Flights from the UK temporarily banned

Update 25 January 2021: Ordinance 651/2021 was revoked by Ordinance 652 of 25 January 2021, which extends the ban on flights arriving from South Africa.

Direct flights from Brazil to the United Kingdom are prohibited since 15 January 2021. Visitors who have been or transited through Brazil in the last 10 days are not allowed to enter the UK. British and Irish citizens and foreign nationals with residence rights in the UK who arrive from Brazil will be required to quarantine in a hotel.

Update 8 January 2021: Ordinance 651 of 8 January 2021, reaffirms the ban on entry of non-resident foreigners by land and sea and flights arriving from or via the UK as well as COVID-19 testing. It also introduced a protocol for aircrews in Brazil. Ordinance 648/2020 has been revoked.

As of 25 December 2020, flights departing from or via the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland will be suspended until further notice. Boarding of foreign travellers whose journey started or passed through the UK during the previous 14 days is also temporarily prohibited.

Otherwise, British nationals can enter Brazil for tourism or business without a visa if they stay for up to 90 days.

Ordinance 648, published on 23 December 2020, reiterates the ban on the entry of foreigners by land and sea, with some exceptions, as well as the need for air travellers to present a negative RT-PCR test when checking in to embark to Brazil.

According to the new regulation, Brazilian citizens and foreign residents who have been in the United Kingdom for the last 14 days, must remain in quarantine for 14 days when entering Brazilian territory.

Effective 30 December 2020, apart from a negative/non-reactive COVID-19 test, travellers will need to fill out the form Declaração de Saúde do Viajante – DSV (Traveller’s Health Declaration), in print or digitally, agreeing to sanitary measures that must be complied with during the stay in Brazil.

Read more about COVID-19 measures taken by Brazilian authorities that affect the operation of vessels and crew changes.

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Published 28 December 2020. Updated 9 January 2021.