Travel to England from another country during coronavirus
Traveling to UK in 2022 with all the covid restrictions and having to fill in loads of paperwork like the passenger locator form can be enough to put people off visiting their favourite destinations. Daunting as it may seem, it is quite a simple procedure when you know how but it is important to get it right as missing a flight can not only be expensive but also disheartening.
In this post I will give you all the information you need to help you fill in your passenger locator form based on my first-hand experience. We will guide you step by step on how to complete your passenger location form, so you have an uninterrupted journey without the worry of not having the correct travel itinerary.
All the content on this post is for reference & demonstration purposes only and should not be used as official documentation. To officially register your passenger locator form you must go to gov.uk
Fully vaccinated passengers
Information in this post is mainly related to fully vaccinated pasengers trvelling from non red counties. Information and updates are changing daily and it is your responsibility to check for changes at the time of your planned travel. All our information is based around present information and should only be used as a refferance. For more up to date information please visit the gov.uk website.
Summer is a popular time for tourists to travel, and many flock to the United Kingdom to enjoy its beautiful countryside and diverse culture.
If you’re one of those tourists, or if you’re visiting family or friends in the UK, it’s important to know up to date requirements and itinerary for entering the UK. Luckily, there’s an easy way to do just that using our step-by-step guide.
Before you travel to England
This is what you need to do if you qualify under the fully vaccinated rules for travel to England.
- Be fully vaccinated
- book and pay for a COVID-19 test – to be taken after you arrive in England
- complete a passenger locator form – to be completed in the 48 hours before you arrive in England
If you’re in England for less than 2 days, you still need to book and pay for a day 2 COVID-19 test.
Make sure to print a copy of all your forms and carry them with you in a folder at all times when travelling. This icludes printed version of your NHS covid vaccines(including your covid card) Your rciept for your covid 2 tests on return to UK and any other documents related to your travel.
Fill in your passenger locator form
You must submit your form before you travel. You’ll need to show your form when you check in to travel or board your plane, train or ferry to the UK.
You can submit the form any time in the 48 hours before you arrive in the UK.
If you’re visiting or returning to the UK on a cruise that lasts 19 days or less, submit the form in the 48 hours before boarding. If your cruise is longer, you can submit the form while travelling.
To complete the form you will need
- Your passport details or the travel document you will use like your ID
- A phone number and email address you can be contacted on
- Your travel details including time and date of travel
- Your travel plans after you arrive in UK
- Where you have travelled in the 10 days prior to your arrival
- The address where you live or plan to stay in the UK
- Booking referance number and reciept for day 2 covid-19 tes for when you arrive in UK
- The invoice number fr your quarantine hotel booking (if applicable)
- Proof of both vaccinations and where you were tested (QR code is recomended)
- Complete and submit your passenger locator form online within 48 hours of your arrival in UK.
- Set up an account to save your details if you travel regularly
If you’re arriving in England and using Test to Release, you’ll also need the name of the test provider you booked with and a copy of the reciept as proof of purchase.
Complete your passenger locator form online
You can only complete and submit your form online at gov.uk
You can include multiple journeys in your form if you’ll enter the UK more than once in a 48-hour period.
It is a criminal offence to provide false or deliberately misleading information when filling out your passenger locator form. You could be fined, imprisoned or both if you do not provide accurate details about the countries you have visited in the 10 days before you arrived in the UK.
After you complete the form you will receive a QR code via email. You can print this out or show it on your phone as proof of completion.
You can only complete the form within 48 hours of arriving in UK. However, you can fill in most of your details and return to the form at a later stage closer to your departure. The information you put in will be saved automatically. When you select save and return later.
Find a coronavirus (COVID-19) travel test provider
After you arrive in England,you will need to take a rapid lateral flow test or PCR test on or before day 2. You need to book the test before you travel, so you can enter thethe test reference in your passenger locator form.
There are many bogus websites offering 2day covid 19 home test kits. Do not be fooled into paying overpriced self-testing kits. You will need to provide a legitimate reference number for your purchase. You will also be asked for a receipt as proof of purchase when you arrive at airport check-in. When you order your kit, you will be sent confirmation and reference number and receipt by email and txt message on your phone. you will be asked for your contact details when you order your kit.
To be safe from bogus sellers it is best to use one of the recommended sites on the gov.uk website. The prices may vary ranging from £10.00-£15.00. The website I recommend using (I used it myself)
Very reliable and immediate response with order reference.
When you have completed your form, you will be sent all the details to download (as shown below). Make sure to print this form and keep it with you (together with all your other required documents) in a folder.
Summary
STATUS: NON-RED LIST
VACCINE STATUS: VERIFIED FULL/EXEMPT
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Passport number
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Which company are you travelling with? Egypt Air
What is the flight number, train number or ship
name that you will arrive on?
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Reference
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Status NON-RED LIST
What are your travel plans? Stay in the UK
Are you required to self-isolate when you arrive in
the UK?
I need to self-isolate when I arrive in the UK or I
meet vaccine eligibility criteria
Are you required to book a COVID-19 test
package for when you arrive in the UK?
Yes
Your test package booking reference
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Arrival location London Heathrow Airport (LHR)
Date of arrival
########## Greenwich Mean Time
(GMT)
Date of submission ########### Greenwich Mean Time
(GMT)
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Which countries or territories have you been in,
will you be in, for the 10 days before coming to the
UK?
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Your cabin type or your coach number Aircraft – Economy
What is the flight number, train number or ship
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name that you will arrive on?
Which company are you travelling with?
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What country or territory are you travelling from?
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Where will you arrive in the UK? London Heathrow Airport (LHR)
What are your travel plans? Stay in the UK
I need to self-isolate when I arrive in the UK or I
meet vaccine eligibility criteria
Are you required to self-isolate when you arrive in
the UK?
When will you leave there?
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When will you arrive there?
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What address will you stay at for your first 10 days
in the UK?
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You provided the following address as your Yes
residential address. Do you plan on staying at this
address?
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Do you have an address for where you will stay Yes
during your first 10 days in the UK?
Email address
##########
Personal information
e
Do you have a QR code that you can use to verify Yes
your vaccination status?
Do you meet the COVID-19 vaccination eligibility Yes
criteria for reduced isolation and testing
requirements?
Your primary phone number
########
Date of birth
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I can be contacted by phone call and text message
(SMS)
How can we contact you when you are in the UK?
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(manually entered)
Home address
Is your home address in the UK? Yes
What is your sex? Male
Family name / Surname
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When do you plan to arrive in the UK?
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Your test package booking reference OOONE1346341
Are you required to book a COVID-19 test package Yes
for when you arrive in the UK?
Departure date
#########
Have you visited, or will you visit, any islands in this No
country or territory during the 10 days before you
arrive in the UK?
plane or train without passing Border Control?
Are you travelling to the UK with anyone under 18 No
years old that you are including on this form?
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Country or territory of issue
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Passport number or travel document reference
#############
number
England (United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland)
Which country or territory did you receive your
COVID-19 vaccination(s) in?
How do you meet the COVID-19 vaccination status I am fully vaccinated by a recognised programme
eligibility requirements?
Have you provided proof of your vaccination Yes
status?
vaccination status?
Passport and travel document details
People you are travelling with
Declaration
I declare that:
I understand I have to provide proof of my negative PCR or LFD coronavirus (COVID-19) test result, unless
I am exempt or meet vaccine eligibility criteria
I understand that I must bring proof of my COVID-19 vaccination status if I meet the eligibility criteria. My
proof of vaccination status (if declared) contains my full name, date of birth, vaccine brand and
manufacturer, the dates for all my vaccination doses and the country of vaccination and/or certificate
issuer
The information I have entered in this form is correct
I understand it could be a criminal offence to provide false details and I may be prosecuted
I confirm that I understand and agree with the above declarations.
Have a safe and pleasant journey
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