International Travel Update: Now that the Covid situation has started to improve in the country, many countries have started to allow entry to travellers from India. Good news is that now Indian travellers can fly to France, as the latter has put the country on its yellow list due to decreasing COVID-19 infection rates in India.

Following the decision, the visa centres in Delhi and Mumbai have now started accepting all visa categories applications. Also, children arriving from India will not be required to get quarantined upon arrival to France.

However, travellers coming from India have to fall under one of the following categories in order to be permitted to enter the country:

  1. The traveller has to be fully vaccinated with one of the European Medicines Agency authorised vaccines, such as Pfizer/ Comirnaty, Moderna, AstraZeneca/Vaxzevria/Covishield, and be a holder of a D-type Schengen visa valid from three to five years.
  2. Notably, seven days must have passed since the traveller received their final Covid vaccine shot.
  3. The traveller must carry a vaccination certificate, proving he/she doesn’t have any Covid infection symptoms.
  4. The traveller is unvaccinated or vaccinated with yet to be approved vaccines, including Covaxin.
  5. The traveller holds a ‘talent passport’ or is a student or researcher. However, they must present a negative PCR test taken within 72 hours or a rapid antigen test 48 hours before departure.

The latest data published by the World Health Organisation (WHO) reveals that India has reported 415 deaths caused by Coronavirus and 29,689 positive cases with the virus. Since January 2020, the country has experienced 4,170,155 deaths, and 31,440,951 people were infected with the virus.

India is implementing its vaccination campaign, with 25.6 per cent of the population being vaccinated with one dose of COVID vaccines and 7.1 per cent being fully immunised against Coronavirus