TRAVEL GUIDELINES AND REQUIREMENTS DUE TO COVID-19 (PAKISTAN)

Travel KSA FROM PAKISTAN REQUIREMENTS

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WHAT ARE TRAVELING NEEDS FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES?

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Guests must check their eligibility for travel by the concerned countries and obtain the required permits and/or permissions, if needed. Conditions and guidelines are subject to frequent changes without prior notice. Guests must check the latest information about the conditions and guidelines required for travel from the official and authorized sources before traveling. Guests must obtain a PCR certificate from an accredited examination center in Saudi Arabia: https://covid19.cdc.gov.sa/ar/approved-covid-19-laboratories-ar/private-laboratories-ar/.

 

• PAKISTAN

    Last updated: 1 March 2021, Saudi Arabia Time.

  If you are flying to one of our destinations in Pakistan, you are kindly requested by authorities in Pakistan to follow health guidance below to keep you protected when you travel with SAUDIA.

  1. PCR is not required from guests whose flights originate from Saudi Arabia or any other country listed in Category A. Otherwise, they must hold negative RT-PCR test result even if they transit at any point in any country listed in category A. PCR test must not exceed (72) hours from the time the test has been conducted until the departure of the first flight en route to Pakistan.

     CATEGORY A COUNTRIES:

     Australia, Bhutan, China, Fiji , Japan, Kazakhstan , Laos, Mongolia, Mauritania , Morocco , Myanmar, Nepal , New Zealand, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan , Trinidad and Tobago , Vietnam .

  2. Guests coming from Category (C) countries are not permitted to travel to Pakistan unless they are one of the following categories:

     - Pakistani passport holders holding a valid visa from category C country
     - Pakistani NICOP holders
     - Pakistan Origin Card (POC) holders
     - Diplomatic passport holders of category C countries and their families

     Above mentioned guests from Category (C) must have a negative PCR Test Certification conducted within 72 hours prior to travel to Pakistan. Guests may also be subjected to additional stipulations by relevant Health Authorities upon arrival in Pakistan.

     CATEGORY C COUNTRIES:

     Botswana, Brazil, Columbia, Comoros, Ghana, Ireland, Kenya, Mozambique,  Netherland, Peru, Portugal, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, Zambia

  3. All guests must download PASS TRACK APP from Google/Apple stores and enter their details before issuing the boarding pass. Alternatively, guests may enter their details online via the link here, and provide a hardcopy at check-in counters to obtain boarding pass.
  4. All guests must complete the International Passenger Health Declaration Form before boarding the flights.
  5. Following guests exempted from conducting RT-PCR test and entering their details in PASS TRACK app. However, they shall submit complete Health Declaration Form at the airport of arrival in Pakistan:
     1. Guests less than 12 years.
     2. Disabled Guests.
     3. High level international delegations.
  6. All guests required to wear surgical masks throughout the duration of flight except during meal timings.
  7. All guests must occupy only the seats allocated to them and not to change the seats in any case. Also, they are not allowed to congregate in the aircraft during the flight.
  8. The International Passenger Health Declaration Form will be collected from each guest by health staff in the arrival lounge.

  9. Travel Restrictions For Inbound Travel From UK And South Africa:  

     1. Pakistani Nationals with short term UK and South African visit visas and Pakistani Passport Holders including work permit holders, having any type of Visa issued by the British / South African Authorities, may travel to Pakistan in accordance with applicable rules or regulations and Standard Operating Procedures while in possession of a negative PCR Test Result conducted within the 72 hours prior to commencement of travel to Pakistan. However, any or all passengers travelling to Pakistan from UK and South Africa will be subjected to PCR Testing, Quarantine or Isolation and other stipulations as specified by the Health Authorities upon arrival in Pakistan.
     2. Diplomats and their families may also travel to Pakistan from UK and South Africa while in possession of a negative PCR Test Result conducted within the 72 hours prior to commencement of travel to Pakistan. However, such Diplomats and their families will be subjected to PCR Testing upon arrival and Quarantine or Isolation with their respective Embassies / High Commissions for a time period as specified by the relevant Health Authorities.
     3. In addition to the exemption provided in Para 2(a-b) above, passengers holding valid National Identity Card for Overseas Pakistanis (NICOP) or Pakistan Origin Card (FOG) and having stayed in UK or South Africa in the last ten (10) days prior to travel to Pakistan, may travel to Pakistan in accordance with applicable rules or regulations and Standard Operating Procedures while in possession of a negative PCR Test Result conducted within the 72 hours prior to commencement of travel to Pakistan.
     4. However, any or all passengers falling in the above categories will also be subjected to Rapid Antigen Tests upon arrival in Pakistan whereby all negative testing passengers will be allowed to leave the airport with the advice to self-quarantine / isolate for a period of 5 days and any or all positive testing passengers will be subjected to PCR Testing by the relevant Health Authorities with the advice to ensure strict self- quarantine at home till the results of such PCR Tests.
     5. All guests must download PASS TRACK App. from Google/Apple stores and enter their details before issuing the boarding pass. Alternatively, guests may enter their details online via the link here, and provide a hardcopy at check-in counters to obtain boarding pass.
     6. * Measures of points A and B will be effective from January 05th , 2021 until further notice.

  INTERNATIONAL PASSENGER HEALTH DECLARATION FORM

Source: Saudi airline wesite