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GOV.UK - RED, AMBER & GREEN LIST RULES FOR ENTERING ENGLAND - Wef 2 August


Red, amber and green list rules for entering England

Countries rated as red, amber or green for Coronavirus (COVID-19) and the rules you must follow to enter England.

Stay up-to-date

The risk posed by individual countries and territories is continuously monitored and the green, amber and red lists are reviewed every 3 weeks.

Countries and territories can be moved between lists if conditions change. Sign up for an email alert to be notified when this page is updated.

What you must do when you arrive in England from abroad depends on where you have been in the 10 days before you arrive.

This page lists countries and territories as red, amber or green and tells you what you must do if you have been in those countries or territories.

You can also read an overview of all the things you need to do to:

Red list of countries and territories

Read the rules for red list countries and territories.

You should not travel to red list countries or territories.

Red listUpcoming changes to the red list
Afghanistan 
Angola 
Argentina 
Bahrain 
Bangladesh 
Bolivia 
Botswana 
Brazil 
Burundi 
Cape Verde 
Chile 
Colombia 
Congo (Democratic Republic) 
Costa Rica 
Cuba 
Dominican Republic 
Ecuador 
Egypt 
Eritrea 
Eswatini 
Ethiopia 
French Guiana 
Guyana 
Haiti 
India 
Indonesia 
Kenya 
Lesotho 
Malawi 
Maldives 
Mongolia 
Mozambique 
Myanmar 
Namibia 
Nepal 
Oman 
Pakistan 
Panama 
Paraguay 
Peru 
Philippines 
Qatar 
Rwanda 
Seychelles 
Sierra Leone 
Somalia 
South Africa 
Sri Lanka 
Sudan 
Suriname 
Tanzania 
Trinidad and Tobago 
Tunisia 
Turkey 
Uganda 
United Arab Emirates (UAE) 
Uruguay 
Venezuela 
Zambia 
Zimbabwe 

Red list rules

What you must do if you have been in a country or territory on the red list in the 10 days before you arrive in England.

If you have been in a country or territory on the red list in the last 10 days you will only be allowed to enter the UK if you are a British or Irish National, or you have residence rights in the UK.

You must follow these rules even if you have been fully vaccinated.

Before travel to England

Before you travel to England you must:

On arrival in England

On arrival in England you must:

Amber list of countries and territories

Read the rules for amber list countries and territories.

Amber listUpcoming changes to the amber list
Akrotiri and Dhekelia 
Albania 
Algeria 
Andorra 
Armenia 
Aruba 
Austria 
Azerbaijan 
The Bahamas 
Belarus 
Belgium 
Belize 
Benin 
Bhutan 
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 
Bosnia and Herzegovina 
British Virgin Islands 
Burkina Faso 
Cambodia 
Cameroon 
Canada 
Central African Republic 
Chad 
China 
Comoros 
Congo 
Cook Islands, Tokelau and Niue 
Côte d’Ivoire 
Curaçao 
Cyprus 
Czech Republic (Czechia) 
Denmark 
Djibouti 
El Salvador 
Equatorial Guinea 
Estonia 
Fiji 
Finland 
France 
French Polynesia 
Gabon 
The Gambia 
Georgia 
Germany 
Ghana 
Greece (including islands) 
Greenland 
Guadeloupe 
Guatemala 
Guinea 
Guinea-Bissau 
Honduras 
Hungary 
Iran 
Iraq 
Italy 
Jamaica 
Japan 
Jordan 
Kazakhstan 
Kiribati 
Kosovo 
Kuwait 
Kyrgyzstan 
Laos 
Latvia 
Lebanon 
Liberia 
Libya 
Liechtenstein 
Lithuania 
Luxembourg 
Macao 
Madagascar 
Malaysia 
Mali 
Marshall Islands 
Martinique 
Mauritania 
Mauritius 
Mayotte 
Mexico 
Micronesia 
Moldova 
Monaco 
Montenegro 
Morocco 
Nauru 
Netherlands 
New Caledonia 
Nicaragua 
Niger 
Nigeria 
North Korea 
North Macedonia 
Norway 
The Occupied Palestinian Territories 
Palau 
Papua New Guinea 
Poland 
Portugal (including the Azores)Madeira is on the green watchlist.
Réunion 
Romania 
Russia 
Samoa 
San Marino 
Sao Tome and Principe 
Saudi Arabia 
Senegal 
Serbia 
Slovakia 
Slovenia 
Solomon Islands 
South Korea 
South Sudan 
Spain, including the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands (Formentera, Ibiza, Mallorca, Menorca) 
St Kitts and Nevis 
St Lucia 
St Maarten 
St Martin and St Barthélemy 
St Pierre and Miquelon 
St Vincent and the Grenadines 
Sweden 
Switzerland 
Syria 
Tajikistan 
Thailand 
Timor-Leste 
Togo 
Tonga 
Turkmenistan 
Tuvalu 
Ukraine 
United States (USA) 
Uzbekistan 
Vanuatu 
Vietnam 
Wallis and Futuna 
Western Sahara 
Yemen 

The amber list is not exhaustive. If a country or territory is not on this list, you should not assume that it is a green or red list country or territory. Countries and territories are only green or red if they appear on the green or red list.

Countries moving to the red list

If conditions change in a country or territory, it can be moved from the amber list to the red list. If there is a sudden change in conditions, a country or territory may be moved between lists without warning.

Amber list rules

What you must do if you have been in a country or territory on the amber list in the 10 days before you arrive in England.

Before travel to England

Before you travel to England you must:

On arrival in England

On arrival in England you must:

  • quarantine at home or in the place you are staying for 10 days
  • take a COVID-19 test on or before day 2 and on or after day 8

Read about quarantine and taking COVID-19 tests after arrival in England.

Fully UK vaccinated and people under the age of 18 – amber rules

You do not need to quarantine or take a day 8 test after you arrive in England if you are either:

  • fully vaccinated in the UK or under the UK vaccine programme overseas
  • under 18 on the day you arrive in England and resident in the UK or in a country with a vaccination programme approved by the UK
  • part of a UK-approved vaccine trial

You must have had your final dose of the vaccine at least 14 whole days before the date you arrive in England. You still need to book and take a day 2 test.

Read more about the being fully vaccinated and the amber list rules for children and young people.

France

If you have been in France in the 10 days before you arrive in England, you must follow the standard amber list rules, even if you have been fully UK vaccinated. You must quarantine for 10 days and take both the day 2 and day 8 tests.

New amber list rules if vaccinated in Europe or the USA

From 2 August, if you’ve been fully vaccinated in the USA or many European countries, you will not need to quarantine when you arrive in England or take a day 8 test. You still need to book and take a day 2 test.

Find out more about the new amber list rules for Europe and the USA.

If you will be in England for less than 10 days

If you’re travelling to England for less than 10 days, you will need to quarantine for the whole of your stay.

You must still book your day 2 and day 8 travel tests, even if you will no longer be in England on the dates of the tests. You only need to take the tests if you’re still in the country on those dates.

Test to Release scheme

You may be able to end quarantine early if you pay for a private COVID-19 test through the Test to Release scheme.

If you have been in a country or territory on the red list

If you have also been in or through a country or territory on the red list in the 10 days before you arrive in England, you must follow the red list rules.

Read about making a transit stop in a red list country or territory.

Green list countries and territories

Read the rules for green list countries and territories.

Green listGreen watchlist and upcoming changes to the green list
AnguillaGreen watchlist – at risk of moving from green to amber.
Antarctica/British Antarctic TerritoryGreen watchlist – at risk of moving from green to amber.
Antigua and BarbudaGreen watchlist – at risk of moving from green to amber.
Australia 
BarbadosGreen watchlist – at risk of moving from green to amber.
BermudaGreen watchlist – at risk of moving from green to amber.
British Indian Ocean TerritoryGreen watchlist – at risk of moving from green to amber.
Brunei 
Bulgaria 
Cayman IslandsGreen watchlist – at risk of moving from green to amber.
Croatia 
DominicaGreen watchlist – at risk of moving from green to amber.
Falkland Islands 
Faroe Islands 
Gibraltar 
GrenadaGreen watchlist – at risk of moving from green to amber.
Hong Kong.
Iceland 
Israel and JerusalemGreen watchlist – at risk of moving from green to amber.
MadeiraGreen watchlist – at risk of moving from green to amber.
Mainland Portugal and the Azores are on the amber list.
Malta 
MontserratGreen watchlist – at risk of moving from green to amber.
New Zealand 
Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno IslandsGreen watchlist – at risk of moving from green to amber.
Singapore 
South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands 
St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha 
Taiwan 
Turks and Caicos IslandsGreen watchlist – at risk of moving from green to amber.

Countries on the green watchlist or moving to amber

If conditions change in a country or territory, it can be moved from the green list to the amber or red list.

If a country or territory on the green list is at risk of moving to amber it will also be listed on the green watchlist.

If there is a sudden change in conditions, a country or territory may be moved between lists without warning.

Green list rules

What you have to do if you travel to England from a country or territory on the green list. You must only have been in or travelled through a green list country or the UK, Ireland, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man in the previous 10 days.

You must follow these rules even if you have been fully vaccinated.

Before travel to England

Before you travel to England you must:

On arrival in England

You must take a COVID-19 test on or before day 2 after you arrive.

Children aged 4 and under do not need to take this test.

You do not need to quarantine unless the test result is positive.

You must quarantine if NHS Test & Trace informs you that you travelled to England with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19.

If you have been in a country or territory on the red or amber list

If you have also been in or through a country or territory on the red list in the 10 days before you arrive in England, you must follow the red list rules.

If you have also been in or through a country or territory on the amber list in the 10 days before you arrive in England, and have not visited a country on the red list, you must follow the amber list rules.

Read about making a transit stop in an amber or red list country or territory.

Ireland, the UK, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man

You do not need to take a COVID-19 test or quarantine on arrival in England if you are travelling within the UK, Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, (the Common Travel Area), and you have not been outside of the Common Travel Area in the previous 10 days.

Transit stops in amber or red list countries

When you arrive in England you need to follow the rules for the highest risk country or territory that you have been in or passed through in the previous 10 days. That can include transit stops.

A transit stop is a stop where passengers can get on or off the same part of the transport in which you are travelling. It can apply to ships, trains or flights. Your ticket should show if a stop is a transit stop.

The rules of a country or territory that you make a transit stop in could apply if:

  • new passengers get on and are able to mix with you
  • you or other passengers get off the transport you are on and mix with other people, then get on again

Making a transit stop would not affect what you have to do on arrival in England if, during the stop:

  • no new passengers, who are able to mix with you, get on
  • no-one on-board gets off and mixes with people outside
  • passengers get off but do not get back on

Private vehicles or coaches travelling through amber or red list countries and territories

If you are travelling to England in a private vehicle, the rules of the countries and territories you drive through apply. For example, if you drive through an amber list country, then you must follow the amber list rules when you arrive in England.

This applies whether you stop in the country or territory or not. You need to record the countries and territories you drive through on your passenger locator form.

Transiting through airports in England

See what you need to do if you are transiting ‘landside’ or transiting ‘airside’ through England.

Job and medical exemptions

Some people are exempt from some or all of the requirements:

Travelling abroad from England

Read an overview of all the things you need to do to:

You should not travel to red list countries or territories.

Demonstrating your COVID-19 vaccination status when travelling abroad

An NHS COVID Pass shows your coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination details or test results. This is your COVID-19 vaccination status.

You can use the NHS COVID Pass to prove your vaccination status when you:

  • enter another country while travelling abroad
  • return to England if you have been in an amber list country or territory

Find out:

The UK government is working with the British overseas territory governments to agree what form the proof of vaccination should take.

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office travel advice

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) travel advice continues to advise against all non-essential travel to some countries and territories. Many other countries have rules in place about who can enter and what you can do when you are there. These rules are not related to which colour list that country is on. Before you travel, you should read FCDO travel advice for the countries you will visit.

Published 7 May 2021
Last updated 28 July 2021