Travel insurance is mandatory for arrival to the Turks and Caicos Islands, if you do not have a valid TCI National Health Insurance Program number. If you do not have travel insurance, you may purchase one from the suggested TCI Assured insurance companies below:

• Travelex
• Seven Corners
• TripMate
• Aura
• HTH World Wide
• Allianz Global Assistance
• Generali Insurance
• Global Rescue
• HDI Global
• Travel Guard
• Travel Insured International
• Trawick
• Arch RoamRight
• Apex Travel Ltd.

By providing links to websites of insurance providers or insurance companies, the Turks and Caicos Islands Government and Turks and Caicos Islands Tourist Board does not guarantee, approve, or endorse the information, products or services available from these insurance providers or insurance companies and or on these sites.

The Turks and Caicos Islands Government and the Turks and Caicos Islands Tourist Board do not verify adequacy of coverage provided by any of the contents of the policies or other products offered. It is the sole responsibility of the purchaser of a policy or other services to be satisfied that the policy covers the risk sought to be insured against.

These links/travel insurance companies are being provided as a convenience. They do not constitute an endorsement of or an approval by the Turks and Caicos Islands Government nor the Turks and Caicos Islands Tourist Board of any of the products, services or opinions of the insurance provider, insurance company or individual.

Neither the Turks and Caicos Islands Government nor the Turks and Caicos Islands Tourist Board bears any legal liability for any loss suffered, to pay compensatory damages or awards including cost directly or indirectly caused by or resulting from, arising out of or in connection with or attribute to the use of any such product or service.

To obtain a TCI Assured Travel Authorization to the TCI - one of the obligations is that : all visitors and residents excluding children who are under 10 years old or those who are in the exempt category of persons are required to upload documentary evidence of a negative Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR COVID-19) test or Antigen test from an accredited laboratory undertaken no more than three days prior to travel to the islands. (no antibody or home test kits)

Click here to find an accredited lab near you from. CAP (https://www.cap.org/laboratory-improvement/accreditation/accredited-laboratory-and-biorepository-directory/) or Passport Health USA (https://www.passporthealthusa.com)

Dominican Republic:

As part of the pre-arrival process persons traveling from the Dominican Republic can access COVID 19 test at the following facilities:

• 1. Hospital Metropolitano de Santiago (HOMS)
• 2. Referencia Laboratorio
• 3. Centro Diagnostico Especializado (CEDISA)
• 4. Hospital General de la Plaza de la Salud (Plaza)

Haiti

The following two labs have been approved in Haiti to offer COVID testing for travelers:

• 1. Laboratoire National de Sante Publique
• 2. Laboratoire Rodolphe Merieux

COVID-19 PCR and Antigen test via nasopharyngeal swab will be accepted from travelers from the above listed laboratories.

The Ministry of Tourism operates www.turksandcaicostourism.com

This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal data when you use our Service and the choices you have associated with that data.

We use your data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. Unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy, terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms and Conditions.

Information Collection And Use

We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our Service to you.

1. Personal Data

While using our Service, and particularly when completing media accreditation and subscription forms, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you (“Personal Data”). Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

• Email address
• First name and last name
• Phone number
• Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City
• Passport Number
• Date of Birth
• Nationality
• Name of Employer
• Job Title/Position
• Flight information
• Date of arrival
• Date of departure
• Cookies and Usage Data

2. Usage Data

We may also collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our Service or when you access the Service by or through a mobile device (“Usage Data”).

This Usage Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

When you access the Service by or through a mobile device, this Usage Data may include information such as the type of mobile device you use, your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of your mobile device, your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser you use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

3. Tracking & Cookies Data

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and hold certain information.

Cookies are files with small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Tracking technologies also used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our Service.

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service.

Examples of Cookies we use:

• Session Cookies. We use Session Cookies to operate our Service.
• Preference Cookies. We use Preference Cookies to remember your preferences and various settings.
• Security Cookies. We use Security Cookies for security purposes.

Use of Data

The Government of Turks and Caicos uses the collected data for various purposes:

• To provide and maintain the Service
• To notify you about changes to our Service
• To allow you to participate in interactive features of our Service when you choose to do so
• To provide customer care and support
• To provide analysis or valuable information so that we can improve the Service
• To monitor the usage of the Service
• To detect, prevent and address technical issues

Transfer Of Data

Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from your jurisdiction.

If you are located outside the Turks and Caicos Islands and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to the Turks and Caicos Islands and process it there.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

The Turks and Caicos Islands Government will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organisation or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.

Disclosure Of Data

Legal Requirements

The Government of Turks and Caicos may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

• To comply with a legal obligation
• To protect and defend the rights or property of Turks and Caicos Islands Government
• To prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
• To protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public
• To protect against legal liability

Security Of Data

Our website uses SSL encryption to ensure that your data is protected during transmission. Upon successful submission, your data will be securely stored on our server and protected by a Firewall. We use regular malware scanning to ensure that the Service is protected so as to prevent unauthorised access to your data.

Disclaimer

While security of your data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Removal of Data

If you wish to have your data removed, please contact us:

• By email: authorisation@turksandcaicostourism.com
• By phone number: 649-2327233 or 5900

Service Providers

We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service (“Service Providers”), to provide the Service on our behalf, to perform Service-related services or to assist us in analyzing how our Service is used.

These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

Analytics

We may use third-party Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service.

• Google Analytics – Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Service. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

Links To Other Sites

Our Service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

Children’s Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 18 (“Child”).

We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from your child without verification of parental consent, we will take steps to remove that information from our servers.

Changes To This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the “effective date” at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please email authorisation@turksandcaicostourism.com or call the above numbers

Some information to help you with your COVID test.

Some facts to help you with your COVID negative test result:

• All test submissions must be the laboratory report; this is the only document which would provide all the information necessary for us to arrive at a decision.
• All laboratory reports must include the patient demographics, date the sample was collected and tested/reported, sample and test type.
• The sample types being accepted is Nasopharyngeal or Oropharyngeal, these can be abbreviated NPS, NASOP or OPS.
• The accepted test types are as follows:
• A Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction Test (RT-PCR)
• A Nucleic Acid Amplification test (NAA)
• An RNA or molecular test
• An Antigen Test completed via nasopharyngeal swab
• If the word antibody appears anywhere in the test name, or it is revealed that the test performed is an antibody test when reviewing the disclaimer or notes this will be rejected.
• In the disclaimer where a laboratory test was developed in-house it must be confirmed that is has FDA EUA approval.
• Home test kits are not accepted; As these samples are collected by the client and not a medical professional.
• We are not accepting Pixel, Vault and Everlywell.
• We are not accepting, antibody test.

Travelers to the Turks and Caicos Islands may experience delays in travel due to border closures, such as airport closures, travel prohibitions and other emergency conditions, either due to COVID19 restrictions or to the threats of hurricane or tropical storms or other natural or manmade emergencies.

When these delays occur, your travel authorization may expire prior to your intended arrival in the islands. In such cases, the Government of the Turks and Caicos is not liable for any losses you may experience due to these occurrences.

If your travel authorization is expired, you are not guaranteed a waiver to travel on another date, if your COVID-19 PCR negative test or antigen test done via nasopharyngeal swab is outside of the 3 day travel window allowed by law.

If your travel authorization is expired, in order to visit the islands you will need to secure another COVID-19 PCR negative test or antigen test done via nasopharyngeal swab and make a new application to travel.

In accordance with international travel requirements all persons returning to the US, Canada, and UK must have a COVID test result completed for pre-arrival. Please note that all travelers must be aware that, in the case of a positive test, the cost of a quarantine period of up to 14-days and other medical costs, as necessary; is the responsibility of the traveler. Therefore, please be mindful of the quarantine and other coverage provided by your insurance policy as a requirement to travel to the Turks and Caicos Islands and amend as needed to ensure adequate coverage.

The Turks and Caicos Islands has expanded our testing capacity in response to new testing requirements by CDC and Governments of USA, United Kingdom and Canada. Please see the following list of possible test sites in the Turks and Caicos that are certified for testing for travel:

• Cockburn Town Medical Center
• Hospital Road
• Grand Turk
• 1-649-941-2900

• Seven Stars Resort
• http://www.sevenstarsspa.simplybook.me
• Grace Bay Road
• Providenciales

• Grace Bay Club
• Grace Bay
• Providenciales
• 1-649-946-5050

• Sail Rock Resort
• South Caicos
• 1-649-946-3777

• COMO Parrot Cay
• Parrot Cay
• 1-649-339-7788

• Flamingo Pharmacy
• (Offering Services Starting February 1st)
• Unit 105/6, Cabot House
• Graceway Plaza (Main IGA)
• Providenciales
• 1-649-941-4527

• Beaches Resort
• Grace Bay
• Providenciales

• Amanyara
• Providenciales

• Associated Medical Practices
• 5a Windward Rd
• Providenciales
• 1-649-9464242

• OMNICARE
• Town Centre Mall
• Providenciales
• 1-649-9415050

(Testing also available in Grand Turk)

• FamilyCare Medical Services Ltd
• 121 Blue Mountain Rd
• Horizon House Unit B
• Providenciales
• 1-649-4313262

(Testing also available in Grand Turk)

• Carolina Medical Clinic
• Town Centre Mall
• Providenciales
• 1-649-9464367

• Grace Bay Medical Centre
• Neptune Plaza
• Providenciales
• 1-649-9415252

• ACCU Diagnostics
• C101 Cabot House
• Graceway Plaza, Providenciales
• 1-649-231-1184

• The Shore Club
• Long Bay Beach,
• Long Bay Hills, Providenciales
• 1-649-339-8000

• The Palms
• Grace Bay Beach
• Princess Dr
• 1-649-946-8666

• Club Med
• Grace Bay Rd
• Grace Bay
• 1-649-946-5500