Does any digital arrival card need to be filled out well before reaching the airline check-in counter?
More and more countries require foreign travelers to complete a digital arrival card prior to entry (ArriveAntigua, Incoming Passenger Card IPC in Australia, Inbound Passenger Card in Fiji, E/D Card in St. Maarten, E-Arrival Card in Brunei, Korea e-Arrival Card, Online Arrival Card (NIA) in Taiwan, Imuga Traveler Declaration in Maldives, Online ED Form in Barbados, etc.).
Does any of these digital arrival cards need to be filled out well before reaching the airline check-in counter? Basically I want to know whether I should care about it and keep up with all that new paperwork, or instead be simply reminded of the paperwork by the airline check-in counter without missing my flight.
Top Answer/Comment:
Pretty much by definition, the answer is none.
Visas/ETAs etc are required before you board your flight, they're verified at check-in and you'll be denied boarding without one.
Digital arrival cards are checked on arrival (surprise!) and can be completed at any time before you arrive at the immigration counter. I've had check-in counters suggest filling them out before arrival, but not having completed it is not going to stop or even slow you down.
All that said, I make a point of completing everything before I get to the departure airport. There's no upside to doing it later, and if you wait until the last moment you may run into issues with mobile data/wifi/battery/website down etc.
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