Petition · past parliament · Department of Health and Social Care
Make Covid-19 tests for travel optional or free for EU citizens living in the UK
Closed
438 signatures
What the petition asks
The Government should either make the Covid-19 tests for people returning to England optional, or should make them freely available, to EU citizens living in the UK.
Millions of EU citizens are living and working in UK but it seems like the UK Government doesn't think about us. While we are free to move everywhere in UK many can't afford to visit their family in their home country because of the cost of the required PCR tests, which for a family of 4 can be around £1000. We're locked up in UK for more than a year. Christmas and Easter were cancelled. We want to visit our family without these additional costs.
Timeline
| 12 Jul 2021 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 12 Jan 2022 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
438
Status
Closed
Department
Department of Health and Social Care
Opened
12 Jul 2021
Closed
12 Jan 2022
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.