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At a Glance
Travel Restrictions
Entry For Vaccinated Travelers: Partially Allowed
Vaccination Requirements: Individuals fully vaccinated in Serbia do not need to present a negative COVID-19 test, nor quarantine, upon return to Serbia.
Tourist Entry: Allowed
Testing: Negative PCR test results required for some countries.
Quarantine Required: No
Quarantine Details: Not Required
Local Restrictions
Lockdown in Effect: Partial
Events: Partially Allowed
Transport: Operational
Shopping: Open
Restaurants and Bars: Open with restrictions
Detailed Travel Advisory
Published 04.12.2021
1. Passengers must have:
– a negative COVID-19 RT-PCR test result issued at most 48 hours before arrival; or
– a COVID-19 vaccination certificate showing that they were fully vaccinated. The certificate must be issued in Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Cape Verde, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland (Rep.), Italy, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Malta, Moldova (Rep.), Morocco, Netherlands, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Spain, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates or United Kingdom. Details can be found at https://www.mfa.gov.rs/en/citizens/travel-serbia/covid-19-entry-requirements ; or
– a COVID-19 recovery certificate issued in Andorra, Austria, Bulgaria, Cape Verde, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland (Rep.), Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey or USA. Passengers must have tested positive at least 14 days and at most 6 months before arrival; or
– an EU Digital Covid Certificate (EU DCC) showing:
– a negative COVID-19 RT-PCR test result issued at most 48 hours before arrival; or
– a COVID-19 vaccination certificate showing that they were fully vaccinated; or
– a COVID-19 recovery certificate showing that passengers have tested positive at least 14 days and at most 6 months before arrival. More details can be found at https://tinyurl.com/yw4j25a4
– This does not apply to:
– nationals and residents of Serbia;
– nationals of Slovenia;
– nationals of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Hungary, Montenegro and North Macedonia (Rep.) if arriving from their country of nationality;
– residents of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Hungary, Montenegro and North Macedonia (Rep.) if arriving from their country of residency. They are subject to a COVID-19 antigen or PCR test at most 48 hours after arrival;
– passengers arriving from Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, USA or Zimbabwe;
– passengers younger than 12 years;
– passengers between 12 years and 18 years. They must take an antigen or RT-PCR test within 48 hours after arrival;
– passengers traveling on business with an email confirmation from the Serbian Chamber of Commerce;
– passengers in transit for less than 12 hours;
– students who are nationals of Croatia studying in Serbia;
– military personnel traveling on duty.
2. Passengers arriving from the USA must have:
– a negative COVID-19 antigen or RT-PCR test result issued at most 48 hours before arrival; or
– a COVID-19 vaccination certificate showing that they were fully vaccinated. The certificate must be issued in Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Cape Verde, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland (Rep.), Italy, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Malta, Moldova (Rep.), Morocco, Netherlands, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Spain, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates or United Kingdom. Details can be found at https://www.mfa.gov.rs/en/citizens/travel-serbia/covid-19-entry-requirements ; or
– a COVID-19 recovery certificate issued in Andorra, Austria, Bulgaria, Cape Verde, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland (Rep.), Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey or USA. Passengers must have tested positive at least 14 days and at most 6 months before arrival.
-This does not apply to:
– nationals and residents of Serbia;
– nationals of Slovenia;
– passengers younger than 12 years;
– passengers between 12 years and 18 years. They must take an antigen or RT-PCR test within 48 hours after arrival;
– passengers traveling on business with an email confirmation from the Serbian Chamber of Commerce;
– passengers in transit for less than 12 hours;
– students who are nationals of Croatia studying in Serbia;
– military personnel traveling on duty.
3. Nationals and residents of Serbia could be subject to home quarantine for 10 days.
– This does not apply to:
– passengers with a COVID-19 vaccination certificate stating that they received the first vaccine dose of AstraZeneca (Vaxzevria), or
– showing that they were fully vaccinated.
– passengers with a negative COVID-19 RT-PCR test result issued at most 48 hours before arrival;
– passengers arriving from the USA with a negative COVID-19 rapid antigen test issued at most 48 hours before arrival;
– passengers with a COVID-19 recovery certificate issued in Andorra, Austria, Bulgaria, Cape Verde, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland (Rep.), Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey or USA. The passenger must have tested positive at least 14 days and at most 6 months before arrival.
4. Nationals of Slovenia must have:
– a negative COVID-19 antigen or RT-PCR test result issued at most 48 hours before arrival; or
– a COVID-19 vaccination certificate showing that they were fully vaccinated. The certificate must be issued in Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Cape Verde, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland (Rep.), Italy, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Malta, Moldova (Rep.), Morocco, Netherlands, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Spain, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates or United Kingdom. Details can be found at https://www.mfa.gov.rs/en/citizens/travel-serbia/covid-19-entry-requirements ; or
– a COVID-19 recovery certificate issued in Andorra, Austria, Bulgaria, Cape Verde, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland (Rep.), Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey or USA. Passengers must have tested positive at least 14 days and at most 6 months before arrival.
– This does not apply to:
– passengers arriving from USA;
– passengers younger than 12 years;
– passengers between 12 years and 18 years. They must take an antigen or RT-PCR test within 48 hours after arrival;
– passengers traveling on business with an email confirmation from the Serbian Chamber of Commerce;
– passengers in transit for less than 12 hours;
– airline crew;
– military personnel traveling on duty.
5. Passengers arriving from Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa or Zimbabwe must have:
– a negative COVID-19 RT-PCR test result issued at most 48 hours before arrival; or
– a COVID-19 vaccination certificate showing that they were fully vaccinated. The certificate must be issued in Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Cape Verde, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland (Rep.), Italy, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Malta, Moldova (Rep.), Morocco, Netherlands, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Spain, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates or United Kingdom; or
– a COVID-19 recovery certificate issued in Andorra, Austria, Bulgaria, Cape Verde, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland (Rep.), Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey or USA. Passengers must have tested positive at least 14 days and at most 6 months before arrival. Details can be found at https://www.mfa.gov.rs/en/citizens/travel-serbia/covid-19-entry-requirements .
6. Passengers arriving from Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa or Zimbabwe must sign a “statement of consent” accepting the quarantine mesures; and
– submit a “Foreigners Surveillance Registration” before departure at http://www.ezdravlje.gov.rs/ . They must have a confirmation email.
– This does not apply to nationals and residents of Serbia.
7. Passengers could be subject to quarantine for 14 days.
Detailed Tourist Information
Serbia’s borders are now open for all travelers, with additional measures for some arrivals.
Border authorities may ask to produce for inspection a tourist travel voucher issued by a travel operator, a duly certified invitation letter from a natural person or a legal entity, a return flight ticket, hotel booking or a certificate verifying the private residence address during his/her visit.
Those coming from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Hungary, Montenegro, and North Macedonia (who are also citizens) are exempt from the entry restrictions.
Full details here https://www.mfa.gov.rs/en/citizens/travel-serbia/covid-19-entry-requirements
Citizens of the Republic of Serbia, staff of foreign diplomatic and consular missions and offices of international organizations (including members of their families who are holders of special identity cards or identification documents) and foreign citizens who have been granted temporary residence or permanent residence in the Republic of Serbia, when entering the Republic of Serbia , need to attach one of the following documents:
1. Negative RT-PCR test for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 virus or a negative Antigen FIA Rapid test, if the person comes from the United States of America, not older than 48 hours from the date of issue of the results (if there is a delay in entering the Republic of Serbia, which cannot be attributed to the passenger’s fault, but is a consequence of an external event that could not have been foreseen, avoided or eliminated – delay of the flight, the departure of buses, trains, etc, then the test cannot be older than 72 hours when entering the Republic of Serbia);
2. Certificate of complete vaccination issued by the competent health institution of the Republic of Serbia, i.e. the competent authority of the foreign state in which the person was vaccinated;
3. Certificate of overcome COVID-19 disease – a certificate or other public document stating that the holder of the document has overcome the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, i.e. that this person has been diagnosed with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, provided that no less than 14 days or more than six months may elapse from the first test, issued by the Institute of Public Health established for the territory of the Republic of Serbia, i.e. the competent authority of the state with which the Republic of Serbia has concluded an agreement or de facto reciprocity on the recognition of such documents (ANDORRA, AUSTRIA, BULGARIA, GREECE, DENMARK, CROATIA, ESTONIA, IRELAND, ICELAND, CABO VERDE, LIECHTENSTEIN, LUXEMBOURG, GERMANY, ROMANIA, SAN MARINO, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, SLOVENIA, TUNISIA, TURKEY, SWITZERLAND, SPAIN).
Persons who do not have any of the above documents, during passport control, are given a written notice – a health warning about the obligation to comply with the measure of quarantine at home for 10 days, from the date of crossing the state border, and are reminded of the obligation to report to the competent COVID clinic or territorially competent public health institution within 24 hours from the hour of crossing the state border (via an electronic application on the website: www.e-zdravlje.gov.rs).
The specified restrictions do not apply to:
1. Citizens of the Republic of Serbia, staff of foreign diplomatic and consular missions and offices of international organizations and foreign citizens with regulated residence in the Republic of Serbia, coming from: the Republic of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Bulgaria, the Republic of North Macedonia, Hungary, the Republic of Croatia and Montenegro;
2. Persons from the border area who perform agricultural work and have agricultural land in the border area of the Republic of Serbia, i.e. the border area of a neighboring state, and who are obliged to have proof of ownership over agricultural land when crossing the state border, in order to perform agricultural work on that land, or a statement of the owner of the agricultural land that the person is performing agricultural work on his land;
3. Persons who are residents of the border area and who are employed on the territory of the Republic of Serbia, i.e. the neighboring state, to whom the employer from the Republic of Serbia, i.e. the neighboring state, has issued a document on employment;
4. Crew and cabin crew of the aircraft whose final destination is the Republic of Serbia;
5. Crew of a transport vehicle when performing international air, road, rail and water traffic;
6. Humanitarian convoys contracted through diplomacy;
7. Minors up to 12 years of age;
8. Persons who stayed outside the territory of the Republic of Serbia for less than 48 hours, and have a negative RT-PCR test for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 virus issued by a reference laboratory in the Republic of Serbia, not older than 48 hours before the first exit from the Republic of Serbia.
ENTRY REGIME FOR FOREIGN CITIZENS
Foreign citizens are allowed to enter the Republic of Serbia provided that they have one of the following documents:
1. Negative RT-PCR test for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 virus or a negative Antigen FIA Rapid test, if the person comes from the United States of America, not older than 48 hours from the date of issue of the results (if there is a delay in entering the Republic of Serbia, which cannot be attributed to the passenger’s fault, but is a consequence of an external event that could not have been foreseen, avoided or eliminated – delay of the flight, the departure of buses, trains, etc, then the test cannot be older than 72 hours when entering the Republic of Serbia);
2. Certificate of complete vaccination issued by the Republic of Serbia, i.e. a foreign state with which the Republic of Serbia has concluded an agreement on the recognition of vaccination (GREECE, HUNGARY, ROMANIA, SLOVENIA*, TURKEY, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, CZECH REPUBLIC, INDIA) or with which there is de facto reciprocity in the recognition of the vaccination certificate; (ANDORRA, ARMENIA, AUSTRIA, BELGIUM, CABO VERDE, CROATIA, CYPRUS, EGYPT, ESTONIA, FINLAND, FRANCE, GEORGIA, GERMANY, ICELAND, IRELAND, ITALY, LEBANON, LIECHTENSTEIN, LITHUANIA, MALTA, MOROCCO, MOLDOVA, NETHERLANDS, SAN MARINO, SLOVAKIA, SPAIN, SWITZERLAND, TUNISIA, UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND, UKRAINE);
3. Certificate of overcome COVID-19 disease – a certificate or other public document stating that the holder of the document has overcome the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, i.e. that this person has been diagnosed with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, provided that no less than 14 days or more than six months may elapse from the first test, issued by the Institute of Public Health established for the territory of the Republic of Serbia, i.e. the competent authority of the state with which the Republic of Serbia has concluded an agreement or de facto reciprocity on the recognition of such documents (ANDORRA, AUSTRIA, BULGARIA, GREECE, DENMARK, CROATIA, ESTONIA, IRELAND, ICELAND, CABO VERDE, LIECHTENSTEIN, LUXEMBOURG, GERMANY, ROMANIA, SAN MARINO, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, SLOVENIA, TUNISIA, TURKEY, SWITZERLAND, SPAIN).
*Beside a vaccination certificate, all tests for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 are recognized (negative PCR-test or HAGT, not older than 48 hours). Citizens of Republic of Slovenia that have been infected with Covid 19 virus within the last 180 days, as well as those who received the first dose of the vaccine against COVID-19 within a maximum of eight months after infection, are allowed to enter the Republic of Serbia provided they hold a certificate of recovery from COVID-19. Furthermore, minors of up to 15 years of age are allowed to enter the Republic of Serbia without quarantine or a negative PCR test if they are accompanied by a close family members who meet the criteria for entering the country without quarantine.
The specified restrictions do not apply to:
1. Citizens of the Republic of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Bulgaria, Hungary, the Republic of North Macedonia and Montenegro, when entering the Republic of Serbia from those countries which they are citizens of;
2. Persons who are not citizens of the Republic of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Bulgaria, Hungary, the Republic of North Macedonia and Montenegro, and have been granted temporary residence or permanent residence in those countries, are allowed to enter the Republic of Serbia, provided that they submit a negative RT-PCR test or antigen test for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, issued by the reference laboratory of the Republic of Serbia, to the territorially competent public health institution within 48 hours from the time of crossing the state border;
3. Foreign citizens in transit through the Republic of Serbia – a period not longer than 12 hours from the moment of entry into the territory of the Republic of Serbia;
4. Crew and cabin crew of aircraft whose final destination is the Republic of Serbia or who are in transit, or transfer, via international airports of the Republic of Serbia;
5. Minors up to 12 years of age;
6. Members of foreign military, police and other security services who are in transit through the territory of the Republic of Serbia or come to the Republic of Serbia to perform official tasks with prior notice;
7. Citizens of the Republic of Croatia who are full-time or part-time students at higher education institutions in the Republic of Serbia, and who prove their status with a public document issued by a higher education institution of the Republic of Serbia – student’s book (index);
Crews of cargo motor vehicles during international road transport, for taking over or unloading goods or for transporting persons in or through the Republic of Serbia, crews of cargo ships transporting goods to one of the domestic ports during transport in international waters; bus crews in regular and international passenger transport, both in transit and in the case when the final or departure destination is the Republic of Serbia; crews of railway vehicles and train staff during the performance of international transport in railway traffic; aircraft crews performing international air transport services and crews, personnel and escorts of humanitarian convoys contracted through diplomacy;
7. Citizens of neighboring countries from the border area who perform agricultural work and have agricultural land in the territory of the Republic of Serbia, and who are obliged to have proof of ownership of agricultural land or a statement of the owner of agricultural land that the person is performing agricultural work on his land, in order to perform agricultural work on that land, subject to reciprocity;
Citizens of neighboring countries who are residents of the border area and who are employed in the territory of the Republic of Serbia, to whom the employer from the Republic of Serbia has issued a document on employment, subject to reciprocity.
Click here for full details: https://www.mfa.gov.rs/en/citizens/travel-serbia/covid-19-entry-requirements
Lockdown Details
Following the recommendation of the Government of Serbia, the following additional measures are in effect:
Cafes, bars, and restaurants may now operate outdoor facilities with no closing time. Indoor facilities may operate until 1:00 a.m. Music is now allowed.
All retail stores may remain open 24 hours, seven days a week.
All operating facilities must provide a minimum of 9 m2 per person. Exceptions are fitness centers, spa centers, gyms, and similar facilities which must provide 16 m2 per person. This number includes the staff at these businesses.
Up to 500 people are allowed to meet indoors or outdoors.
Sports events may have spectators of up to 50% capacity in outdoor stadiums or 30% capacity in indoor arenas.
Graduation celebrations are allowed.
Events expecting over 500 people must get permission from the Crisis Response Team.
Recreational classes and excursions may take place with consent from the Ministry of Education an competent institutions
Sources
https://www.mfa.gov.rs/en/citizens/travel-serbia
Data Source: covidcontrols.co
