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Amendment of regulation on the obligation to check COVID-19 certificates in connection with international flights
Please note that regulation no. 650/2021 has been amended with regulation nr. 961/2021, with effect from 1 September 2021.
Read moreNew measures at the border due to COVID-19
From 16 August a new regulation came into effect which stipulates that travellers with ties to Iceland must, despite presenting a certificate of vaccination against COVID-19 or a certificate of previous infection, undergo either a rapid antigen test or a PCR test to diagnose COVID-19 in the next two days from arrival in the country.
Read moreCOVID-19 test certificate required before departure to Iceland for vaccinated travellers and those with previous infection
As of 27 July, all vaccinated persons and those who present a certificate of a prior COVID-19 infection must present a negative PCR test or a negative rapid antigen test that is not older than 72 hours at departure to Iceland.
Read moreThe testing of children and people with vaccination certificates or certificates of prior infections will be stopped at Icelandic borders
The Minister of Health has decided to amend the disease prevention rules at the borders applicable as of the 1st of July to the 15th of August. The testing of children and people with vaccination certificates or certificates of prior infections will be stopped at Icelandic borders.
Read more- COVID-19: Borders - revised criteria for the definition of high-risk areas
- Ban on unnecessary travel from high-risk areas
- Border measures - amended requirements for quarantine from 9th of April due to COVID-19
- Amended rules at the borders on testing and quarantine on the 1st of April
- Regulation exempting vaccinated non-Schengen travelers from travel restrictions to come into force on 6 April
- Change of service due to COVID-19
- Stricter COVID-19 measures at the Icelandic border from 1 April
- The reception of ICETRA reopens
- New border measures will come into force in Iceland on February 19
- Announcement regarding current restrictions at Iceland’s borders
- Travel restrictions for UK citizens due to Covid-19
- Change of service due to COVID-19
- Rules on quarantine, isolation and screening at the borders
- New dates for theoretical knowledge exams
- Theoretical knowledge exams postponed
- Travel restrictions extended
- Restrictions on non-essential travel prolonged until 1 July
- Civil Protection emergency phase moved to alert phase
- Restrictions on non-essential travel prolonged until 15 June
- Announcement regarding requirement that everyone arriving into Iceland will be subject to mandatory self-quarantine for 14 days due to COVID-19
- Theoretical knowledge examination sitting in May cancelled (PPL/ATPL)
- Restrictions on non-essential travel prolonged until 15 May
- Exemptions due to COVID-19 crisis
- Paris MOU guidance regarding the impact of COVID-19
- Theoretical knowledge examination for student pilots
- Instructions for ports and vessels, issued by the Icelandic Directorate of Health
- General exemption regarding licensing and medical requirements for Commercial Pilot Licenses
- Iceland implements Schengen and EU travel restrictions
- Change of service due to COVID-19
- European Union Aviation Safety Agency - instructions regarding the Coronavirus
