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Internationals that are not included in the European Union “safe countries of origin“List and those who are exempt from the EU travel ban will not be able to enter the Netherlands, as of December 15, if they do not present a negative result of the Coronavirus test, the government of the country has announced.
The decision, which was made in an attempt to stop the spread of the virus in the Netherlands, will not include Dutch citizens and EU residents, along with their family members, traveling outside the European Union or the Schengen Zone and vice versa. . SchengenVisaInfo.com reports.
“The negative test result and the signed statement are not a relaxation of the EU travel ban,” says the government statement.
As of December 15, 2020, internationals arriving in the Netherlands from countries that do not belong to the aforementioned categories must meet the following requirements:
- A negative test result for Coronavirus
- A signed negative proof statement
The negative result of the Coronavirus test must be in English, French, German, Spanish or Dutch.
Travelers must submit a negative COVID-19 test result and declaration if:
- It comes from a country outside the list of safe countries of the European Union;
- They come from countries outside the Schengen area of the EU;
- Arrive by sea or air;
- You are over 13 years old;
- They are not included in any of the exemption categories;
Cross-border travelers, transit passengers, people who have a residence permit for the Netherlands and other Member States of the European Union and the Schengen Area will not be required to present a negative result of the coronavirus test.
People who obtain a diplomatic identity card issued by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as nationals of Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Monaco, San Marino, Andorra and Vatican City and Andorra, will also be excluded from the decision. as well as their relatives.
More than 576,960 people have contracted the coronavirus in the Netherlands, while a total of 9,841 people have died, according to statistics released by Worldometers.
