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The regional government of Navarra required it as recently as 28 January - see pages 6 and 7 here - and when you book a bed at the pilgrim albergue in Roncesvalles, which is in Navarra, it currently (February 12, 2022) says on their website:Didn't seem very likely to me, but wanted to ask around.
I appreciate the feedback, thanks
Yes.Is the French digital conversion from US paper card the same as the EU digital cert?
Thank you for the clarification. So if I have the French conversion, it’ll work for entry requiring proof of vaccination, but if for some reason I need to get a test, it cannot be entered into my French conversion, and I’d need a paper copy?Yes.
However, note that they don't mean the same thing all the time everywhere when they refer to the EU digital certificate.
Currently (Feb 12, 2022), the French digital conversion from US paper is only a EU digital certificate for vaccination. In other contexts, EU digital certificate can mean a certification about vaccination, about recent (maximum 3 days old) negative test, or about recent (maximum a few months back) recovery from infection.
In the EU, for every single jab and for every single test, you get an EU certificate. It is nothing else than information (your name, date of birth, date of jab or test, type of jab or test) expressed as a QR code - a square of black and white dots. If you have a conversion done you will get two or three EU certificates, depending on the number of jabs you had so far.So if I have the French conversion, it’ll work for entry requiring proof of vaccination, but if for some reason I need to get a test, it cannot be entered into my French conversion, and I’d need a paper copy?
Thank you. I think I get it now. I’m a little overwhelmed by all the new stuff. Still trying to get my bearings.In the EU, for every single jab and for every single test, you get an EU certificate. It is nothing else than information (your name, date of birth, date of jab or test, type of jab or test) expressed as a QR code - a square of black and white dots. If you have a conversion done you will get two or three EU certificates, depending on the number of jabs you had so far.
This square can be printed on paper or stored on your mobile phone. You just need to find it, easily and quickly, when you are asked to present it and have it checked. EU people often use a dedicated app where they store all their certificates.
If the certificates/QR squares are on paper, you can scan them into the app (just open the app and point the lens of your phone at the square). If you have them on your mobile phone you can print them out on paper. Whatever you prefer and find more convenient.
When you take a test in a pharmacy or test centre in the EU, they can either sent the QR square to your email or print it on paper or both, whatever you prefer.
It must be very abstract when you don't see it and use it. It's quite easy and you get used to it quickly.Thank you. I think I get it now. I’m a little overwhelmed by all the new stuff. Still trying to get my bearings.
In my honest opinion it's not a issue , after 9 months you will need a booster or get tested.My biggest issue is your vaccinations are only valid for 9 months without a booster and i am not very keen to get one.
It's not an issue if you want one yes, it is is if you don'tIn my honest opinion it's not a issue , after 9 months you will need a booster or get tested.
And that's not only in Spain.
Well the negative test won't be worth anything after a few days, it'd only be relevant to get you in. Assuming you are in a place that needs the covid passport (likely to be fewer and fewer as time goes on), I'd be surprised if bars or restaurants in small towns would have ever seen a CDC card before/speak english. I suppose the CF has a fair amount of tourists. If you are doing the CF starting in France just go to a pharmacy and get your CDC card turned into a covid passport, it costs 36 euros, any pharmacy can do it and it'll also work in Spain. I know this because I did that last month for my trip to France and Switzerland.My question is whether I can function reasonably on the CF for three weeks with just a CDC vax card and printed and cell phone negative entry test? Assuming most towns will have multiple restaurants and accommodations, I just need access to one without a lengthy search party. Thoughts?
What is a negative entry test? The QR code required to fly to Spain or the QR negative test code you get after an official Covid-19 test in Spain and that expires after a few days? But lets look at it from a practical point of view, for the Camino Frances:question is whether I can function reasonably on the CF for three weeks with just a CDC vax card and printed and cell phone negative entry test?
Agree, sounds manageable, especially since my primary amusement at night is sleep and most of my route is through CyL. Thanks for the insight,What is a negative entry test? The QR code required to fly to Spain or the QR negative test code you get after an official Covid-19 test in Spain and that expires after a few days? But lets look at it from a practical point of view, for the Camino Frances:
If you start in SJPP in France then follow the good advice of others and have the data on your CDC vaccination card converted into a proper European certificate in a French pharmacy. Cost is €36 and the end of your worries for the whole walk through Spain.
If not, lets look at it from a practical point of view and for situations usually encountered by pilgrims who will not visit relatives in hospitals for the sick or homes for seniors or amuse themselves all night in night clubs etc etc:
Sounds survivable to me
- Navarra - 7 days. The requirement to present certificates will end on 15 February 2022.
- La Rioja - 2-3 days. The requirement to present certificates will end on 15 February 2022.
- Castilla y León - 17 days. No requirement. You will be housed and fed everywhere.
- Galicia - 7 days. Situation a little unclear. You can buy food in supermarkets and you will be fed in hotels, casa rurales etc if they have an in-house restaurant or similar. No need for a certificate to be housed by them. Also no issues in pilgrim albergues who have opted for 75% occupancy instead of 100% occupancy.
. Buen Camino! When are you going?
Going March 12-28. Burgos to Ponferrada.What is a negative entry test? The QR code required to fly to Spain or the QR negative test code you get after an official Covid-19 test in Spain and that expires after a few days? But lets look at it from a practical point of view, for the Camino Frances:
If you start in SJPP in France then follow the good advice of others and have the data on your CDC vaccination card converted into a proper European certificate in a French pharmacy. Cost is €36 and the end of your worries for the whole walk through Spain.
If not, lets look at it from a practical point of view and for situations usually encountered by pilgrims who will not visit relatives in hospitals for the sick or homes for seniors or amuse themselves all night in night clubs etc etc:
Sounds survivable to me
- Navarra - 7 days. The requirement to present certificates will end on 15 February 2022.
- La Rioja - 2-3 days. The requirement to present certificates will end on 15 February 2022.
- Castilla y León - 17 days. No requirement. You will be housed and fed everywhere.
- Galicia - 7 days. Situation a little unclear. You can buy food in supermarkets and you will be fed in hotels, casa rurales etc if they have an in-house restaurant or similar. No need for a certificate to be housed by them. Also no issues in pilgrim albergues who have opted for 75% occupancy instead of 100% occupancy.
. Buen Camino! When are you going?
Thanks for doing that!! I really hope unvaccinated people will not be able to stay in dormitories. That would be insane. I know Spain’s vaccination rate is high and the trauma of the virus hitting was huge. So let’s all hope people will think and then travelAt the moment the situation in Galicia is:
any dormitory can be used for 50% only, unless everyone has a test of full vaccination. Especially in the months that albergues will be filled with more then 50%, I suppose albergues will ask a proof of vaccination from anyone. In our albergue, we will anyway.
Not one knows if or when this rule might change any moment.
ThomasAt the moment the situation in Galicia is:
any dormitory can be used for 50% only, unless everyone has a test of full vaccination. Especially in the months that albergues will be filled with more then 50%, I suppose albergues will ask a proof of vaccination from anyone. In our albergue, we will anyway.
Not one knows if or when this rule might change any moment.
While the French government does not list the US as transferable vac. Card, reports say you can. They charge 36 euro. In other countries the price might vary or is free.Thomas
IMHO, it has been unclear on what will be proof of vaccination. Will your albergue be accepting the US CDC card as proof of being vaccinated, or is the EU vaccine passport card required? If albergue's will only only allow EU vaccine passports, will most EU pharmacy's issue an EU vaccine passport with proof of their US CDC passport for their nominal fee.
Or they don't have an option to convert the CDC card to an EU vaccine certificate. I haven't heard of a way to do this in Spain or Portugal.While the French government does not list the US as transferable vac. Card, reports say you can. They charge 36 euro. In other countries the price might vary or is free.
What your friend is talking about is the SpTH form that everyone arriving by air or sea has to fill out to enter Spain, and includes a QR code. However, this QR code is only for entry into Spain. It cannot be used as proof of vaccination in any localities that require it.A friend who walked the Norte in January/February told me “ if you want to fly to Spain you have to fill out a form on the internet and then you need the vaccination proof then Spain will send you the Covid passport”. The passport has a QR code on it.
I am thinking that you do this through the SpTH app (Spain Travel Health). Sorry to drop a rumor here but I haven’t had a chance to verify how this works. But I submit it for consideration.
Maybe it's "insane", but we are.Thanks for doing that!! I really hope unvaccinated people will not be able to stay in dormitories. That would be insane.
I'm in Santiago now. Within the past week at the Xunta albergues in A Gudiña, Laza, Xunqueria de Ambia, Ourense, Cea and Outeiro I was asked to show a vaccination certificate at entry.Last year, I came across not a single Albergue that wanted to know my vaccination status.
Thank you for this feedback, @Bradypus. And good to hear from you anyway ...I'm in Santiago now. Within the past week at the Xunta albergues in A Gudiña, Laza, Xunqueria de Ambia, Ourense, Cea and Outeiro I was asked to show a vaccination certificate at entry.
Don’t know about Spain. SpanBritt obviously did it in France… but I am sure they will adapt in case the rules stay the same and the tourists come back.Or they don't have an option to convert the CDC card to an EU vaccine certificate. I haven't heard of a way to do this in Spain or Portugal.
Good to know.I'm in Santiago now. Within the past week at the Xunta albergues in A Gudiña, Laza, Xunqueria de Ambia, Ourense, Cea and Outeiro I was asked to show a vaccination certificate at entry.
I doubt it.Isn't this the end of the discussion on Albergues in Spain requiring the Vaccination Card?
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