Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) refreshed its India travel advisory on 2 July, retaining the "exercise a high degree of caution" level but adding two important entry requirements. All travellers—including OCI card-holders—must complete an online health self-declaration within 24 hours of departure if they have visited an Ebola-affected country in the previous 21 days. Failure to do so will trigger extra screening and possible quarantine on arrival in India. DFAT also reminds travellers that India’s e-Arrival Card, introduced in April, is compulsory and must be filled out up to three days before travel. Airlines are beginning to deny boarding to passengers who cannot show a PDF or QR code confirming submission.
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For anyone needing assistance with these formalities, VisaHQ can simplify the process by guiding travellers through the India e-Arrival Card and related health declarations in minutes; its dedicated portal (https://www.visahq.com/india/) also allows mobility coordinators to track submissions and receive real-time status alerts, ensuring every assignee departs with the required QR code.
Mobility teams should update pre-departure checklists and ensure assignees carry a print-out or saved copy on their phones. The advisory continues to warn against travel to Jammu & Kashmir (except Jammu city) and within 10 km of the Pakistan border, and highlights intermittent curfews in Manipur. Employers planning plant visits in border districts should factor in additional permit lead-times and insurance exclusions. DFAT’s notice follows similar health-screening language in the UK FCDO update last month, suggesting coordinated international concern. Travellers transiting the Middle East—where air-space disruptions persist—are advised to monitor connection times closely.
For anyone needing assistance with these formalities, VisaHQ can simplify the process by guiding travellers through the India e-Arrival Card and related health declarations in minutes; its dedicated portal (https://www.visahq.com/india/) also allows mobility coordinators to track submissions and receive real-time status alerts, ensuring every assignee departs with the required QR code.
Mobility teams should update pre-departure checklists and ensure assignees carry a print-out or saved copy on their phones. The advisory continues to warn against travel to Jammu & Kashmir (except Jammu city) and within 10 km of the Pakistan border, and highlights intermittent curfews in Manipur. Employers planning plant visits in border districts should factor in additional permit lead-times and insurance exclusions. DFAT’s notice follows similar health-screening language in the UK FCDO update last month, suggesting coordinated international concern. Travellers transiting the Middle East—where air-space disruptions persist—are advised to monitor connection times closely.
