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Visiting a ‘red list’ country imposes expensive managed hotel quarantine; the UK government offers financial support to those who cannot afford the restrictive price tag.
While the foreign travel rules in the UK are about to see another major overhaul, there is still no respite in sight for travellers visiting countries on the red list when it comes to safety restrictions.
The traffic light travel system is set to be scrapped in the first week of October 2021 in favour of a simpler two-tier system with a major focus on the vaccination status of travellers. The amber and green lists of countries will merge to form a single category, but the red list, albeit to be shortened, will remain.
If visitors to ‘non-red list’ countries are fully vaccinated, they need only take:
Fully vaccinated travellers are not legally obligated to observe any post-return quarantine unless their Day 2 PCR test comes back positive for COVID-19.
Unvaccinated and partially vaccinated travellers going to ‘non-red list’ countries, on the other hand, must do the following:
The rules for visiting countries on the ‘red list’ will continue to be the same as before the new changes. These rules will be the same for all travellers, regardless of their vaccination status. They are as follows:
Travelling to a ‘red list’ country means you must make arrangements and pay for hotel quarantine beforehand via the UK government’s website.
Only British nationals, Irish nationals, and people who have UK residence rights are allowed to enter the UK after being in a ‘red list’ country 10 days prior to travel.
If anyone who is required to undergo the 10-day self-isolation period in a managed quarantine hotel fails to follow the quarantine rules, risk a penalty of up to £10,000.
The rates of payment for self-isolating in a quarantine hotel:
The government has set up hardship arrangements for ‘red list’ country visitors ‘who will suffer severe financial hardship’ after paying the full costs of hotel quarantine and travel testing fees.
If you qualify for hardship arrangements, you may be given a repayment plan with monthly instalments. In rare circumstances, extremely restricted cases may even be offered a reduction in fees or a full waiver.
The financial support is only available to UK citizens and people who have residency rights in the UK. Additionally, the visit to the ‘red list’ country must be for an essential reason: work, education, urgent medical treatment, or visiting dying or critically ill family members.
In addition to the above points being true, you may be eligible for hardship arrangements if at least one of the following applies for you:
If you qualify, you must apply for hardship arrangements a minimum of 14 days before your arrival in the UK.
If you are applying before 9 October 2021, please call Corporate Travel Management (CTM) on +44(0)2074299983.
If you plan on applying on 9 October 2021 or after, you must fill in this form.
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