All persons travelling to Latvia must fill out an electronic form on the Covidpass.lv website not earlier than 48 hours before entering Latvia and provide the requested information concerning vaccination, testing, or recovery from COVID-19.
Restrictions on entry to Latvia depend on the country the person is travelling from, as well as of proof of the fact of vaccination, testing or recovery from Covid19.  The vaccination, testing or recovery from COVID-19 is confirmed using the interoperable EU COVID certificate (in a smart device, or in paper format) or Certificate of vaccination or recovery issued in USA, Australia and Canada.
Persons who enter Latvia fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in the USA, Australia, or Canada, can receive a short-term vaccination certificate for use in Latvia. The short-term certificate is valid only in the territory of Latvia, it is equivalent to an interoperable vaccination certificate and valid for 30 days from the day it is issued.
In order to restrict the spread of the Omicron variant of Covid-19, all air travellers entering the Republic of Latvia, including persons who have an interoperable vaccination or recovery certificate, is provided with a possibility to undergo free-of-charge COVID-19 testing in the territory of Riga International Airport.
Citizens of the Republic of Serbia with the interoperable EU Covid certificate (in a smart device or in paper form), proof of recovery from Covid19 or testing can enter Latvia if they fill out an electronic form on the Covidpass.lv website not earlier than 48 hours before entering Latvia. They don’t need self-isolation. The airport staff at the Riga Airport or a representative of the State Border Guard or State Police have the right to demand that the arrivals get tested.
Citizens of the Republic of Serbia without the interoperable EU Covid certificate are not allowed to enter Latvia for the purposes of tourism or for private reasons, since Serbia has been categorized as a high risk country.
To enter Latvia from the countries of high risk of infection is allowed to the citizens of Latvia, persons who have a regulated permanent residence in Latvia or a visa type D for a longer stay, with the operable EU Covid certificate and filling out the electronic form.
Persons who enter Latvia from the Republic of Serbia or persons crossing the Republic of Serbia in transit, meeting the conditions for entry into Latvia, are obliged to have a negative Covid19 test result, not older than 72 hours before entering Latvia or an antigen test not older than 48 hours, and to fill out an electronic form on the Covidpass.lv website not earlier than 48 hours before entering Latvia, containing a negative test result. They are also obliged to show their QR code (proof of the filling out the electronic form on Latvian website). After entering Latvia the person registers for a PCR test online and takes a test at their own expense at the nearest testing station within 24 hours. Until the test result is received, the person stays at their place of residence or at any of tourist accommodations indicated on the list of the Investment and Development Agency of Latvia.
The test is not obligatory for children under 12 years of age; employees, crew members of freight and passenger transport service providers, crews of passenger, freight, or technical voyages;seafarers and members of the merchant marine on their way to or returning from a ship; airline passengers who are crossing the territory of the republic of Latvia in transit, without leaving the airport terminals and can present proof of the next flight which takes place within the next 24 hours; the staff of foreign diplomatic and consular missions, international organisations and representations thereof accredited in Latvia, and their family members; persons arriving in Latvia on an invitation from the President, the Saeima, the Cabinet or its member, the Constitutional Court, the Supreme Court, the State Audit Office, or a ministry; diplomatic couriers of Latvia or foreign countries or ad hoc diplomatic couriers; holders of the diplomatic passport of the Republic of Latvia, technical personnel accompanying them, and the civil servants and employees of the diplomatic or consular service when performing the official functions.

From the entry ban are exempted:
- Citizens of  EU countries and persons with a permanent residence permit in the EU, as well as members of their families,
- Foreign diplomats and members of their families accredited in Latvia or in transit through the territory of Latvia to the country of service or country of origin,
- Diplomatic couriers or ad hoc diplomatic couriers who present an official document specifying their status and the number of packages constituting their diplomatic pouch,
- Until the time when a certificate compatible with the interoperable certificate used in the European Union is devised in a respective country, a person entering from the United States of America, the United Kingdom, the Australian Commonwealth, New Zealand, or Canada shall attest to the fact of vaccination, recovery or testing with a valid interoperable certificate or other valid documentary proof of vaccination against or recovery from COVID-19, or a test for COVID-19.
- If a person who has the right to vaccination against COVID-19 paid in Latvia has been vaccinated against COVID-19 in a foreign country with a vaccine registered with the European Medicines Agency or a vaccine registered by equivalent regulators or recognized by the World Health Organization, not later than within a month of receiving the person’s application and documentary proof of vaccination performed in a foreign country, the National Health Service shall verify their authenticity and compliance with requirements for mandatory information included in the certificate.

17.01.2022