UK: work-permit test. Canada: study, work or training over one month may require testing. Routine tourist arrival testing not verified.
Source 1 ↗Source 2 ↗Source 3 ↗Source 4 ↗Official consular guidance allows eligible prescription medicines up to three months with signed medical report and prescription, original packaging. Exact ART ingredients still need checking.
Source ↗Personal accounts and reported cases, with original sources.
Reporting on a 2024 holiday, a traveller says they entered Egypt without problems. Their baggage was scanned and the month's supply of HIV medication they carried was not flagged.
Read sourceIn a 2022 discussion about HIV medication, a commenter recalls carrying their pills and a doctor's note on a 2014 visit. When asked whether airport security had questioned the pills, they reply that it had not.
Read sourceProfile checked 2026-10-11. Updated by Positive Destinations: Oct 2024. Additional sources checked 11 October 2026.
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