- Time of past OR future Camino
- Inglese 2021
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I plan to be in SJPDP in early May 2021
Yes! actually its 2022. just corrected it.Will you be using the DeLorean?
Thanks and I am hoping that's the case, but I still would like to know.Bill's Walking,
By May we all will be living in a very different world. What is needed now may be vastly changed by then.
Wouldn't we all. Your question is a really good one but there isn't going to be a good answer until, say, late April 2022. The confident certainties that we have all lived with since the end of the last really big futile war simply do not exist anymore.Thanks and I am hoping that's the case, but I still would like to know.
Yes we would! But the question is about the current temporary QR code and how it affects the French Health Pass not about what happens in May.Wouldn't we all. Your question is a really good one but there isn't going to be a good answer until, say, late April 2022. The confident certainties that we have all lived with since the end of the last really big futile war simply do not exist anymore.
I remember an afternoon in the late '70's asking a campesino "Is this the road to Madrid?" His reply was "Perhaps." I ask myself "Well, old man, will you walk another Camino?" The answer is the same as the one I got a long time ago
You're hovering on the border now are you? What regulation might apply in May 2022 is a total, complete, un-guessable, unknown. The current temporary QR code is exactly as it describes itself. Ask your question in April 2022. I've no doubt that the extant, temporary, QR code will have its own special criteria that will apply until they don't.Yes we would! But the question is about the current temporary QR code and how it affects the French Health Pass not about what happens in May.
Is it a simple question with a simple answer?Sorry about all the static you’ve been given OP! Those others are well-meaning, but there is a simple answer to your simple question that doesn’t involve all that critical commentary you’ve been subjected to!
Simply put, per the government site, a negative Covid test QR code is valid as a pass sanitare for 24 hours.
When you get a temporary pass it’s good for three days (or has been). Not all pharmacies say that they’re doing it. We had to ask several when in another part of france. It cost my husband 2€. Whereas as two months earlier jt cost me €30. Good luck! And things will likely change.I plan to be in SJPDP in early May 2022. I've been reading the current requirements to obtain the French health pass and use it on their app. I'm traveling by bus or car from Spain and want to know what recent travelers have done under the new rules. Because the code can only be obtained from participating pharmacies and there are none as of this writing in SJPDP that offer it. There are a few of test locations in SJPDP that can provide a temporary QR code. One has to get a Covid-19 test at the location and be tested negative.
Does anyone know how long the Health Pass will be good for using the temporary QR code? Once you have the code you just scan it in the app and you are good to go. But where to get one?
The certificate I received does not have a date when it was issued or when it expires. There are several paragraphs of French legalize but after reading them through a magnify glass, I can't find any further restriction regarding its validity of the pass, here's hoping that the case because I have changed my travel plans once again and will not arrive until August 2022.Is it a simple question with a simple answer?
I understood the OP as asking about how to convert his USA proof of vaccination into a French pass sanitaire if he travels from Spain to SJPP and there is no pharmacy in SJPP who would issue a pass sanitaire to him upon presentation of his CDC card.
And I would join those who say, without being critical, that there is in fact a simple answer for now (@biarritzdon gave it) but also that there is little point in asking about May 2022 because we know already some of the things that will change. For example, the French pass sanitaire will turn into a vaccination only pass, and validity of the EU thingy will be restricted to 9 months max, to name just two such changes. Spring 2022 will not be like fall 2021.
Thank you and well as for your clarification on the 24-hour temporary pass as that was the question I was trying to get an answer to.Folks: the rules have changed this past month -
Then I misunderstood because where I live in the EU nobody calls this a temporary pass. I can only assume that you mean you take a test done by a pharmacy/lab and the code that you get with your test result will say that your test was negative.Thank you and well as for your clarification on the 24-hour temporary pass as that was the question I was trying to get an answer to.
No problem and I was not looking for prediction of what might be next year. I do expect things to change. I was checking on what the rule is now. The worst case scenario for me is taken care of by refundable tickets. The best case is no travel restrictions and anything in between is easily handled.Then I misunderstood because where I live in the EU nobody calls this a temporary pass. I can only assume that you mean you take a test done by a pharmacy/lab and the code that you get with your test result will say that your test was negative.
Anyway, the rules within EU countries (travel, access to restaurants, expiration date of vaccination, expiration date of test results, type of test required etc etc) are currently changing so fast that I would not even predict what they will be in January 2022. You fix your travel dates and then you check up until the day of departure what you must do to comply.
I can barely wait until the first two weeks of 2022 are over and it will be 15 January 2022No problem and I was not looking for prediction of what might be next year. I do expect things to change. I was checking on what the rule is now.
As it turned out, the advancement of the bill was not as fast as expected. There were some turbulent debates, obstacles and delays in both chambers of the French parliament. The bill has now been adopted and is expected to come into force as early as at the end of this current week. The French pass sanitaire, and with it the option of a temporary QR code for access to restaurants, will be no more. Vive le pass vaccinal! A valid proof of vaccination will be required for access to restaurants and interregional (long-distance) trains. A negative recent test result will no longer be good enough.A draft bill is winding its way through the French parliamentary system. Actually not so much winding its way as advancing rapidly.
Thanks for keeping us updated.So your CDC card may usually suffice. In practical terms, having it converted into the standardised EU/French form can make life easier. If you only spend a day or so in France, it may not be worth the hassle and expense to get it converted.
Hi @odyinpdx and welcome! It is just my personal opinion that a conversion may not be worth the expense and the time. It is based on what I currently see online on official French government websites and what people reported last year as anecdotal evidence. But just a current opinion, so barely worth the time it took me to type it.Can you clarify your statement regarding it not being worth converting a CDC card to a French form if you are spending only a day or so in France?
That is correct. You would have a fully fledged standardised EU digital vaccination certificate, good for all EU countries, plus Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and even the UK (mutual recognition). From that point of view, conversion of a CDC card to the French/EU format is an attractive option.I thought the French card is accepted in most of the EU as proof of vaccination
Yes, that are my thoughts. Last year, numerous people reported that their CDC cards had been widely accepted in France, Portugal and Spain where requested. Rarely in Spain, btw, and only in some regions.or is it because it's not worth spending the time to find a pharmacie and go through the process of converting (and most places along the Camino will accept the CDC card).
When I search here and filter on "Conversion de certificats de vaccination étrangers en format européen / Getting a vaccine equivalency health pass", I find 13 pharmacies in the Biarritz/Bayonne area (two of which are in Bayonne, across the river from the train station.As to the French pharmacies that do the conversion: The list published by the French government website does not list many. None in SJJP and only one in Biarritz that is not far from the airport. I wonder whether that list is up to date?
Yes, it's a fine line researching vaccine requirements and processes too soon. It will change, but as you mention, I like to start with a baseline of what the current situation is and then layer on the changes. I learn the websites, lingo and who to followI understand from your earlier post that you will be in Biarritz, unlike the original poster who will come to SJJP from Spain. I see no harm in wanting to understand what the situation is like right now in January in order to be informed and prepared for all eventualities although both of you will travel much later in the year. As time goes on and more US pilgrims will travel, I hope they will take the time to post with their news, especially in February and then in March.
Yes, you are right, there is more than just one pharmacy who offers this conversion service in the Biarritz/Bayonne area! When I wrote my earlier comment, which is not correct as I now know, the search had delivered only 1 single result but later, when I searched again, many more pharmacies were displayed for the Biarritz/Bayonne area. I will correct my earlier comment.When I search here and filter on "Conversion de certificats de vaccination étrangers en format européen / Getting a vaccine equivalency health pass", I find 13 pharmacies in the Biarritz/Bayonne area (two of which are in Bayonne, across the river from the train station.
I emailed the Pharmacie Nafarroa in SJPP and they replied today that they provide the pass sanitaire.I've recently come to the conclusion that I ought to write more emails instead of forum posts. It is not always a thankful task. For example, it is next to impossible to get a reply to a question of a general nature from the Oficina del Peregrino in Santiago, let alone a follow-up that there is some action taken. But others are more forthcoming. I'll compose a message to the pharmacies in SJPP and will report here if I get any replies.
That sounds like good news. Thank you for sharing and Buen Camino in May!I emailed the Pharmacie Nafarroa in SJPP and they replied today that they provide the pass sanitaire.
I have now received the same confirmation in reply to my email from the pharmacyI emailed the Pharmacie Nafarroa in SJPP and they replied today that they provide the pass sanitaire.
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