COVID19: Testing (and vaccination) Requirements to enter India
Jan 27, 22, 2:19 am
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Ended the 25th with a total of 4 calls.
Yesterday I received 2 calls & its been 2 today as well.
I asked them today how much longer they will continue to call & was told that they are supposed to call daily for 7 days. So hopefully I will only have to suffer this for 2 more days.
Yesterday I received 2 calls & its been 2 today as well.
I asked them today how much longer they will continue to call & was told that they are supposed to call daily for 7 days. So hopefully I will only have to suffer this for 2 more days.
Jan 27, 22, 3:52 am
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Originally Posted by Keyser
Ended the 25th with a total of 4 calls.
Yesterday I received 2 calls & its been 2 today as well.
I asked them today how much longer they will continue to call & was told that they are supposed to call daily for 7 days. So hopefully I will only have to suffer this for 2 more days.
Yesterday I received 2 calls & its been 2 today as well.
I asked them today how much longer they will continue to call & was told that they are supposed to call daily for 7 days. So hopefully I will only have to suffer this for 2 more days.
Jan 27, 22, 10:14 am
#588
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Originally Posted by Keyser
Ended the 25th with a total of 4 calls.
Yesterday I received 2 calls & its been 2 today as well.
I asked them today how much longer they will continue to call & was told that they are supposed to call daily for 7 days. So hopefully I will only have to suffer this for 2 more days.
Yesterday I received 2 calls & its been 2 today as well.
I asked them today how much longer they will continue to call & was told that they are supposed to call daily for 7 days. So hopefully I will only have to suffer this for 2 more days.
OMG, that sucks. What state / airport of entry? And: What are they asking / checking?
On a German forum, I just read that some travelers even got an official visit which checked the PCR test on day 8 to officially end the HQ.
Btw. is a non-Indian phone number a problem (for them)? Not really willing to buy extra Indian SIM card to be bothered x times a day for 7 days…
Last edited by Emick; Jan 27, 22 at 11:46 am Reason: typo
Jan 27, 22, 11:34 am
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Originally Posted by Emick
OMG, that sucks. What state / airport of entry? And: What are they asking / checking?
On a German forum, I just read that some travelers even got an official visit and checked the PCR test on day 8, to officially end the HQ.
On a German forum, I just read that some travelers even got an official visit and checked the PCR test on day 8, to officially end the HQ.
What country are you arriving from?
Jan 27, 22, 11:42 am
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Originally Posted by superboi
Quite likely if you are in Mumbai. Authorities there seem pretty set on following up.
What country are you arriving from?
What country are you arriving from?
The other travelers I referred to previously: Germany (at-risk country), entering via Hyderabad.
Jan 27, 22, 1:39 pm
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Originally Posted by Emick
OMG, that sucks. What state / airport of entry? And: What are they asking / checking?
On a German forum, I just read that some travelers even got an official visit which checked the PCR test on day 8 to officially end the HQ.
Btw. is a non-Indian phone number a problem (for them)? Not really willing to buy extra Indian SIM card to be bothered x times a day for 7 days…
On a German forum, I just read that some travelers even got an official visit which checked the PCR test on day 8 to officially end the HQ.
Btw. is a non-Indian phone number a problem (for them)? Not really willing to buy extra Indian SIM card to be bothered x times a day for 7 days…
Since my wife's day 8 result came back positive, they have been calling multiple times daily to check up on her health & to make sure she remains in quarantine at home.
We even got a visit from an official from the District Magistrate's office to check if quarantine was being followed.
Not sure about the Indian phone number. A few months ago I saw a passenger getting into an argument at one of the testing counters on arrival because he did not have an Indian number that they could put in the system. They were refusing to test & let him leave the area unless he provided a local number.
Jan 27, 22, 1:58 pm
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Originally Posted by superboi
Quite likely if you are in Mumbai. Authorities there seem pretty set on following up.
Jan 27, 22, 3:06 pm
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Originally Posted by venk
That is kind of ambiguous because if the negative report was a test conducted within a calendar day, that is sufficient whether you had Covid or not. 
Looking for positive confirmation if a subsequent negative report after infection not within one calendar day window satisfies the cleared for travel note from your Doctor requirement as an alternate.
Thanks. It is the required cleared for travel certification you need to have that is the problem. It is more relevant if you required supervised care for your infection institutionally or otherwise. Just stayed in a hotel to get over it requires finding a Doctor - visitors may not know any - willing to provide such an attestation which may or may not satisfy arbitrary airline assessment of authenticity, wording, letterhead/seal, etc., especially in India where the airline staff tend to be inflexible bureaucrats sometimes. Given their judgment would be binary in this case with enormous consequences.
Seems like CDC is filled with Indian Immigrant Babus too writing such vague requirements.
Looking for positive confirmation if a subsequent negative report after infection not within one calendar day window satisfies the cleared for travel note from your Doctor requirement as an alternate.Thanks. It is the required cleared for travel certification you need to have that is the problem. It is more relevant if you required supervised care for your infection institutionally or otherwise. Just stayed in a hotel to get over it requires finding a Doctor - visitors may not know any - willing to provide such an attestation which may or may not satisfy arbitrary airline assessment of authenticity, wording, letterhead/seal, etc., especially in India where the airline staff tend to be inflexible bureaucrats sometimes. Given their judgment would be binary in this case with enormous consequences.
Seems like CDC is filled with Indian Immigrant Babus too writing such vague requirements.
Either some DesiBabu is running CDC or CDC outsourced to India.
Jan 27, 22, 3:11 pm
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Originally Posted by Keyser
Landed in Delhi.
Since my wife's day 8 result came back positive, they have been calling multiple times daily to check up on her health & to make sure she remains in quarantine at home.
We even got a visit from an official from the District Magistrate's office to check if quarantine was being followed.
Not sure about the Indian phone number. A few months ago I saw a passenger getting into an argument at one of the testing counters on arrival because he did not have an Indian number that they could put in the system. They were refusing to test & let him leave the area unless he provided a local number.
Since my wife's day 8 result came back positive, they have been calling multiple times daily to check up on her health & to make sure she remains in quarantine at home.
We even got a visit from an official from the District Magistrate's office to check if quarantine was being followed.
Not sure about the Indian phone number. A few months ago I saw a passenger getting into an argument at one of the testing counters on arrival because he did not have an Indian number that they could put in the system. They were refusing to test & let him leave the area unless he provided a local number.
Last edited by LH757; Jan 27, 22 at 7:16 pm
Jan 28, 22, 12:29 am
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Originally Posted by LH757
Did Indian authorities deport him for not providing a local number? This is now getting ludicrously insane day by day.
I had no interest in hanging around to find out what happened. I just overheard the conversation while I was waiting for my payment & registration to take place. I think I heard them suggest that he provide a relative's number or a local number for where he was staying. The situation wasn't resolved by the time I left to get my test but I'm sure they figured it out.
Jan 28, 22, 12:35 am
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Originally Posted by Emick
Btw. is a non-Indian phone number a problem (for them)? Not really willing to buy extra Indian SIM card to be bothered x times a day for 7 days
Originally Posted by Emick
Me: Seychelles. Plan is to continue from BOM to Aurangabad and do the HQ there.
Jan 28, 22, 12:36 am
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Originally Posted by TravelingZoomer
Im planning a trip to India (from the US) and wish to stay in Dehli and fly to Mumbai after. Does one need a Covid test for the Dehli -> Mumbai flight?
Jan 28, 22, 2:25 am
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One more report – flew EWR → BOM yesterday (the 27th), and there were two places I needed to show my Air Suvidha form – one at a desk immediately after arrival, the other at exit after all all the immigration and customs lines. No other questions or testing.
This was not applicable for me, but perhaps might help those who are coming in from at-risk countries and need to book a test – I saw a couple of desks and testing booths for a couple of companies (Metropolis and Lifenity) that appeared to be offering RT-PCR tests.
This was not applicable for me, but perhaps might help those who are coming in from at-risk countries and need to book a test – I saw a couple of desks and testing booths for a couple of companies (Metropolis and Lifenity) that appeared to be offering RT-PCR tests.
Last edited by fe857ca; Jan 28, 22 at 2:30 am
Jan 28, 22, 2:48 am
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Originally Posted by Keyser
Ended the 25th with a total of 4 calls.
Yesterday I received 2 calls & its been 2 today as well.
I asked them today how much longer they will continue to call & was told that they are supposed to call daily for 7 days. So hopefully I will only have to suffer this for 2 more days.
Yesterday I received 2 calls & its been 2 today as well.
I asked them today how much longer they will continue to call & was told that they are supposed to call daily for 7 days. So hopefully I will only have to suffer this for 2 more days.
