Karnataka announces guidelines for international arrivals

The Karnataka government on Wednesday issued guidelines for international arrivals. Passengers arriving from countries including the UK, South Africa, Brazil, Bangladesh, Botswana, China, Mauritius, New Zealand and Zimbabwe would need to follow additional measures on arrival in India including post-arrival testing.

All international travellers that are planning to come to Karnataka must submit a self-declaration form on the online Air Suvidha portal (newdelhiairport. in) before the scheduled travel. Passengers will have to upload a negative Covid-19 RT-PCR report, the test should not be less than 72-hour old. Airlines are to allow boarding of only those passengers who have filed in the self-declaration form & uploaded the negative RT-PCR report.

Passengers must also give an undertaking on the portal to the Ministry of Civil Aviation through concerned airlines before they are allowed to undertake the journey that they would undergo home quarantine/self-health monitoring as warranted.


At the time of boarding a flight only asymptomatic travellers will be allowed to board after the thermal screening. Passengers found to be symptomatic during screening will be isolated and taken to a medical facility.

If a traveller is coming from a country with which India has reciprocal arrangements for mutual acceptance of WHO-approved Covid vaccine, then in that case the fully vaccinated passengers will be allowed to leave the airport and shall self-monitor their health for 14 days post-arrival.

If a partially vaccinated or not vaccinated at all, the traveller will have to submit a sample of Covid-19 test.

If a traveller develops Covid-19 symptoms during self-isolation then they will have to report to the nearest health facility or call the national helpline number -1075/ state helpline number.