Keyser

Today is the first day for the new rules. It just won't be India unless there is massive miscommunication & mismanagement for the first few days.

LH757

Pre departure covid tests still required for Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg while NOT for Angola, Iran & Cuba, unarguably some illiterate prepared this list .

Updated info can be found on TIMATIC.

oliver2002

WB Govt falls in line with the rest of the GoI rules:

B747-437B

What's the issue with Angola, Iran or Cuba? All three of those have a statistically superior epidemiological situation than any of the five you listed.

The biggest issue with the list if you ask me is that only 5 out of 53 African countries are included on the list despite nearly 40 African countries recognizing Indian vaccine certificates on a reciprocal basis. Shameful.

oliver2002

Yep, if they had just picked some countries without saying anything… but first talk about reciprocal stuff and then ignore the countries that recognize 🤦🏽

sehgalanuj

Just checked Timatic for this and reads as though vaccination certificates are only accepted from 87 countries, and only if you travel from one of those 87 countries. As an example, Netherlands is in the list of acceptable vaccination certificates. This means that if a person with a vaccination certificate issued in Netherlands goes to Germany and starts their trip there, then they must get a PCR test. It seemed absurd, so we checked with the consulate in Germany and they confirmed this is the case.

Not to mention what is the most surprising about this is that vaccination certificates issued in India itself are not acceptable as per this regulation. So an Indian citizen, in Netherlands cannot travel back without a PCR test. Nor can they from any other country. This too was confirmed by the consulate and seems like such a strange exclusion to ignore vaccination certificates issued by India itself.

LH757

Clueless Indian babus have no idea what European Union really is. It makes me believe they are still being advised by some 1970 era guide book or human robots assuming DDR/FRG era still exists.

Why cherry-pick few countries from Europe and make these garbage rules even more complex?

sehgalanuj

Even if I were to excuse the lack of understanding behind the EU or Schengen Area, I am quite shocked that they don't accept their own vaccination certificates. I am a bit surprised that none of the Indian media has picked up on that aspect.

LH757

These ignorant babus are known for their world famous antique bureaucracy and follow exactly opposite from rest of the world.

B747-437B

You assume that what the consulate is telling you corresponds to the reality on the ground.

sehgalanuj

This is a good point. Though, the Timatic link I posted above also agrees with the consulate's interpretation. We have a query out to our family's relationship manager at AFKL and she said she'll get us their official stance on it this week. Let's see what that turns up.

southiesouth

Curios to hear back what is required... travelling from Canada To India Via Frankfurt next week. All vaccinations are from Canada

sehgalanuj

Canada as origin and vaccination certificate issuer is in the list. So you should be ok.

southiesouth

So the interpretation is that only the country of origin matter and not the transit ?

even though the origin is Canada which is in the list and the transit country - Germany - is not on the list ?

sehgalanuj

Yes, this appears to be the case. Though, to make matters even more confusing, if you try Traveldoc you'll see that you could select Germany as point of departure with Dutch nationality and you'd ve given the option of presenting a vaccination certificate; but select German nationality or Indian and the only option is PCR.

There's obviously an absolute mess. I hope in a few days it'll get clearer and your trip will be without these issues.