Travel preparation checklist

Before booking

• Check destination, transit and re-entry rules for your passport and travel document.
• Match the advice to tourism, work, study, family or residence—not just the country.
• Confirm required HIV tests, disclosure rules, consequences and available exceptions.
• Read current government travel advice for wider risks and insurance validity.

With your HIV care team

• Plan the medicine supply and contingency for delays; check import limits and permits.
• Prepare original labelled packaging and an appropriate prescription / medical letter.
• Discuss vaccine suitability, other medicines, interactions and time-zone dosing.
• Agree a plan if medicine is lost, delayed or unavailable. Don’t assume a local refill is possible.
• Locate a clinic, check visitor eligibility, exact regimen stock, costs and confidentiality.

Documents & support

• Confirm pre-existing-condition and HIV coverage with the insurer.
• Keep secure copies of relevant documents and contact details.
• Decide whom to contact if questioned, refused boarding or unable to access medicine.
• Recheck rules before departure; save dated sources and written answers.

Prepared 20 September 2026 · hiv.travel research Lab. This is a discussion aid, not a certificate of eligibility or a substitute for clinical advice.