Update of entry requirements to Latin American and Caribbean countries

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In this installment we will review the requirements updated for entry by air to the countries of Latin America and the Caribe.

Aerial recovery advances in the continent and the region, but the measures of the countries such as the entry or isolation testing requirements are maintained in the vast majority and in other cases, even as the weeks go by they have become even stricter.

In this new installment we update the entry requirements for Latin America and the Caribbean, We review country by country the different flight opening situations:

Requirements by country

Antigua

• domestic flights: N/A
• International flights: operating.
• Requirements: PCR test with 7 days before the flight (also passengers in transit).

Argentina

• domestic flights: operating.
• International flights: operating with restrictions for neighboring countries.
• Requirements: Only nationals and residents are allowed. Others allowed from 19 January with 14 quarantine days. PCR before (72 hours). Mandatory visitor insurance. Flights from the United Kingdom, Australia, Denmark, Italy, Netherlands suspended until 8 from January.

Aruba

• domestic flights: only between Netherlands and Antilles.
• International flights: operating.
• Requirements: Residents of Peru and Venezuela not allowed. PCR before (72 hours) or upon arrival at the expense of the passenger. Compulsory medical insurance.

Bahamas

• domestic flights: N/A
• International flights: operating.
• Requirements: PCR test required (5 days) for foreign and Bahamian passengers
  Antigen test required on the day 5. Mandatory visitor insurance (from 14 of November).

Barbados

• domestic flights: N/A
• International flights: operating.
• Requirements: Until the test is repeated 4-5 days after the first accepted test). PCR before (72 hours) or upon arrival (only low risk countries) – Passengers from high-risk countries will stay at designated hotels and be retested at 4-5 days after the first test performed.

Bermuda

• domestic flights: N/A
• International flights: operating.
• Requirements: PCR <7 days before the flight + $ 75 by COVID test in Bermuda. Visitors: PCR test on arrival + day 4, day 8 and day 14.

Bolivia

• domestic flights: operating
• International flights: operating, except flights from Europe suspended.
• Requirements: Quarantine 14 days for all passengers arriving from the United Kingdom. PCR <7 days before the Pax flight from the United Kingdom no flights are allowed until the 8 from January.

Brazil

• domestic flights: operating.
• International flights: operating.
• Requirements: PCR <72 hours before the flight. UK flights suspended.

Cayman Islands.

• domestic flights: N/A
• International flights: closed.
• Requirements: quarantine 14 days and mandatory test upon arrival.

Chile

• domestic flights: operating with restrictions.
• International flights: operating with restrictions.
• Requirements: PCR <72 hours before the flight. Insurance with minimum coverage of 30kUSD for non-Chilean visitors or residents. United Kingdom not authorized to enter (except Chileans or residents). UK flights suspended. Passengers arriving without a Covid test must remain in quarantine for 14 days or until the PCR test is negative. Chileans who have been in the United Kingdom must enter quarantine 14 days.

Colombia

• domestic flights: operating.
• International flights: operating.
• Requirements: PCR <96 hours before the flight. UK flights suspended.

Costa Rica

• domestic flights: operating.
• International flights: operating.
• Requirements: Travel insurance (registered by the General Insurance Superintendence of CR).

Cuba

• domestic flights: operating.
• International flights: operating, but with restriction of weekly frequencies.
• Requirements: PCR <72 hours before the flight. Health insurance tax of USD30.

Curaçao

• domestic flights: only with the Antilles.
• International flights: operating.
• Requirements: PCR <72 hours before the flight. Health insurance required.

Rep. Dominican

• domestic flights: operating.
• International flights: operating.
• Requirements: Random testing upon arrival. Flights from the United Kingdom are suspended until 10 from January.

Ecuador

• domestic flights: operating.
• International flights: operating.
• Requirements: There is no quarantine if PCR is negative, otherwise 10 isolation days. International: PCR <10 days before the flight for all passengers is mandatory. Galapagos: PCR <96 hrs. before the flight. Insurance is required for foreign tourists to the Galapagos Islands.

The Savior

• domestic flights: N/A.
• International flights: operating.
• Requirements: PCR <72 hours before the flight. Passengers who have visited the United Kingdom or South Africa in the last 30 days you will not be able to enter.

Grenada

• domestic flights: N/A.
• International flights: operating.
• Requirements: Quarantine for visitors until the day 4 (PCR test option to end quarantine). PCR test (72 hours). Insurance required. UK flights suspended. Passengers are not allowed into the UK in recent 14 days.

Guadeloupe

• domestic flights: operating.
• International flights: operating.
• Requirements: PCR <72 hours before the flight (except citizens of the French Caribbean and French Guiana)
  Airport testing option (84 EUR).

Guatemala

• domestic flights: N/A.
• International flights: operating.
• Requirements: There is no quarantine if PCR is negative. Otherwise, 10 days. PCR test (96 hours), UK flights suspended. Passengers who have been in the United Kingdom in the last few years are not permitted. 14 days.

Guyana

• domestic flights: N/A.
• International flights: operating.
• Requirements: PCR test accepted until 7 days before arrival.

Honduras

• domestic flights: operating.
• International flights: operating.
• Requirements: PCR <72 hours before the flight. Flights with the United Kingdom suspended and passengers who have been in the last 21 days you will not be able to enter.

Jamaica

• domestic flights: operating.
• International flights: operating.
• Requirements: Quarantine 14 days, except passengers arriving at approved hotels. US Residents. UU., Mexico, Panama, Dominican Republic – PCR test (10 days before the flight). UK flights are suspended until 31 from January.

Mexico

• domestic flights: operating.
• International flights: operating.
• Requirements: neither.

Nicaragua

• domestic flights: operating.
• International flights: operating.
• Requirements: PCR <72 hours before the flight.

Panama

• domestic flights: operating.
• International flights: operating.
• Requirements: PCR <48 hours before the flight. Flights with the United Kingdom and South Africa suspended and passengers who have been in the last 20 days you will not be able to enter.

Paraguay

• domestic flights: operating.
• International flights: operating.
• Requirements: PCR <72 hours before the flight. Quarantine 14 days in case of arrival without negative test (They must take a test at the end of this time). You must have health insurance. Visitors from the United Kingdom or South Africa who have been in the last 14 days.

Peru

• domestic flights: operating.
• International flights: operating.
• Requirements: All arriving passengers must undergo quarantine 14 days regardless of whether or not they have a negative PCR test.

Puerto Rico

• domestic flights: operating.
• International flights: operating.
• Requirements: PCR <72 hours before the flight. If the passenger does not have a negative PCR test, will be quarantined until a local authorized laboratory performs the test (in charge of the passenger).

St. Lucia

• domestic flights: N/A.
• International flights: operating.
• Requirements: 14 national days. Tourists: in PCR approved accommodation <7 days before the flight

Suriname

• domestic flights: N/A.
• International flights: operating.
• Requirements: 10 days of quarantine in a government facility. PCR test (72 hours).

Trinidad & Tobago

• domestic flights: operating.
• International flights: closed.
• Requirements:

Turks & Caicos

• domestic flights: N/A.
• International flights: operating.
• Requirements: PCR <5 days before flight Insurance required with medevac.

Uruguay

• domestic flights: N/A.
• International flights: operating.
• Requirements: CLOSED BORDERS. Only nationals and residents can enter. Quarantine 7 days. PCR <72 hours before the flight + COVID test after 7 days (the quarantine of 14 days).

Venezuela

• domestic flights: operating.
• International flights: from the 11 February 2021 except Bolivia, Türkiye and Mexico.
• Requirements: PCR <72 hours before the flight.

Finally, remember that this information changes dynamically, so we will permanently update the different entry requirements of the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean.

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