Help if you’re arrested abroad

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Part of Travel abroad: step by step

  1. Step 1 Plan your trip during coronavirus (COVID-19)

    1. Check the latest coronavirus travel restrictions
    2. Complete the travel declaration form for international travel
    3. Check if you need a negative test result to enter your destination or if you need to quarantine upon arrival
    4. Get a coronavirus test through a private provider in the UK, if you need one
    5. Check what you need to do when travelling abroad if you are disabled

  2. Step 2 Get your passport ready

    How much time you need on your passport depends on the country you're visiting. Check the entry requirements for the country you want to travel to.

    1. Check your passport has enough time left on it for the country you're visiting
    2. Renew or replace your passport
    3. Get a passport for your child

  3. and Check if you need a visa or permit

    1. Check if you need a visa or permit

  4. and Check how to drive abroad

    1. Find out what you need to do to drive abroad

  5. and Check how to take your pet abroad

    1. Check what you need to do to take your pet dog, cat or ferret abroad

  6. Step 3 Get travel insurance and check if you need vaccinations or inoculations

    1. Get travel insurance
    2. Check what vaccinations or inoculations you may need

  7. Step 4 Travel safely and check for travel disruption

    1. Find out how to travel safely in the UK during coronavirus
    2. Check guidance for safer air travel during coronavirus
    3. Check if there are travel disruptions because of coronavirus

  8. Step 5 Going through border control

    You may need to show paperwork such as your passport or visa, or a negative coronavirus test result at the point of entry.

    1. Check the entry requirements for the country you are travelling to or transiting through

  9. Step 6 When you are abroad

    1. Follow the local coronavirus restrictions
    2. Access healthcare in the EU

    Find out what to do if:

  10. and If you are unable to return to the UK

    1. If you are unable to return to the UK because of coronavirus

  11. Step 7 Return to the UK

    1. Check if the country you are travelling from is on the banned list due to coronavirus
    2. How to quarantine when you arrive in England
    3. Booking and staying in a quarantine hotel when you arrive in England
    4. Book a private test before you return to the UK
    5. Book a coronavirus test to reduce your quarantine period
    6. Complete a passenger locator form
    7. Follow the rules for entering the UK
    8. Check if you want to bring goods into the UK
    9. Check if you want to bring food, plants or animal products into the UK for personal use

  12. and When you arrive in the UK

    1. Follow the latest coronavirus restrictions
    2. Declare goods and pay tax and duty to UK customs