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Portugal Travel Guidelines

    Last Updated : 03rd December 2021 / As of now no new update till date
  • Can Indian travel to the Portugal?
  • NO
  • Visa and Immigration related updates:
  • Please visit Portugal Consular Section website in India for further details. Only essential travel is allowed.
  • Wearing mask is mandatory in public transport and services, shops and supermarkets, in closed spaces and outdoors.
  • At this time, the Situation of Calamity is in effect until June 13. Situation is revised every 15 days.
  • Guidelines for International Arrivals to India
  • This Standard Operating Procedure shall be valid w.e.f. 01st December (00.01 Hrs IST) till further orders. Based on the risk assessment, this document shall be reviewed from time to time.
  • A.1. Planning for Travel
  • i. All travelers should (i) submit self-declaration form on the online Air Suvidha portal (www.newdelhiairport.in) before the scheduled travel, including last 14 days travel details (ii) upload a negative COVID-19 RT-PCR report or Vaccination Certificate. This RT-PCR test should have been conducted within 72 hrs prior to undertaking the journey. Each passenger shall also submit a declaration with respect to authenticity of the report and will be liable for criminal prosecution, if found otherwise.
  • ii. They should also give an undertaking on the portal or otherwise to Ministry of Civil Aviation, Govt. of India, through concerned airlines before they are allowed to undertake the journey that they would abide by the decision of the appropriate government authority to undergo home quarantine/ self-monitoring of their health for 14 days, or as warranted.
  • iii. Arrival in India without negative report shall be allowed only for those traveling to India in the exigency of death in the family.
  • iv. If they wish to seek such exemption under para (iii) above, they shall apply to the online portal (www.newdelhiairport.in) at least 72 hours before boarding. The decision taken by the government as communicated on the online portal will be final.
  • A.2. Before Boarding
  • v. Passengers originating or transiting from at-risk countries shall be informed by the airlines that they will undergo post arrival testing, quarantine if tested negative, stringent isolation protocols if tested positive etc.
  • vi. Do’s and Don'ts shall be provided along with ticket to the travelers by the airlines/agencies concerned.
  • vii. Airlines to allow boarding only those passengers who have filled in the Self Declaration Form on the Air Suvidha portal and uploaded the negative RT-PCR test report or Vaccination Certificate
  • viii. At the time of boarding the flight, only asymptomatic travelers will be allowed to board after thermal screening. viii. All passengers shall be advised to download Aarogya Setu app on their mobile devices.
  • ix. Suitable precautionary measures such as environmental sanitation and disinfection shall be ensured at the airports.
  • x. During boarding all possible measures to ensure physical distancing are to be ensured.
  • A.3. During Travel
  • xi.Suitable announcement about COVID-19 including precautionary measures to be followed shall be made at airports and in flights and during transit.
  • xii. While on board the flight, required precautions such as wearing of masks, environmental hygiene, respiratory hygiene, hand hygiene etc. are to be observed by airline staff, crew and all passengers.
  • A.4. On arrival
  • xiii. De-boarding should be done ensuring physical distancing.
  • xiv. Thermal screening would be carried out in respect of all the passengers by the health officials present at the airport. The self-declaration form filled online shall be shown to the airport health staff.
  • xv. The passengers found to be symptomatic during screening shall be immediately isolated and taken to medical facility as per health protocol.
  • Travellers from specified Countries at risk will follow the protocol as detailed below:
    • Submission of sample for post-arrival COVID-19 test
    • at the point of arrival (self-paid). Such travellers will be required to wait for their test results at the arrival airport before leaving or taking a connecting flight.
    • If tested negative they will follow, home quarantine for 7 days. Re-test on the 8th day of arrival in India
    • and if negative, further self-monitor of their health for next 7 days.
    • However, if such travellers are tested positive, their samples should be sent for genomic testing at INSACOG laboratory network.
    • They shall be managed at separate isolation facility and treated as per laid down standard protocol including contact tracing mentioned in para (xiv).
    • The contacts of such positive case should be kept under institutional quarantine or at home quarantine monitored strictly by the concerned State Government as per laid down protocol
  • xvii. Travellers from Countries excluding those Countries at risk, will be allowed to leave the airport and shall self-monitor their health for 14 days’ post arrival. A sub-section (5% of the total flight passengers) shall undergo post-arrival testing at random at the airport on arrival. a. The 5% of such travellers in each flight shall be identified by the concerned airlines (preferably from different countries). b. Such travellers shall be escorted by the concerned airlines/MoCA to testing area on arrival. c. The cost of testing of such travellers shall be borne by MoCA. d.Laboratories shall prioritize testing of samples from such travellers. e. If such travellers are tested positive, they shall be managed as per laid down standard protocol and samples would further send for genomic testing.
  • xviii. If travellers under home quarantine or self-health monitoring, develop signs and symptoms suggestive of COVID-19 or test positive for COVID-19 on re-testing, they will immediately selfisolate and report to their nearest health facility or call National helpline number (1075)/ State Helpline Number
  • International travelers arriving at seaports/land portsg
  • xix. International travellers arriving through seaports/land ports will also have to undergo the same protocol as above, except that facility for online registration is not available for such passengers currently.
  • xx. Such travellers shall submit the self-declaration form to the concerned authorities of Government of India at seaports/land ports on arrival.
  • xxi. * Children under 5 years of age are exempted from both pre- and post-arrival testing. However, if found symptomatic for COVID-19 on arrival or during home quarantine period, they shall undergo testing and treated as per laid down protocol. # Contacts of the suspect case are the co-passengers seated in the same row, 3 rows in front and 3 rows behind along with identified Cabin Crew. Also, all the community contacts of those travellers who have tested positive (during home quarantine period) would be subjected to quarantine for 14 days and tested as per ICMR protocol
  • The restrictions imposed by the Government of India guidelines dated 28t' November, 2021 as well as future restrictions if any, shall act as minimum restrictions to be imposed.
  • DCP immigration and FRRO to draft a proforma of declaration for all arriving passengers on international flights to declare details of the countries visited in last 15 days. MIAL to share the proformas with all airlines and the information regarding travel in the last 15 days shall be cross checked by immigration on arrival.
  • The international passengers arriving from At Risk countries (declared by GOI front time to time) may be deplaned on priority and separate counters will be arranged by MIAL and Airport Authority for their checking. Such all passengers shall have to undergo mandatory 7 day institutional quarantine and RTPCR test to be carried out on days 2, 4 and 7 for these passengers. If any of the test is found to be positive, then the passenger shall be shifted to a hospital. In case of all tests coming negative. the passenger will have to undergo a further 7 days of home quarantine.
  • Passengers from any other countries except the at risk countries will have to compulsorily undergo RTPCR test at the airport on arrival valid on being found negative, will have to undergo 14 days of home quarantine. If found positive, they will be shifted to the hospital.
  • In case of an international passenger having a connecting flight to any other airport in India (without leaving the airport at all), passenger shall undergo a RTPCR test at the first arrival airport in Maharashtra and only on being found negative will he be allowed to board the connecting flight.
  • In the case of domestic air travel, passengers travelling within the state will either ha e to be fully vaccinated or compulsorily carry a RTPCR test within 48 hours of the time of arrival.
  • In case of passengers from other States, negative RTPCR test within 48 hours of arrival will be compulsory without exceptions.
  • Social distance
  • At least 2 meters.
  • Border / Entry
  • Non-essential travels from the countries of the European Union, from Schengen Associated countries (Liechtenstein, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland) and from the UK.
  • Countries with an incidence rate equal to or greater than 500 cases per 100,000 inhabitants - Brazil, India and South Africa:Only “essential travel” is allowed:
  • Must present proof of a negative test to COVID-19 (RT-PCR), carried out within 72 hours before boarding time
  • It is compulsory to comply with a prophylactic isolation period of 14 days, at home or in a place indicated by the health authorities, after entering mainland Portugal
  • The list of countries is determined by governmental document, reviewed every 15 days and whenever necessary according to the pandemic evolution.
  • Australia, China, Israel, South Korea, New Zealand, Rwanda, Singapore, Thailand, and the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau (subject to confirmation of reciprocity).
  • Trips to the Azores and Madeira Islands
  • Passengers flying to the Madeira archipelago must comply with one of the following options:
  • 1. Submit a negative test to COVID-19 performed within 72 hours prior to departure;
  • 2. Present a medical document certifying that the holder is recovered from COVID-19 disease at the time of landing, issued within the last 90 days;
  • 3. Present a vaccination certificate against COVID-19, respecting the period of activation of the immune system foreseen in the Summary of Product Characteristics (SmPC);
  • 4. Perform test on arrival and await the result in prophylactic isolation;
  • 5. Perform voluntary isolation, for a period of 14 days, at home or in a hotel accommodation.
  • Passengers flying to the Azores archipelago :
  • To visit the Azores, the SARS-CoV-2 screening test is MANDATORY, within 72 hours preceding the flight from the airport of origin, carried out using the RT-PCR methodology, with NEGATIVE result, making explicit reference to the identification of the person tested, the laboratory, the date of the test and the signature of the person responsible for its performance, which must be presented prior to boarding, in digital or paper support, without which boarding will be refused.
  • If the stay is longer than seven days, on the 6th and 12th day from the date SARS-CoV-2 first test was performed, the passenger must contact the health services of the county where is staying so that a second test can be performed.
  • Hotel
  • Open as usual with Clean & Safe protocols. To search accommodation and other tourist service infrastructures or services: https://portugalcleanandsafe.com/en
  • Coach
  • Entrance in the coach must be used the back door to avoid the contact with driver; it are limited to 2/3 of the capacity. Maximum capacity is reduced to 50% > 66% to provide the rule 1 pax per 2 seats.
  • Cruise
  • The same rules as for air traffic apply.
  • Must present proof of a negative test to COVID-19 (RT-PCR), carried out within 72 hours before.
  • Citizens coming from Brazil, India and South Africa entering Portugal by land must comply with a 14-day quarantine period at home or at a place indicated by the health authorities.
  • Anyone who is obliged to comply with the 14-day prophylactic isolation in Portugal must register with SEF - Foreigners and Borders Service before entering the country at https://travel.sef.pt.
  • Train
  • The use of face masks is mandatory.
  • Public transports are limited to 2/3 of the capacity. In taxis / TVDE, the front seats must be used only by the driver, and passenger occupancy cannot exceed 2/3 of the remaining space
  • Shops
  • Open as usual. Shopping centres close at 9pm on week days and 7pm on weekend
  • Restaurants
  • Restaurants, Cafés and Pastry Shops
  • Until 10.30 p.m. / 6 people inside / 10 people on terraces
  • Entrance
  • The group size visits depends on monuments or palaces. Mostly close at 6pm on week days and weekends. Art Galleries at 10.30pm

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