeting the criteria are required to select a region for the country they have departed.

Blue travellers who are fully vaccinated will be required to purchase a packet of five LFTs for £25 rather than one PCR test.

All other passengers arriving into the Bailiwick should complete a Travel Tracker pre-arrival form prior to arriving in the Bailiwick as normal. 

As indicated last week, the window for the completion of the Travel Tracker form has now been extended to eight days.