Travel and Test Requirements Saba – Frequently Asked Questions

1. What do I have to do to travel from Saba?

2. Two nights away from Saba? No testing?

When vaccinated, Saba residents traveling to a high-risk country, for example, St. Maarten, for a maximum of 2 nights or less do not need a negative pre-travel test to re-enter Saba.

3. What is a low-risk country?

Low-risk countries are places with no active local transmission of Covid-19 in the previous 14 days.

4. What is a high-risk country?

5. What is a very high-risk country?

Banned countries are counties with a wide circulation of some Covid-19 Variants of Concern. The purpose of the flight ban is to prevent the further spread of these variants in the Netherlands and the Dutch Kingdom.
Click on the link for very high-risk countries list
https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/coronavirus-covid-19/reizen-en-vakantie/in-thuisquarantaine-bij-aankomst-in-nederland/quarantaineplicht

6. What do I need to enter Saba from a low-risk country?

Complete the entry form found on the Saba Tourism website, http://www.sabatourism.com/travel-requirements.
Note, there is a 24 hour turnaround time in approval, so submit your application on time. When filling out the form make sure to put the correct information in the relevant field.

7. What do I need to enter Saba from a high-risk country?

Complete the entry form found on the Saba Tourism website, http://www.sabatourism.com/travel-requirements.
Note, there is a 24 hour turnaround time in approval, so submit your application on time.
When filling out the form make sure to put the correct information in the relevant field.

A negative PCR or Rapid Antigen test (Maximum of 72 hours before traveling to Saba)

8. Can I travel from a very high-risk country to Saba?

Only Saba residents will get permission to enter Saba from a very high-risk country.

9. What is the procedure for Saba residents traveling to Saba from a very high-risk country?

Complete the entry form found on the Saba Tourism website. Note, there is a 24 hour turnaround time in approval, so submit your application on time.
A negative PCR test
Proof of residence

10. Do I need to quarantine upon arrival to Saba?

Vaccinated persons do not require quarantine unless they are traveling from a banned country.
Non- vaccinated persons must quarantine for five (5) days when traveling from a high-risk or banned country.
Persons traveling from low-risk countries do not have to quarantine.
Persons with one dose of approved vaccine and who can provide evidence of having Covid-19 in the past six (6) months do not have to quarantine.
Children arriving from a high-risk country are not required to quarantine, but they may not attend daycare, school, or after-school activities for five (5) days.

11.What are the requirements for children 0 -17 traveling?

Complete the entry form found on the Saba Tourism website. Note, there is a 24 hour turnaround time in approval, so submit your application on time.
2 – 10-year-olds are not required to submit a pre-travel test but must test on arrival to Saba and test on day five (5).
11 – 17-year-olds must submit a negative PCR or Rapid Antigen test before traveling

12.How can I get a pre-travel test on Saba?

A drop-in testing center operates daily, including weekends, between 1:00 pm and 3:00 pm, located by M & A Snack Bar (Topogigos) in the Bottom.
A rapid antigen test costs $50, and a PCR test costs $75.
Before testing, you should make payments at the Receiver’s Office at the Government Administration Building.
Walk with proof of payment to the testing center.

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