We strongly recommend to download the Aruba’s Health App on your smart phone prior to your travel, which is solely used by the Public Health authorities of Aruba to properly assist you and inform you on COVID-19 measures, instructions, for more information
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Download the official Aruba Health App before you travel please visit: https://www.aruba.com/us/aruba-health-app
One of the new requirements put in place for visitors to be admitted to Aruba is the mandatory valid PCR COVID-19 negative test. The test needs to be administered within 3 days and 12 hours before your direct departure flight to Aruba.
The PCR test fee at the Aruba’s Airport is USD$75.
AUTHORIZED PCR test applicable for Aruba is the combined nasal / oral specimen through PCR testing (PCR/Molecular/RNA/NAA (T)/ID NOW).
The test needs to be administered within 3 days before your direct departure flight to Aruba.
Your PCR test lab results need to list:
With regards to testing prior to Aruba you have 4 options on the online ED card platform:
OPTION 1: Use CommonPass to verify your negative PCR test result.
In the Aruba ED portal, select “Use CommonPass” when prompted to upload your PCR test. Then copy and paste the Pass ID from your CommonPass (under the QR code, not the invitation code) to the portal and you will be pre-verified to pass the testing requirement. The use of CommonPass gives you access to fast pass lanes through immigration! Learn more at CommonPass.org.
OPTION 2: Upload a negative PCR test result. Tests are inspected and validated by the Department of Public Health.
In case you DO NOT upload a valid PCR test, the Government of Aruba requires you to take two tests. One accessible, qualified test prior to travel, and one qualified PCR test upon arrival at the Aruba airport. When pre-uploading one of the following on the Online ED Card: Antigen/AG QL IA/FIA, a PCR Home kit , you will be required to conduct a PCR test upon arrival in Aruba. A payment of $75 per test applies (paid at the airport). The test needs to be administered within 3 days and uploaded no later than 12 hours before your direct departure flight to Aruba.
For example if you upload an antigen test result, you will be required to take the PCR test upon arrival in Aruba at your own cost ($75), since this does not meet the requirements of the required PCR test.
OPTION 3: Show your PCR test. Tests are inspected and validated upon arrival by the Department of Public Health.
AUTHORIZED PCR test applicable for Aruba is the combined nasal / oral specimen through PCR testing (PCR/Molecular/RNA/NAA (T)/ID NOW). The test needs to be administered within 3 days before your direct departure flight to Aruba.
In case you DO NOT upload a valid PCR test, the Government of Aruba requires you to take two tests. One accessible, qualified test prior to travel, and one qualified PCR test upon arrival at the Aruba airport. When pre-uploading one of the following on the Online ED Card: Antigen/AG QL IA/FIA, a PCR Home kit , you will be required to conduct a PCR test upon arrival in Aruba. A payment of $75 per test applies (paid at the airport). The test needs to be administered within 3 days and uploaded no later than 12 hours before your direct departure flight to Aruba.
For example if you upload an antigen test result, you will be required to take the PCR test upon arrival in Aruba at your own cost ($75), since this does not meet the requirements of the required PCR test.
OPTION 4: Pay for PCR testing at the airport upon your arrival in Aruba (NON REFUNDABLE).
The prepayment fee for the COVID-19 PCR nasal/oral specimen swab test in Aruba is USD $75. Payment would be made together with the mandatory insurance when completing the online ED card
* Important note: You would be required to mandatory quarantine inside your room at your booked accommodation for up to 24 hours awaiting the test results. The health department will make every effort to have results in order to minimize the visitors’ time in quarantine.
* Note: Any test taken prior to 3 days of your direct departure to Aruba would not be accepted by the Department of Public Health of Aruba. All test results are individually reviewed by the team at the Aruba Public Health Department. The Aruba Government implemented a strict cut of time of 12 hours prior to your direct departure to upload your test results, this is to give them ample time to review every single test result uploaded.
Before you begin this process, please make sure that you have a valid passport, and an valid e-mail address that you can access. You will need to supply information from your passport to successfully complete the online application form. After completing the online travel qualification form, you will receive a confirmation of your application to the e-mail address you provided. This confirmation of approval will be your proof of qualification for travel to Aruba. This confirmation is mandatory and will need to be presented and checked at your airline check-in either by showing a printed/ digital copy.
There are two possible responses to your online application request:
Notification in connection with the recording and disclosure of personal data through the official online Immigration Platform also referred to as Embarkation and Disembarkation-card (ED-card) program. The data collected through the online Immigration Platform relates to your entry into Aruba as a traveler and/or resident. The data shall be saved in a personal data register, which shall only be used for the aforementioned purpose.
The term “personal data register” shall mean a coherent collection of personal data relating to different persons, either kept in an automated way or created systematically with a view to the efficient consultation of such data. The term “personal data” on its turn shall mean data that can be traced back to an individual natural person. The term “holder” shall mean the person having control over a personal data register while finally the term “data processor” shall have the following meaning: the person having control over all or part of the equipment with which a personal data register is kept of which he is not the holder.
Within the holder's organization, information from the personal data register shall only be disclosed to persons allowed to receive such data by virtue of their duties. The holder shall at all times take technical and organizational measures required to protect a personal data register against loss or corruption of the data and against the unauthorized retrieval, modification, or disclosure thereof. A similar duty shall lie with the data processor in relation to all of the equipment or the part of the equipment under his or her or its control.
Data from a personal data register shall only be disclosed to a third party to the extent such disclosure arises from (i) the purpose of the register, (ii) is required by law, or (iii) is made with the permission of the registered person. For purposes of scientific research or statistics or by virtue of an urgent and important reason, data may be disclosed to a third party, upon request and subject to identification of the purpose for which such disclosure is requested, to the extent (i) the purpose for which the disclosure is requested does not conflict with the law or public order, (ii) the disclosure is reasonably in agreement with such purpose, (iii) the disclosure does not disproportionately harm the privacy of the registered person. The aforementioned shall not apply to the extent a holder is subject to a duty of confidentiality by virtue of an office, profession, or legal rule. At the request of the registered person, a holder shall refrain from disclosing data related to the registered person.
If the disclosure of information from a personal data register requires permission of the registered person, such permission may only be given in writing. Permission may be related to one single case or to a limited category of cases and shall be described in detail in the document. Permission however may be withdrawn in writing at any time. An important note is that data from a personal data register kept by or on behalf of (the Government of) Aruba may, upon request, be disclosed to persons or authorities with public-law duties, to the extent they need such information to perform their duties and the privacy of the registered persons is not disproportionately harmed by such disclosure.
The person whose personal data has been entered into the register may request the holder in writing to correct, complete, or remove such data if they are factually incorrect, are incomplete or irrelevant to the purpose of the register, or appear in the register in violation of a statutory provision. The request shall include the changes to be made. Within two (2) months after receiving such a request, the holder shall notify the person who filed it, in writing, whether or to what extent the holder will comply with the subject request.
The data collected through the online Immigration Platform to and is used in connection with your entry into Aruba as a tourist and is stored for a period of 5 years. The health related data collected from the Resident will be destroyed after entry to Aruba. Your medical data is collected by the Aruban National Health Authority for the sole purpose of safeguarding the Public Health in Aruba, on the basis of temporary emergency measures taking by the Aruban government in relation to COVID19. Your medical data will only be stored at our secured database for the duration of your visit to Aruba and will be destroyed immediately afterwards, all in accordance to personal data protection protocols.
The aforementioned data shall be saved in a personal data register. The term “personal data register” shall mean a coherent collection of personal data relating to different persons, either kept in an automated way or created systematically with a view to the efficient consultation of such data. The term “personal data” on its turn shall mean data that can be traced back to an individual natural person. The term “holder” shall mean the person having control over a personal data register. The term “data processor” shall mean the person having control over all or part of the equipment with which a personal data register is kept of which he is not the holder.
Within the holder's organization, information from the personal data register shall only be disclosed to persons allowed to receive such data by virtue of their duties. The holder shall at all times take technical and organizational measures required to protect a personal data register against loss or corruption of the data and against the unauthorized retrieval, modification, or disclosure thereof. A similar duty shall lie with the data processor in relation to all of the equipment or the part of the equipment under his or her or its control.
Data from a personal data register shall only be disclosed to a third party to the extent such disclosure arises from (i) the purpose of the register, (ii) is required by law, or (iii) is made with the permission of the registered person. For purposes of scientific research or statistics or by virtue of an urgent and important reason, data may be disclosed to a third party, upon request and subject to identification of the purpose for which such disclosure is requested, to the extent (i) the purpose for which the disclosure is requested does not conflict with the law or public order, (ii) the disclosure is reasonably in agreement with such purpose, (iii) the disclosure does not disproportionately harm the privacy of the registered person. The aforementioned shall not apply to the extent a holder is subject to a duty of confidentiality by virtue of an office, profession, or legal rule. At the request of the registered person, a holder shall refrain from disclosing data related to the registered person.
If the disclosure of information from a personal data register requires permission of the registered person, such permission may only be given in writing (see below). Permission may be related to one single case or to a limited category of cases and shall be described in detail in the document. Permission however may be withdrawn in writing at any time. An important note is that data from a personal data register kept by or on behalf of (the Government of) Aruba may, upon request, be disclosed to persons or authorities with public-law duties, to the extent they need such information to perform their duties and the privacy of the registered persons is not disproportionately harmed by such disclosure.
The person whose personal data has been entered into the register may request the holder in writing to correct, complete, or remove such data if they are factually incorrect, are incomplete or irrelevant to the purpose of the register, or appear in the register in violation of a statutory provision. The request shall include the changes to be made. Within two (2) months after receiving such a request, the holder shall notify the person who filed it, in writing, whether or to what extent the holder will comply with the subject request. The personal data of the registered person shall be used to the extent that a contractual relationship is to be established with such person, or provisions of such an agreement are to be specified or changed.
In connection with COVID-19 and related to safeguarding the public health of Aruba, your data will be shared with the Aruba Health Authorities.
When you access this website, your Internet browser automatically sends data to our web server for technical reasons. This data includes the date and time of access, the URL of the referring website, the requested file, the quantity of data sent, browser type and version, operating system and your IP address. By clicking the below “I agree” button you give permission for this data transmission, logging and use. This data is stored separately from other data entered when using our site. It is therefore not possible for us to assign this data to any given person. The Aruba Tourism Authority analyzes this data for statistical purposes. By clicking the below “I agree” button you give permission for both the disclosure of data to and the aforementioned use of said data by the Aruba Tourism Authority. By clicking you also confirm that the permission shall be deemed as having been given in writing.
To the extent necessary your personal data is used in connection with our Internet service (the use thereof) and also for accounting purposes. This includes, in particular, data for user identification purposes and data related to the period and scope of use of our service. For advertising and market research purposes performed by the Aruba Tourism Authority but also user-oriented design of our Internet service, usage profiles may be generated using pseudonyms. It is not allowed to link usage profiles to data relating to bearers of pseudonyms. By clicking the below “I agree” button you give permission for both the disclosure of data to and the aforementioned use of said data by the Aruba Tourism Authority. By clicking you also confirm that the permission shall be deemed as having been given in writing.
As a user of our Internet service you have the right to at all times receive information on the data stored about you or your pseudonym. If you so request we will provide you with this information electronically.
Our Immigration Service (IASA) is representative of Aruba’s overall dedication to unmatched hospitality. We strive to ensure that every experience, even from that very first encounter, properly conveys our appreciation for all our many visitors.
Along with offering a welcoming smile, IASA plays the essential role of securing your safety, in looking after all the details that provide for individual security as well as for the wellbeing of the general community and environment. In this way, IASA contributes to our end goal of affording you a carefree, truly remarkable vacation experience.
From the moment you step on island, IASA is there for you, securing your safety, and offering the first of many warm “bonbini” greetings you can look forward to receiving on Aruba.
“Ensuring an optimal border control, that is to monitor the compliance with the Admission Decree and its implementing regulations, as is stated in the admission, expulsion, and deportation Ordinance.”
If you have questions regarding the online ED-card, please visit our FAQ section. In the case that you are unable to find an answer to your question, please contact us at support@aruba.com
We welcome your arrival, and want to ensure your safe, trouble-free entry into the country of Aruba. Please note that travel documents must be up to date as well as in order before you begin your journey.
Along with supplying the necessary information preceding your visit, the following documents are necessary to enter Aruba:
*A visa is required of all visitors, with the exception of those travelers who hold a valid residence permit (temporary, permanent, or multiple visa) from any of the following countries:
Please consult the appropriate consular authorities to obtain a visa before you begin the online Embarkation and Disembarkation (ED) application process.
Are you sure you wish to answer yes to this question?
With the provided answer you will not be allowed to board. Make sure to review your answers before submitting.
Reminder: this form needs to be completed truthfully and deliberately omitting the truth is sanctioned by the applicable rules and regulations of Aruba.
We regret to inform you that our borders with your country of residence is currently closed.
As such travel to Aruba is not permitted.
Only the following residents of your country is exempt from the afore-mentioned, according to Government regulations:
Residents in your country who:
If you are plannning to travel to Aruba in connection with the afore-mentioned, please contact Immigracion Aruba via email edc@dga.aw for further information or assistance.
PLEASE NOTE THAT IF YOU HAVE SELECTED YES, YOU SHOULD USE THE SAME PASSPORT YOU REGISTERED WHEN LEAVING TO AND FROM ARUBA
In order to use your CommonPass on the Aruba Online ED Card Application, you must enter you CommonPass ID so that it can be electronically verified. Your CommonPass ID can be found below the QR code on your minted CommonPass as shown below. If you are using the Aruba Online ED Card Application on your mobile device, you can copy the ID from the CommonPass application using the copy/paste icon next to the code and then paste it here.