<span style="color: #222222;">The Ministry of Civil Aviation and Ministry of Health & Family Welfare have mandated contactless self-declaration at Air Suvidha Portal. The Air Suvidha portal which was launched in August last year  has now been strengthened to accommodate travel guidelines issued on the 30th  November. Air Suvidha is first of its kind digital portal for easing international passenger arrival in India.   <br />''<br />''This portal aids passengers in providing their details of travel and final stay along with RTPCR, Vaccination status etc. This also helps state officials in contact tracing. It provides hassle-free, queue free, and convenient air travel to all international passengers arriving in India.  To ensure the necessary prevention of the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus, the exemption forms from the Air Suvidha portal have been discontinued, and filling of the details have been made compulsory for all international passengers arriving in India. <br />''<br />''All international passengers arriving in India are mandated to declare their current health status prior to boarding on the Air Suvidha Portal along with the required documents like  Copy of Passport, PCR Negative Certificate from a Test conducted within 72 hours of departure and the Vaccination Certificate. For immigration, the copy received in e-mail is essential on arrival in India and has to be verified at the APHO counter.Air Suvidha portal has already assisted over 2.5 lakh  passengers with first five days of this month.</span><br />