no reason to assume it’s before arrival because all government and embassy websites say it’s before departure, and flying for 24 hours leaves little room for error in testing. As is I’m probably going to get 2 tests done just to make sure I have one back in time for my flight.
My last trip I had my return ticket 90 days out and had no issue, I have the same this trip and just got my visa…..if there was an issue I’d just buy a ticket on the spot
I emailed them and copy/pasted what’s actually asked for and explained the difference and why it matters, traveling for 24 hours if coming from the US. Probably some desk flunkie on email duty
well earlier in the year there were a couple posts on here about a couple hotels that were asking for 72 hours from arrival at the hotel, which if they want to go above and beyond the minimum precautions is their decision...but i emailed back and forth with them several times before asking for the source since everything i found said departure and didnt hear back from them. easy enough to cancel and rebook somewhere else