Canada pre-arrival COVID testing

2022 - 3 - 16

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Canada Removes Pre-Arrival COVID-19 Testing Requirements ... (MLT Aikins)

Fully vaccinated travellers arriving to Canada will no longer be subject to pre-arrival COVID-19 testing requirements.

Travellers who are not fully vaccinated or are partially vaccinated will still be subject to more restrictive travel rules. Travellers must submit their information 72 hours in advance of boarding an airplane or cruise ship. Fully vaccinated travellers arriving to Canada will no longer be subject to pre-arrival COVID-19 testing requirements. Fully vaccinated travellers may still be randomly selected for post-arrival testing but will not have to quarantine while awaiting their test result. Foreign nationals who are unvaccinated are not eligible to board a flight to Canada. Any unvaccinated traveller who manages to arrive at a Canadian port of entry will be required to quarantine for 14 days and take post-arrival testing. The federal government’s pre-arrival COVID-19 testing requirements for fully vaccinated travellers will end on April 1, 2022, at 12:01 a.m. EDT.

Federal government to end pre-arrival COVID testing for travellers ... (CBC.ca)

The federal government announced Thursday that travellers entering Canada will no longer have to take a pre-arrival COVID-19 test.

The travel industry has been lobbying the government to ease these testing requirements. Consumers have complained that it's expensive and a hassle to find approved testing facilities abroad. "It was a challenging and frustrating experience to jump through the hoops to get these tests," he said. The government has been spending millions of dollars on randomly testing vaccinated travellers entering Canada. Canada is removing the testing requirements at airports and land border crossings. We're going to continue to look at what more we can do," he said.

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Canada to end pre-arrival COVID-19 test for incoming travellers (Canada Immigration News)

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The final dose must have been taken within 14 days of arrival to Canada. Travellers must upload their proof of vaccination to the ArriveCAN app. In order to be considered fully vaccinated, the Canadian government requires travellers to have the full recommended dose of an approved vaccine. Alternatively, travellers can take a molecular test within 72 hours of coming to Canada. Travellers need to upload documents via the ArriveCAN app before crossing the border. Unvaccinated or partially-vaccinated travellers will still need to be tested on arrival and quarantine for 14 days. They will also need to do a test on day eight of their quarantine. Currently, travellers to Canada must either produce a pre-arrival antigen test within 24 hours of flight departure or arrival at the land border.

Canada will scrap pre-arrival COVID-19 testing rule for vaccinated ... (Globalnews.ca)

Currently, all travellers entering Canada — regardless of COVID-19 vaccination status — have to show proof of a negative antigen test.

“If it is, then we all need a break and we should have that break. At the end of February, Duclos said travellers coming to Canada could present a negative rapid-antigen test rather than an expensive and time-consuming molecular test. Globally, meanwhile, cases are on the rise again. All this, she said, to see family that lives a 30-minute drive away in Buffalo, N.Y. — despite everyone being fully vaccinated. They also have to quarantine for 14 days. “We have the power — individually and collectively — to reduce the impact of the virus on our lives,” Duclos said.

'The time has finally come': Feds axing pre-arrival COVID-19 test for ... (CTV News)

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“We are making it easier for people from around the world to visit Canada this spring, and beyond. and allows individuals and businesses to plan their summer and fall travel.” “This is a major step forward… They are ready to welcome back the world.” And they will come. All other requirements for cruises remain in place.

Canada lifting pre-arrival COVID-19 testing requirement as of April 1 (CTV News)

Soon, most travellers entering Canada will not have to show proof of a negative COVID-19 test, CTV News has learned. As of April 1, the federal government ...