• You can enter Madeira without proof of vaccination, recovery or a negative Covid test, however, if you are travelling without proof of vaccination, please refer to the information regarding access to public spaces and services whereby a negative Covid test may be required

  • ​If you choose to take a private Covid rapid antigen test within 24 hours of travel, you can upload the test result to the Madeira traveller questionnaire. This should not be a self administered rapid antigen test​​​​

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• ​All passengers (aged 12 and over) are encouraged to register on the Madeira Safe website, however the government of Madeira does not prevent any passengers who don’t have a Madeira Safe account to enter Madeira. To register on Madeira Safe, the system will require your email address and/or a mobile phone number​

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• Have adequate Travel Insurance and we recommend that printed copies of all appropriate documents are taken on holiday with you​​

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• For local restrictions, please refer to the Coronavirus page on the FCDO and the Madeira Islands offical website

  • On the 13th May 2022, the authorities announced that the obligation to wear a mask in the majority of indoor and outdoor areas has been abolished

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• If you are planning to travel, you must follow the Schengen area passport requirements. Your passport must be:

  • Issued less than 10 years before the date you enter the country (check the ‘date of issue’)

  • valid for at least 3 months after the day you plan to leave (check the ‘expiry date’)

• You must check your passport meets these requirements before you travel. If your passport was issued before 1 October 2018, extra months may have been added to its expiry date​

• Contact the embassy of the country you are visiting if you think that your passport does not meet both these requirements. Renew your passport if you need to

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• Since late January 2022, new e-gates are in operation at Funchal airport for use by British passport holders and passport holders of some other non-EU countries, instead of going to a manned booth. These e-gates are usually separate to the e-gates for EU/EEA/Swiss citizens. If e-gates are open when you arrive or depart, check the signage to confirm you are eligible to use them and that you are in the correct queue. When using an e-gate, a virtual “stamp” is logged on the computer system. A border officer may additionally put a physical stamp into your passport after you have passed through the e-gate; this is for airport operational reasons. If you do not use an e-gate and instead are directed to a manned booth, check that your passport is stamped by the border officer when you enter or exit the Schengen area as a visitor. Border guards use physical passport stamps and e-gate records to check you’re complying with the 90-day visa-free limit for short stays in the Schengen area. If relevant entry or exit stamps are not in your passport or visible to a border officer on the computer system, a border officer will presume that you have overstayed your visa-free limit. You can show evidence of when and where you entered or exited the Schengen area, and ask the border officer to add this date and location in your passport. Examples of acceptable evidence include boarding passes and tickets

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• Portuguese Border Control (SEF) advise that children under the age of 18 travelling to Portugal alone or in the company of a person who is not their parent or legal guardian, should either:

  • be met at the airport or point of entry by their parent or guardian, or

  • carry a letter of authorisation to travel from their parent or guardian. The letter should name the adult in Portugal who will be responsible for them during their stay. There is no legal requirement for the letter to be notarised. However, the onus is on the parent or legal guardian to provide reasonable evidence, including contact details, to confirm that adequate care arrangements are in place

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• ​If you are travelling to Portugal mainland, Porto Santo or the Azores, separate travel guidance applies

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