International Air Travel Rules and Guidelines by the Indian Government.
                     International Air Travel Rules and 
Guidelines by the Indian Government
INTRODUCTION
• The Union health ministry has issued a revised guidelines for international 
arrivals and exempted five categories of passengers from the mandatory 
seven-day institutional quarantine. 
Source: The Financial Express
SELF-DECLARATION FORM
• All travellers should submit self-declaration form on the online portal at least 
72 hours before the scheduled travel. 
• They should also give an undertaking on the portal that they would undergo 
mandatory quarantine for 14 days.
Source: The Financial Express
HOME QUARANTINE
• Only for compelling cases of human distress such as pregnancy, death in 
family, serious illness and parent(s) with children of the age of 10 years or 
below, home quarantine may be permitted for 14 days.
• If they wish to seek such exemption under above, they shall apply to the 
online portal at least 72 hours before boarding. 
Source: The Financial Express
INSTITUTIONAL QUARANTINE
• Travellers may also seek exemption from institutional quarantine by 
submitting a negative RTPCR test report on arrival.
• This test should have been conducted within 96 hrs prior to undertaking the 
journey.
Source: Outlook India
BEFORE BOARDING
• Dos and Don'ts shall be provided along with ticket to the travellers by the 
agencies concerned. 
• All passengers shall be advised to download Arogya Setu app on their mobile 
devices. 
Source: Times of India
ASYMPTOMATIC TRAVELLERS
• At the time of boarding the flight, only asymptomatic travellers will be 
allowed to board after thermal screening.
• In case, any symptoms develop they shall inform the district surveillance 
officer or the state/national call centre (1075).
Source: Hindustan Times
PASSENGERS FROM LAND BORDERS
• Passengers arriving through the land borders will also have to undergo the 
same protocol as above.
• Only those who are asymptomatic will be enabled to cross the border into 
India.
Source: Scroll.in
PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES
• Suitable precautionary measures such as environmental sanitation and 
disinfection shall be ensured at the airports.
• During boarding and at the airports, all possible measures to ensure social 
distancing to be ensured.
Source: Business Standard
DURING TRAVEL
• While on board the flight, required precautions such as wearing of masks, 
environmental hygiene, respiratory hygiene, hand hygiene etc.
• Travellers who had not filled in self-declaration form on the portal shall fill the 
same in duplicate in the flight.
Source: New Indian Express
ON ARRIVAL
• Deboarding should be done ensuring social distancing. 
• Thermal screening would be carried out in respect of all the passengers by the 
Health officials present at the airport.
• The passengers found to be symptomatic during screening shall be 
immediately isolated
Source: The Indian Express
QUARANTINE RULE
• The passengers without any symptoms shall be kept under institutional quarantine for 
a minimum period of 7 days. 
• If they test positive, they shall be assessed clinically. 
– If they are assessed as asymptomatic / pre-symptomatic they will be allowed home isolation 
or isolated in the Covid Care Centre.
Source: BBC