How long to get on-arrival PCR test in AUH?
Jan 22, 2022, 4:52 am
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How long to get on-arrival PCR test in AUH?
So now that Abu Dhabi requires an on-arrival PCR test even just for a transfer straight to Dubai, does anyone have any idea howl long these tests are taking to process?
Am due to land around midnight local but am now thinking about rescheduling the flight as it risks impacting meetings I have scheduled.
Thanks in advance
Am due to land around midnight local but am now thinking about rescheduling the flight as it risks impacting meetings I have scheduled.
Thanks in advance
Jan 22, 2022, 6:12 am
#2
Join Date: Oct 2014
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So now that Abu Dhabi requires an on-arrival PCR test even just for a transfer straight to Dubai, does anyone have any idea howl long these tests are taking to process?
Am due to land around midnight local but am now thinking about rescheduling the flight as it risks impacting meetings I have scheduled.
Thanks in advance
Am due to land around midnight local but am now thinking about rescheduling the flight as it risks impacting meetings I have scheduled.
Thanks in advance
I was there the week before last. The test is done before immigration. It’s free. My results came in in about four hours. You will need to download the Al Hosn app as that is how you will get to see your results and the app will automatically show green status assuming you test negative. The immigration officer will give you a number you need when you register on the Al Hosn app.
Jan 22, 2022, 7:34 am
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I was there the week before last. The test is done before immigration. It’s free. My results came in in about four hours. You will need to download the Al Hosn app as that is how you will get to see your results and the app will automatically show green status assuming you test negative. The immigration officer will give you a number you need when you register on the Al Hosn app.
Jan 22, 2022, 8:52 am
#4
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Thanks for that - very useful. Can I check though, were you able to leave the airport immediately after the test, or did you have to wait for 4 hours before clearing immigration? I'm also mindful that because i'm not going to an address in Abu Dhabi this might create further problems for me.
Jan 25, 2022, 9:36 pm
#5
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Same experience this week , it was incredibly quick although I think they did ask me where I was staying but didn’t note it down (possibly because I’m staying at the (British) embassy).
Feb 2, 2022, 7:54 am
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I was there the week before last. The test is done before immigration. It’s free. My results came in in about four hours. You will need to download the Al Hosn app as that is how you will get to see your results and the app will automatically show green status assuming you test negative. The immigration officer will give you a number you need when you register on the Al Hosn app.
Caveat: this was in November
Feb 2, 2022, 9:41 pm
#8
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE
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Oi! im just down the road. our old mates there were rotated to vietman. if youre ever in need of a drinking buddy at "The Hutch" let me know.
