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Yes, I've seen this, thank you. I'll try to find the article that said: As of February 15 a booster will be required at least five months after the initial vaccines.Here are the current French requirements, you will be able to see if you are travelling from a green or orange list country.
French Government COVID travel
You don't live in France, right? Then you follow the advice of the health service where you live. You get your booster any time between now and the middle of April 2022. If you then fly to France, say in May 2022, you present your most recent certificate. You are boostered. You are ok.I received my second vaccine end of August 2021 and was told by my pharmacist that I would wait 8 months before the booster if I choose to get one.
Thanks!! Right, I don't live in France. Just a simple American. I know why I shy away from asking questions here. I sure do feel stupid.You don't live in France, right? Then you follow the advice of the health service where you live. You get your booster any time between now and the middle of April 2022. If you then fly to France, say in May 2022, you present your most recent certificate. You are boostered. You are ok.
What you quote does not mean that everyone in the world who does not get their booster within 5 months from the second jab will forever be unable to get a valid vaccination certificate.
Now, if you live in France, your current vaccination certificate which you got for your second jab in August 2021 will become invalid because it's been more than 5 months since then and that's what French law says for people living in France. As long as you don't get your booster jab you will not have a valid pass vaccinal and you have to manage your daily life without such a document. Get a booster jab today or next week or in two weeks and you have a valid certificate again in France.
It would be a mistake to think: There's more than 5 months between my 2nd jabs and my booster jab and therefore I cannot travel to France. It would be a misreading of what the French regulations say.
Currently, to my knowledge, there is no maximum time set between 2nd jab and booster jab. Meaning: Whenever you, as someone with a completed primary vaccination (2x Pfizer or 2x Moderna), gets a booster your immunisation level corresponds again to legal requirements (anywhere).
It's good to ask these questions. The way these rules are described, both in news article and on websites, are often not very clear and confusing, especially when they are written with mainly the own population of the country in mind.Thanks!! Right, I don't live in France. Just a simple American. I know why I shy away from asking questions here.
I'm going in May and am wondering if this is EU Compliant?I replied even though the OP and I both knew that September is a long way away. There are forum members who plan to travel soon, it is of interest to them. I’m not making any public or personal health recommendations but for a hassle free trip my advice would be: make sure you have received the required jabs and bring or get an EU compliant version of your certificates and Bon Voyage.
Erm ... let me phrase it like this: You can fly on the basis of this CDC card from the US to numerous if not nearly all EU countries and can do so as belonging to the category of vaccinated travellers. Certainly to France and Spain.I'm going in May and am wondering if this is EU Compliant?
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Eight months? It was only 6 months for me and if I'm not mistaken, the CDC lowered that to 5 months. Might want to check the CDC site for current recommendations. I would be interested to know what you find.I received my second vaccine end of August 2021 and was told by my pharmacist that I would wait 8 months before the booster if I choose to get one.
Since February 1, 2022 , for their vaccination schedule to remain recognized as complete, persons aged eighteen or over wishing to enter the national territory must have received a dose of complementary messenger RNA vaccine no later than 9 months following the injection of the last required dose.
How do you get an EU compliant version?I replied even though the OP and I both knew that September is a long way away. There are forum members who plan to travel soon, it is of interest to them. I’m not making any public or personal health recommendations but for a hassle free trip my advice would be: make sure you have received the required jabs and bring or get an EU compliant version of your certificates and Bon Voyage.
You can get one at a pharmacy in France.How do you get an EU compliant version?
Five months it is currently. I never checked the booster time line for here in America because I wasn’t planning on getting it. Looks like I may have to for international travel, but still have time to wait and see.Eight months? It was only 6 months for me and if I'm not mistaken, the CDC lowered that to 5 months. Might want to check the CDC site for current recommendations. I would be interested to know what you find.
So, from what you are saying you can get your booster shot in April this year or thereabouts ... therefore you should be good-to-go come September [when the rules may well have changed] ... apols, perhaps somebody else has already said thatA bit premature? Perhaps, but I'm a ducks in a row kind of pilgrim at least during the planning stages. My question/concern is. I read on another thread that France is requiring the booster in order to get the COVID pass. As of today February 15, I read that you have to get the booster at least 5 months after your initial vaccines.
I received my second vaccine end of August 2021 and was told by my pharmacist that I would wait 8 months before the booster if I choose to get one.
My question: I'll be traveling in September and yes, I understand things can change over night but as of now, am I too late to even get the booster and have it qualify for Frances' COVID pass requirements?
Thank you for any information regarding this COVID mumbo jumbo.
From what I’m reading on this thread. As long as I’ve been boosted anytime before I travel to France I’ll qualify for their pass. If it’s still required in August, I’ll boost then.So, from what you are saying you can get your booster shot in April this year or thereabouts ... therefore you should be good-to-go come September [when the rules may well have changed] ... apols, perhaps somebody else has already said that
If it is less than 5 months since you received the second jab, you will be able to get the pass. But it will expire when you reach the 5-month limit - by which I mean it will not be accepted in France under current rules. However, it may still be accepted in other countries according to whatever rules and expiry timescales they put in place.All of this is very confusing. I am supposed to arrive in France in March. Here in the US, I won’t have even met the required wait time for the booster (my second shot was in November). So unless I’ve received the booster, I won’t be able to receive the pass?
It must be confusing when you have never seen how it works in practice.All of this is very confusing
So is my booster expired after 5 months? At this point, I'm not interested in getting a second booster.If it is less than 5 months since you received the second jab, you will be able to get the pass. But it will expire when you reach the 5-month limit - by which I mean it will not be accepted in France under current rules. However, it may still be accepted in other countries according to whatever rules and expiry timescales they put in place.
However, many countries are relaxing restrictions so it may not be need by then.
No. There is no expiry for the booster.So is my booster expired after 5 months? At this point, I'm not interested in getting a second booster.
Thank you. My second dose was November 10th and I am hopeful that I will be able to travel to France as planned without any difficulty. I asked my physician today if they would administer the booster a month early and was denied.So is my booster expired after 5 months? At this point, I'm not interested in getting a second booster.
Thank you for your help. Can you answer one more question for me?It must be confusing when you have never seen how it works in practice.
Perhaps this helps: neither the pharmacy that can convert your vaccination history into French/EU certificates nor border/health control checks whether your vaccination program is conform with their own national Covid-19 vaccination program. They just want to verify that your last jab corresponds to their current rules about validity.
Also, the French/EU vaccination pass is not a single certificate. It consists of as many certificates as you had jabs. Each certificate is numbered, like 1/3 or even 2/4 when someone already had a 2nd booster. It is the date of your last vaccination and this number that the verification apps check to establish whether your current vaccination status is considered valid or not. Checking staff just needs to see “ok” or “valid” on their scanning app, and not the reason why your certificate is valid or which course your individual vaccination history had taken.
My French/EU certificates are currently numbered 1/3, 2/3 and 3/3. When asked for a checking scan, I show certificate 3/3.
The poster with the Janssen/J&J program may get two French/EU certificates, one labeled as 1/1 and the other as 2/1 (yes, unusual). He would present certificate 2/1 when asked for a check.
How do you get to SJPdP if you do not have the certificate?Currently it looks like there are two pharmacies in SJPdP Pharmacie Okabe and Pharmacie Fournier where we can convert vaccination cards to the EU Digital COVID Certificate.
That is correct. I see that you mentioned your timeline: second dose in early November and travel in March. You appear to be one of these people who are caught in the middle of it all. See post #12 with the quote from the www.connexionfrance.com news website.Here in the US, we must wait 5 months from our second dose to receive the booster. From the way I'm interpreting France's rules, it appears that France says that date is 4 months after the second dose. Do you know if that is that correct?
Perhaps just go to a pharmacy that gives the booster?Thank you. My second dose was November 10th and I am hopeful that I will be able to travel to France as planned without any difficulty. I asked my physician today if they would administer the booster a month early and was denied.
How do you get to SJPdP if you do not have the certificate?
Thank you for asking the question. Does anyone know if unvaccinated Americans can enter France and walk the Camino without challenges? I’m considering walking end of March/first of April.A bit premature? Perhaps, but I'm a ducks in a row kind of pilgrim at least during the planning stages. My question/concern is. I read on another thread that France is requiring the booster in order to get the COVID pass. As of today February 15, I read that you have to get the booster at least 5 months after your initial vaccines.
I received my second vaccine end of August 2021 and was told by my pharmacist that I would wait 8 months before the booster if I choose to get one.
My question: I'll be traveling in September and yes, I understand things can change over night but as of now, am I too late to even get the booster and have it qualify for Frances' COVID pass requirements?
Thank you for any information regarding this COVID mumbo jumbo.
Nobody knows what will be at the end of March/first of April. Right now, if you travel from the USA, which is a country on France's orange list, to France and do not benefit from an exemption (like having French nationality) and are not vaccinated you must have a compelling reason that justifies the need for you to come to France. Walking a Camino is not a compelling reason.Thank you for asking the question. Does anyone know if unvaccinated Americans can enter France and walk the Camino without challenges? I’m considering walking end of March/first of April.
Walking a Camino unvaccinated hasn't been a problem in itself since early last year, despite some occasional problems with bars & restaurants. But bars & restaurants are not necessaries as such on a Camino, and there has always been the possibility of takeaway.Does anyone know if unvaccinated Americans can enter France and walk the Camino without challenges? I’m considering walking end of March/first of April.
That’s not when you need to get the booster but rather that you must eventually get it if 5 months have gone by from your initial vax status or last booster.Yes, I've seen this, thank you. I'll try to find the article that said: As of February 15 a booster will be required at least five months after the initial vaccines.
Once you get a booster, that’s it. No more jabs. Boosters don’t expire. But since I don’t want a booster, I’ll wait and see if it’s still require in August, then get one if necessary. See my comment in #24. ThanksThat’s not when you need to get the booster but rather that you must eventually get it if 5 months have gone by from your initial vax status or last booster.
Boosters are based on the alpha version of Covid so if I was you I would just wait until about a month prior to when you go so you can get the latest booster and what little protection it offers will be in full effect while on the trail.
Bottom like if you get a booster now (based on current French rules) you will need to get another one before you go. Just wait a while.
Obviously listen to your doctor first etc etc
All the more better for me to wait then.Boosters do expire in Spain. Or they did recently. 270 days.
They "expire" in the EU for (international) travel purposes after 270 days.Once you get a booster, that’s it. No more jabs. Boosters don’t expire.
Actually, on the original WU-H1 strain, though alpha, beta, and gamma were almost identical to it.Boosters are based on the alpha version of Covid
No. Unless you can quote an official source? Currently no expiry date for booster shots. Expiry date only for final jab of basic / primary vaccination series.Boosters do expire in Spain. Or they did recently. 270 days.
No you are right and I apologize for bad data. However we both know that eventually a timeframe will be put on boosters. Data shows they diminish after about 4 months. Just a matter of time but that’s purely my opinion. Thanks for the correction and getting good data out there.No. Unless you can quote an official source? Currently no expiry date for booster shots. Expiry date only for final jab of basic / primary vaccination series.
Or rather: The vaccination doesn't expire. The vaccination certificate does. For domestic use: depends on EU country. For cross-border travel purposes: 270 days. All of EU.
Most European countries are reducing all restrictions. Some have already said they won't be offering a 4th vaccine dose to the general population. There simply isn't enough support for more boosters.No you are right and I apologize for bad data. However we both know that eventually a timeframe will be put on boosters. Data shows they diminish after about 4 months. Just a matter of time but that’s purely my opinion. Thanks for the correction and getting good data out there.
Thanks molly! Everyone is different and should do what’s best for them but for me this would be great news.Most European countries are reducing all restrictions. Some have already said they won't be offering a 4th vaccine dose to the general population. There simply isn't enough support for more boosters.
Hello everyone, I arrived in Paris yesterday and had no problem getting the vaccine passport as described at the top of this thread. I presented my CDC vaccination card and passport and It took about ten minutes. I am vaccinated and boosted with Pfizer. I got a covid test 48hours before flying (as recommended by my airline) and was not asked for it by anyone. My traveling partner was UNABLE to get her covid passport because she had two Janssen/J&J shots, which I understand means immunized and boosted for that shot series. The airport pharmacist was incredibly polite but said it would not satisfy the requirements. She said in essence it would be a waste of 35 euro to get the covid passport since the QR code, after being scanned, would come up with a ‘not vaccinated’ indication. We showed her the verbiage of the ministry of interior website and she politely said that it was wrong/things change. She suggested that my partner to get a third covid shot offered in another terminal in the airport and she would accept that for the covid passport (in contravention to the ‘7 day policy’) but we elected to just head to the hotel to drop bags and see how things went.This thread has been incredibly helpful to me and I thank everyone for contributing. I fly for SJPdP via Paris in twelve days. I'm vaccinated and received the booster 6 months after my second dose. When I land in France my booster will be just over 4 months old. I'm considering getting an additional booster just to fill the last blank on my American CDC card. But this thread talked me down. If my arrival is anything but smooth I'll post my lessons learned on this thread.
Thank you for this up to date, clear and detailed feedback and for sharing your experience. The forum software allows me to acknowledge it with only one emoji while I would like to put this under it:Hello everyone, I arrived in Paris yesterday
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