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On the 1st of August, Samoa opens its borders up to non-resident Samoans living overseas as well as holiday makers.

While you won't need to quarantine on arrival any more there are still a number of travel requirements you'll need to tick off before you even board the plane.

We've put together a check-list for you below and for full details check out the Samoa Tourism website with their Official Travel Advice here 

CHECK LIST & PRE TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS:

  • 12 years and over must be fully Vaccinated 
  • Proof of Vaccination (full details of what is required below)
  • Negative Covid-19 Test (Supervised RAT within 24-hours before departure or PCR within 48-hours of departure)

* A legitimate vaccine certificate is required for boarding. 

All vaccinations should have been completed 2 weeks (14 days) post vaccination prior to travel.

The vaccine certificate must be a Health Authority Approved Certificate/Card of country where vaccination took place and should contain at least the following information:

    1. Name of Country
    2. Name of person - should be the same as name on passport or birth certificate
    3. National Identification/Registration Number if available
    4. Address of Clinic and contact details
    5. Name of Vaccine and Batch Number
    6. Dates of Vaccination (must show dates of vaccination including dates of booster doses)
    7. Name of Vaccinator (optional)
    8. Health Institution Stamp if available

A hard copy of vaccine certificate must be presented at check in and on arrival into Samoa for sighting and also during registration.

** Electronic documents on phones or other electronic device including email are NOT acceptable **

All passengers exiting airports that they transit through must repeat a supervised RAT test before checking in again.

Once you're in Samoa you will be required to comply with the following

    1. All passengers on arrival must submit to a Nasal pharyngeal Swab for PCR testing or Rapid Antigen Test (RAT).
    2. All passengers must fill in the arrival Health declaration form in flight and provide a valid local phone number and email/facebook address.
    3. All passengers arriving into Samoa with a negative test are NOT required to home quarantine.
    4. AlI passengers arriving in to Samoa are strongly encouraged to take precautionary and preventative measures within the first  few days of arrival.
    5. All passengers are to arrange and have a supervised Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) done at any public health facility or private clinic on day 5 of arrival and report results to the Ministry of Health via email address surveillance@health.gov.ws. Self-Testing at home is NOT acceptable.
    6. Any passenger with a POSITIVE test must self/home isolate for 7 days from the date tested positive with a repeat test done on day 7. If still positive extend another three days and repeat RAT test.