UK to remove Argentina from Covid-19 red list and allow entry for tourists

It means that now allows travel to the UK from Argentina by people who do not have Irish or British nationality.

If you are traveling to England what you need to do depends on your qualification as a fully vaccinated person based on the rules for traveling to England.

Until today, Certificates issued by the Argentine government are not part of the UK’s Vaccination Certificate Recognition Program which means if you are traveling to England with an Argentinian vaccination certificate you will need to follow the same rules as a person not vaccinated.

If you are not fully vaccinated or your vaccination certificate is not part of the UK Vaccination Certificate Recognition Program, you must follow the rules for people who are not considered fully vaccinated.

If you have such a certificate, before traveling to England you must: Take a Covid-19 test within 3 days of your trip to England, book and pay for the Covid-19 tests on days 2 and 8, which will be performed after arriving in England.

A locate form must also be completed within 48 hours of arrival in England.

On another side, Upon arrival in England, you must quarantine yourself at home or where you will be staying for 10 days, take a Covid-19 test, previously booked, on day 2 or before and on day 8 or after;

If you are in England for less than 10 days, you must quarantine yourself for as long as you are in the country. You must also book the travel exams for days 2 and 8. You only need to take the tests if you are still in England during these days.

If you need to quarantine yourself, you may be able to end the quarantine sooner by paying for a private COVID-19 test through the Test to Release program.

For those traveling to England with a vaccination certificate that is part of the UK Vaccination Certificate Recognition Program, you must be able to prove that you have been immunized with a full cycle of certain vaccines, at least 14 days prior to arrival in England.

These vaccines are Oxford / AstraZeneca; Pfizer BioNTech; Moderna and Janssen (Johnson & Johnson).

Formulations of these vaccines, such as AstraZeneca Covishield, AstraZeneca Vaxzevria and Moderna Takeda, are also considered approved vaccines.

If you meet these conditions before traveling to England, you must book and pay for the Day 2 Covid-19 testing, which will take place after you arrive in England.

You will also need to complete a locate form, which will be done within 48 hours of your arrival in England.

People of Argentine nationality who have received the vaccine in the United States must present the CDC card which guarantees that they have received a full course of an FDA-approved vaccine, as well as proof of residence in that country.