Covid Entry Check: Iraq Travel Restrictions
This Iraq dashboard provides you with information on travel restrictions, quarantine on entry, Covid-19 cases, entry requirements and green lane updates.
- Partially Open
- Up to 14 Days
Entry is restricted to Citizens and PRs, Spouse & Children of Citizens/PRs, Other Residents (pass holders), Business Travellers, Transit, the following travellers may also enter:
• Nationals of countries listed in greenlanes may obtain a visa on arrival at Najaf (NJF). They must have a reservation confirmation from one of the following hotels: Qaser Aldur Hotel, Qaser Altad Hotel or Rebal Hotel.
Other important information:
• Nationals of or foreign travellers arriving from or who have transited through India are not allowed to enter Iraq via Baghdad (BGW) or Najaf (NJF)
• Nationals of Indonesia are not allowed to enter Iraq via Basra (BSR) or Najaf (NJF).
• Travellers going to to Sulaymaniyah (ISU) or to Erbil (EBL) without a printed negative COVID-19 PCR test taken at most 48 hours before arrival or a COVID-19 vaccination certificate showing that they were fully vaccinated
Travellers going to Erbil (EBL) could be subject to quarantine in a designated facility for 14 days.
For India, Indonesia:
• Nationals of Indonesia are not allowed to enter
• Nationals of, travellers arriving from or who have transited through India are not allowed to enter Iraq via Erbil (EBL), Sulaymaniyah (ISU), Baghdad (BGW), Basra (BSR)
📝 Before your trip
You are required to complete a pre-arrival form.
You will need a formal Medical Certificate presenting a negative PCR test from an accepted establishment.
Your Certificate must be within 3 days of your arrival.
Testing Details:
Travellers must have a negative COVID-19 PCR or RT-PCR test taken 72 hours before departure from the first embarkation point. The test result must be in Arabic or English.
The time you take your test will depend on where you’re travelling to.
🛬 On Arrival
On Arrival you will be required to complete a test for Covid, with the cost borne by the traveller.
😷 Quarantine details
General arrivals will be required to quarantine for up to 14days; Quarantine served at a home or at a dedicated facility (cost borne to traveller) (special arrangement may apply due to GreenLanes).
🛂 Travel restrictions
The route is closed for travellers from India, Indonesia.