Australia and Singapore To Ease Inbound Travel Requirements

The entry requirements for Australia and Singapore will be further simplified.

Australia

Australia will no longer require pre-departure testing from 17th April. Passengers will no longer be required to present test results, which will remove a significant cost burden for tourists headed down under.

Proof of double vaccination against COVID-19 is required for international travelers to enter and exit Australia. Travelers will still be required to wear a mask on international flights based on medical advice.

Australia's Health Minister, Greg Hunt, welcomed the changes as a practical step towards rebuilding the tourism industry.

“Given that the vaccination requirements remain and the masking requirements, the medical advice is that [the test] would no longer be required”.

Australia’s Health Minister Greg Hunt

Singapore

The country will scrap its vaccuminated travel lanes and passes on April 1st as it moves closer to pre-pandemic tourism levels. Travelers who are fully-vaccinated will no longer need travel passes to enter, and flights will be treated the same.

Travelers will still have to take a test before traveling to Singapore despite the removal of past-arrival testing. Incoming visitors must have insurance of at least $30,000 and a streamlined Arrival Card if they want to stay. There will be no test when you arrive in Singapore.

You can find Singapore's information for visitors here.

In another sign of the return of normal, transit passengers will no longer be separated from arriving passengers at the Singapore airport.

Travel bubbles are key in resuming safe but practical international travel. In the last few weeks, closed countries like Australia, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates and Japan have begun forming and planning COVID-safe travel corridors. The citizens of each country can travel freely if a travel bubble is opened.

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Australia will lift its international travel ban in November after 18 months of hard borders, hotel quarantin and expired passports. The caps on international arrivals will be lifted in order to allow the 44,000 stranded Australians to return home. Both measures will be used.

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Australians could be allowed to travel to New Zealand and vice-versa as soon as September, with the Australian and New Zealand Governments in discussions over opening a Trans-Tasman Travel Bubble.

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