Latest updates 15th July
Before you travel
Follow these steps:
- Check the rules for the country or territory you are coming from or have travelled through.
- Book any tests or quarantine hotel packages you need.
- Get tested and complete documents.
- Check the rules for the country you are coming from or have travelled through
Countries and territories are listed as either red, amber, or green. The rules for testing and quarantine when you arrive in England are different for each list.
The rules you must follow depend on which countries or territories you have been in or travelled through in the 10 days before you arrive in England, as well as the one you’re travelling from.
For example, if you travel from an amber list country but have been in a red list country in the 10 days before you arrive in England, you must follow rules for red list countries.
- Book any COVID-19 tests or quarantine hotel packages you need for your arrival
Arriving from a green or amber list country or territory
Find a coronavirus (COVID-19) travel test provider and book the tests you need if you have been in a country or territory on the green or amber list in the 10 days before you arrive in England.
If you are arriving from an amber list country or territory, you may be able to end quarantine early if you arrange and pay for a private COVID-19 test as part of the test to release scheme.
Find out how the test to release scheme works.
Arriving from a red list country or territory
Book a quarantine hotel package if you have been in a country or territory on the red list in the 10 days before you arrive in England.
When to book
Make sure you leave enough time for any testing kits to be delivered to the address you will be staying at in England.
- Get tested and complete documents
Follow these steps:
- Take a COVID-19 test in the country you are in. (To board your transport to England, you need proof of a negative result from a test taken in the 3 days before the service departs.)
- Complete a passenger locator form. (You can do this any time in the 48 hours before you arrive in England.)
Find out the COVID-19 test you must get and how to show proof of a negative result.
You will need to find a test provider in the country you are in.
When you arrive in England
The rules for testing and quarantine when you arrive in England depend on which countries you have been in or travelled through in the 10 days before you arrive.
Check the red, amber, and green list and the rules for the countries or territories you’ve been in.
Leaving England
Follow these steps:
- Check the rules for entry in the country you’re going to.
- Take any tests required and follow any other rules.