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COVID-safe travel to and from Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi remains to be the safe, awe-inspiring and culturally rich destination you last visited. We are now open to all vaccinated travellers and ready to welcome you. Find out about the procedures to keep you safe while travelling to and across our emirate.

If you are vaccinated, or exempt from vaccination...

  • Effective from Sunday, 5 September 2021 Abu Dhabi has lifted all quarantine procedures for all vaccinated travellers from around the world allowing seamless entry to the capital of the United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi
  • To check the list of World Health Organisation (WHO) approved vaccines, please click here
  • To validate your vaccination or your exemption certificate in Abu Dhabi, five days before your travel date, download the Federal Authority of Identity and Citizenship (ICA UAE Smart) app or visit the ica.gov.ae website to complete the 'Register Arrivals Form' and attach your vaccination certificate(s) for approval
  • An SMS will confirm approval of the registration form and vaccination certificates and include a link to download Alhosn app, which enables users to show test results and vaccination status and is used to enter public places in Abu Dhabi, which is limited to those vaccinated
  • Take a PCR test within 48 hours of departure from origin destination and only fly if the test result is negative
  • Upon arrival in Abu Dhabi, travellers will receive a Unified ID number from airport immigration or via the ICA UAE Smart app or ica.gov.ae website; this is required to complete the registration on Alhosn app.
  • You will also need to take a PCR test upon arrival at Abu Dhabi International airport, with the result received within 90 minutes
  • You can then depart the airport and wait in your accommodation for the results
  • If the result is negative, Alhosn will automatically show ‘green’ status
  • Children under 12 years and individuals with official exemptions do not need to take a PCR test upon arrival
  • As an alternative to using the app, visit m.Alhosnapp.ae to check your latest PCR test result
  • If coming from Green List countries, travellers will need to take another PCR test on day 6 (counting the day of arrival as day 1), available at their convenience within hotel accommodations
  • If coming from non-Green List countries, travellers will need to take another PCR test on day 4 and day 8. PCR tests will be available at their convenience with hotel accomodations.
  • Click here to see if your destination of departure to Abu Dhabi is on the emirate's Green List.


Coming from Dubai or other Emirates

For fully vaccinated international travellers coming to Abu Dhabi from Dubai or other Emirates, they will also need to follow the same guidelines. These include downloading the ICA app; complete the registration, and then download Al Hosn app, which is the Green Pass gateway to all of Abu Dhabi’s attractions. Travellers will also need to take a PCR test, with results valid for 48 hours and present it at Abu Dhabi’s entry point via Al Hosn app.

For more information about Covid-19 PCR testing centres in Abu Dhabi, please visit doh.gov.ae/en/covid-19/PCR and seha.ae/screening-locations/. Hotels will also provide testing services at their guests’ convenience.

If you are unvaccinated...

  • Take a PCR test within 48 hours of departure from origin destination and only fly if the test result is negative
  • Unvaccinated travellers from Green List countries and regions are welcomed to Abu Dhabi with no quarantine measures. And must take a PCR test on day 6 and day 9 (Day 1 being the day of arrival)
  • Unvaccinated travellers coming from non-green list countries must undergo quarantine measures. On arrival into Abu Dhabi International Airport, download and register on Alhosn app, available in all smart phone app stores
  • Take a free PCR test and receive the result in approximately 90 minutes through the Alhosn app and via SMS. Travellers must be fitted with a wristband, which you are required to wear during the quarantine period
  • Depart the airport and quarantine at your accommodation for 10 days and take a PCR test at a SEHA Prime Testing Facility on day 9. If it is negative, you can remove the wristband at the same facility
  • Click here to check if your destination of departure to Abu Dhabi is on the emirate’s Green List.
  • If you are unvaccinated and transiting through a Green List country from a non-Green List country to Abu Dhabi and have spent less than 10 days in a Green List location before arriving in Abu Dhabi, you must complete the quarantine in Abu Dhabi.
  • The time spent in the Green List country prior to arriving in Abu Dhabi will count towards the 10-day quarantine period.
  • For example: Unvaccinated passenger A spends time in a non-Green List location, and then spends four days in a Green List country before travelling to Abu Dhabi. Passenger A will quarantine for 6 days in order to complete the 10-day total

*Important: Children under 12 and those with medical exemptions do not need to undergo COVID-19 PCR testing before departure.

 
Coming via Dubai or other Emirates

Unvaccinated travellers from ‘Green list’ countries coming to Abu Dhabi from Dubai or other Emirates are welcomed in Abu Dhabi without quarantine. They need to download Alhosn app, which is the Green Pass gateway to all of Abu Dhabi’s attractions. They also need to take a PCR test, with results valid for 48 hours that they present at Abu Dhabi’s entry point via the app.

Unvaccinated travellers coming from non-green list countries need to quarantine for 10 days in Abu Dhabi. If you are arriving through Dubai or other Emirates, you will be welcomed in Abu Dhabi, without quarantine after completing 10 days in the Emirate of arrival.

If for example, they spent 6 days in the Emirate where they landed, and want to visit Abu Dhabi, they will need to complete 4 days of their remaining required isolation period.

For more information about Covid-19 PCR testing centres in Abu Dhabi, please visit doh.gov.ae/en/covid-19/PCR and seha.ae/screening-locations/. Hotels will also provide testing services at their guests’ convenience.


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