Denmark Applies Facilitated Travel Rules for Non-EU Nationals From Today
Travellers from third countries are eligible to enter the territory of Denmark under facilitated travel rules, starting from today, March 1, 2022.
The decision has been announced last week, on February 25, by the Danish Ministry of Health, which in a press release regarding the move also noted that starting from today, all travel restrictions applied to arrivals from other European Union and Schengen Area countries would cease to exist, SchengenVisaInfo.com reports.
On the other hand, travellers reaching Denmark from non-EU and non-Schengen countries can enter completely restriction-free, too, if they have been vaccinated against COVID-19 and hold a valid certificate proving that. The same applies to those who have recovered from the virus, while the rest need to test for COVIF-19 within 24 hours of arrival in the country.
“If you are entering from a country outside the EU or Schengen, you will only be required to take a test within 24 hours of entry. Persons entering from outside the EU and Schengen who have been vaccinated with a recognized vaccine or can document that they have been infected with COVID-19 within the last 180 days are exempt from this requirement and can therefore enter without restrictions,” the Ministry of Health noted announcing the facilitated entry rules.
Exempt from the obligation to test within 24 hours of arrival are also children under the age of 15 who have been infected with COVID-19 nor vaccinated against it.
Third-country nationals travelling to Denmark with their vaccination cards must be aware that now all existing COVID-19 vaccines are accepted for entry into the country. In order to be able to enter, one must have been vaccinated with any of the vaccines approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) or the World Health Organization (WHO), which are as follows:
Pfizer/BioNTech
Moderna
AstraZeneca
Janssen
Covishield
Covaxin
Sinovac
Sinopharm
At the same time, travellers must be aware that only those vaccinated in the last 270 days are permitted to enter Denmark. Those whose vaccination is older than that must receive their third vaccine or booster doses in order to be able to enter as vaccinated persons.
On the other hand, travellers from third countries who want to enter Denmark as persons recovered from COVID-19 must show proof they have been infected with the virus sometime in the last 180 days and recovered from it.
Those who are neither vaccinated nor recovered from the virus have to present COVID-19 test results taken 48 hours before arrival if it is an antigen test or 72 hours before arrival in cases when a PCR test has been performed. Travellers that do not hold pre-departure test results need to test within 24 hours upon arrival in Denmark.
The Danish Ministry of Health notes that these restrictions will remain effective until March 29, yet, if the situation related to COVID-19 changes for worse, the country will tighten up entry rules again.
