The first passengers to arrive at Edinburgh Airport on Monday and move into a quarantine hotel have been released already because they flew through Dublin Airport.
Eleven flights were scheduled to arrive at the Scottish Airport on Monday with a flight from Dublin confirmed to have been carrying American passengers.
One of these passengers on the USA flight to Edinburgh via Dublin was Chun Wong who arrived in Scotland yesterday morning with his young daughter Kiernan.
They were the first to be escorted to their hotel, the Doubletree Hilton in Edinburgh which is being used as the capital's quarantine venue, Edinburgh Live reports.
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In Scotland, only travellers coming in from overseas countries will be required to stay at one of six designated hotels in a bid to avoid importation of the virus, with Ireland exempt - although travellers from Ireland and other UK countries are still expected to self-isolate for ten days.
But Mr. Wong told the BBC that they have been told they can leave after just a day because there has actually been a mistake.
Because the father and daughter flew from America, before boarding a connecting flight from Dublin to Edinburgh, they're actually exempt from having to remain in the hotel for ten days.
The loophole in the system means that those arriving from Dublin do not have to pay to enter a hotel because Ireland is being considered 'exempt' from the new rules.
Yesterday in a public interview Mr Wong said that he would do "whatever it takes" to be able to enter Scotland in order to be reunited with his wife and the mother of his child, Danielle, who lives in Fife.
The family has been separated for 16 months now due to strict quarantine rules in the US, with Danielle working as a key worker in the Kingdom helping people with addictions.
But last night Mr. Wong received a phone call from officials telling them that there had been a mistake and that he could leave the hotel if you wanted to.
He told the BBC: "I received a call from reception saying a gentleman from the airport would like to talk to me.
"He said that since I landed in Dublin first and then got a connecting flight to here, I was not required to quarantine in a hotel. I still have to quarantine and do the self-testing kit on the second and eighth day, but they said it was an error on their part."
Mr Wong confirmed that he did stay another night at the hotel because he was so tired from traveling, but today he will be free to return to Fife to self-isolate.
