All international passengers arriving in India are mandated to declare their current health status prior to boarding on the Air Suvidha portal along with the required documents: Copy of passport, PCR negative certificate from a test conducted within 72 hours of departure and the vaccination certificate.
To ensure the smooth passage of international travelers arriving in India, the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Ministry of Health & Family Welfare have mandated contactless self-declaration at Air Suvidha portal.
The Air Suvidha portal was launched in August 2020 and now has been strengthened to accommodate travel guidelines issued on 30 November 2021. Air Suvidha is a digital portal for easing international passenger arrival in India. This portal developed by MoCA aids passengers in providing their details of travel and final stay along with RTPCR, vaccination status, etc, according to an official release.
In the wake of fresh concerns about Covid and the new variant Omicron, the portal helps state officials in contact tracing. The implementation of the Air Suvidha intends to provide hassle-free, queue free, and convenient air travel to all international passengers arriving in India. Air Suvidha portal has already assisted 2,51,210 passengers from 1 December to 5 December 2021 since the updating of the new travel guidelines on 30 November 2021. Furthermore, over one crore passengers have benefited from the Air Suvidha portal since its launch in August 2020, the MoCA said.
To ensure the necessary prevention of the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus, the exemption forms from the Air Suvidha portal have been discontinued, and filling of the details have been made compulsory for all international passengers arriving in India. All international passengers arriving in India are mandated to declare their current health status prior to boarding on the Air Suvidha portal along with the required documents: Copy of passport, PCR negative certificate from a test conducted within 72 hours of departure and the vaccination certificate. For immigration, the copy received in e-mail is essential on arrival in India and has to be verified at the APHO counter.
Air Suvidha made friendlier for passengers and health/state officials
All applications from ‘at risk’ countries are marked with H and red band and others are green. This helps in smooth on arrival segregation and processing. This list is dynamically updated to keep up with MOHFW updates.
Application also takes into account countries visited in the last 14 days to highlight ‘at risk’ applications. This field is also made into a multi-select drop-down option for standardization.
Standardization of fields by providing drop-down lists E.g. district and state for address.
Updated FAQ list and customer care link along with the latest advisory at the start of the portal.
For ‘At Risk’ countries passengers are advised to pre-book their test on arrival and the link to the respective testing facility is provided to the passengers on SDF submission.
All international passengers are mandated to follow the below measures arriving/transiting from Countries at-risk
-Submit self-declaration form on Air Suvidha portal
-Upload negative RT-PCR report (conducted within 72 hrs. before the journey)
-Post-arrival COVID-19 test at arriving Airport (self-paid)
-Home quarantine for 7 days
-Retest on the 8th day and if negative, self-health monitoring for next 7 days
-List of countries from where travelers would need to follow additional measures on arrival in India, including post-arrival testing.
Countries at-risk updated as on 6 December 2021:
-Countries in Europe including The United Kingdom
-South Africa
-Brazil
-Botswana
-China
-Ghana
-Mauritius
-New Zealand
-Zimbabwe
-Singapore
-Tanzania
-Hong Kong
-Israel
