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CorrectI don’t think you do get an email confirmation of completing the first part of the form. I certainly don’t recall one. Nor do I recall the need to enter any kind of code. It might be worth checking your spam and junk mail folders. You seem to be able to access the partially completed form though …
You only need this if you are flying into Spain. If you are arriving by foot, car, bus or train it's not required.Just reading this threat and wondering... if I am entering Spain from France, do I need this?
I'm actually Australian and will be flying into Germany for a week then either flying or getting a train to SJPdP and then walking into Spain. Thanks in advance
Muchas graciasYou only need this if you are flying into Spain. If you are arriving by foot, car, bus or train it's not required.
I am first flying into Heathrow, then lisbon, then madrid then pamplona so do I need to do something other than show my vaccination card from the US. I have a digital format but it is from the United States. I called the airlines and they said that was all I needed. Can you direct me to anything else I may need. I leave in 9 days so I should have a little time if I need to do additional work. Thanks!I’m positive this question is very redundant but I feel the need to ask it anyway. First by explanation, several weeks ago I filled in the first part of the Spanish Health form to get my QR code but I did not receive an email stating that they received the first part of my form. However, I do have the first part of the form saved when I go to the health form website. I can click on it and it tells me I must wait for the 72 hour window to complete the form. My question is, if I never got the first email from the Spanish website should I be concerned that I will not receive the QR code at the end. Don’t I have to have some sort of numerical code to complete the form when I go back in? Also, how do you put your covid vaccination information into the form? Do you have to take pictures of your Covid vaccination certificates? Thanks to everyone who may respond!
Thank you so much!No need to stress I did this today,
after no sleep getting from Melb to Dubai on my phone, you only need the Aust international certificate to check your dates and dose of last vaccination, there is no uploading of our QR code from the Aussie certificate. It can only be done when you are checked in as they want seat no. You can check in usually 48 hours prior and get this info. It is not too difficult, just be careful with details ie, name etc.
Did you fill out the SpTH form in advance? If not, it seems that you just got lucky and went through without, but I wouldn't count on that.I am really confused. On August 9 I landed in Madrid without a QR code or other documentation (although I carry my VAX and booster certificate) beside my passport. That was all I needed. Went through passport control and was on my way. Is the QR code and the other documentation required now, although it wasn't a couple of weeks ago?
This confused me in the instructions, but in the end, I decided maybe it was a bad translation and was referring to a blue box on the webpage, not at the airport - i.e. click on the blue box to follow through. So, I ignored it, forgot about it, and just followed the crowds and the appropriate overhead signage through immigration.the "blue sign"
Filling out the SpTH form is quite straightforward. If you have never uploaded any document or photo on your phone, you might want some help on that, but most people around you would be able to help, since you say you already have your vaccination certificate saved on your phone. Probably an agent at the airport would help as long as you get there in plenty of time.Reading these has just raised my anxiety level.
Thank you.I had a look at the SpTH app just now. It is indeed no longer necessary to upload a copy of your vaccination certificate, as also confirmed by @Lucy3095 in post #14 who filled in the form today.
When you fly from Portugal or France to Spain you no longer have to get the SpTH QR code. You arrive in an area at the airport where there is no passport control which may also be the reason why you do not go through any blue or orange channels.
Thank you.Did you fill out the SpTH form in advance? If not, it seems that you just got lucky and went through without, but I wouldn't count on that.
This confused me in the instructions, but in the end, I decided maybe it was a bad translation and was referring to a blue box on the webpage, not at the airport - i.e. click on the blue box to follow through. So, I ignored it, forgot about it, and just followed the crowds and the appropriate overhead signage through immigration.
Filling out the SpTH form is quite straightforward. If you have never uploaded any document or photo on your phone, you might want some help on that, but most people around you would be able to help, since you say you already have your vaccination certificate saved on your phone. Probably an agent at the airport would help as long as you get there in plenty of time.
Wondering about the 72 hour part you wrote--what I read says in the last 2 days before your arrival in Spain.I’m positive this question is very redundant but I feel the need to ask it anyway. First by explanation, several weeks ago I filled in the first part of the Spanish Health form to get my QR code but I did not receive an email stating that they received the first part of my form. However, I do have the first part of the form saved when I go to the health form website. I can click on it and it tells me I must wait for the 72 hour window to complete the form. My question is, if I never got the first email from the Spanish website should I be concerned that I will not receive the QR code at the end. Don’t I have to have some sort of numerical code to complete the form when I go back in? Also, how do you put your covid vaccination information into the form? Do you have to take pictures of your Covid vaccination certificates? Thanks to everyone who may respond!
Did you fly from the US? It’s my understanding that you have to have had a QR code to enter Spain from the very beginning of their Covid restrictions. Lucky you if you didn’t!I am really confused. On August 9 I landed in Madrid without a QR code or other documentation (although I carry my VAX and booster certificate) beside my passport. That was all I needed. Went through passport control and was on my way. Is the QR code and the other documentation required now, although it wasn't a couple of weeks ago?
It’s my understanding that you can apply for your QR code 72 hours before you are scheduled to arrive in Spain. For example, if I am leaving the US on Thursday at 12:30 PM, then I should be able to access The QR code at 12:30 PM on Monday. This is only my understanding and it could be way off track!Wondering about the 72 hour part you wrote--what I read says in the last 2 days before your arrival in Spain.
At first I thought the arrival day may be one of these "last 2 days." But I take it, then, that the day of arrival is not Day 2, and that we may fill out the form one day (Day 2) or two days )Day 1) before the arrival day.
Is this correct? I am not finding explanations on the website.
Thanks
It gets lost in the translation! For me I fly out of US on Tuesday and arrive in Madrid on Wednesday--the sentence on the website says 2 days before coming to Spain so do they mean in this example Monday is 2 days before Wednesday or 2 days before I leave the US which would be Sunday!!Did you fly from the US? It’s my understanding that you have to have had a QR code to enter Spain from the very beginning of their Covid restrictions. Lucky you if you didn’t!
It’s my understanding that you can apply for your QR code 72 hours before you are scheduled to arrive in Spain. For example, if I am leaving the US on Thursday at 12:30 PM, then I should be able to access The QR code at 12:30 PM on Monday. This is only my understanding and it could be way off track!
Different official sources say different things. At the end of the day; it won’t let you until it lets you and it’s a quick and efficient process. Eventually.It gets lost in the translation! For me I fly out of US on Tuesday and arrive in Madrid on Wednesday--the sentence on the website says 2 days before coming to Spain so do they mean in this example Monday is 2 days before Wednesday or 2 days before I leave the US which would be Sunday!!
Not expecting you to actually answer this. Am just expressing my confusing!
If it is the 72 hrs then I am thinking Sunday I can apply. No idea why the website says 2 days....
@Mycroft, I agree with what @henrythedog just wrote while I was doing screenshots of the SpTH app. Start filling out your form. Look at what it tells you and what it lets you do. Open the form a few days before your flight and see whether it lets you complete it. If not, do it on the next day.
The SpTH app and the SpTH website have been modified numerous times over the years. As app and websites managed by humans go, sometimes a piece of text does not get updated while another piece of text about the same topic does. Maybe that's a little irritating and a little confusing but no big deal. It's either 2 days or not. It's either Monday or Sunday for your flight on Wednesday. No big deal, especially not for the overwhelming majority of travellers who are vaccinated and/or boosted and don't have to fuss around with testing and when to do the test and receive the result. But even they seem to succeed in filling out the form in a timely manner.
As soon as you have completed your form, you receive your QR code. It's a question of seconds and easy peasy.
Screenshots from SpTH app, current version:
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If people are so concerned about how to fill in the SpTH form that they don't want to wait until a few days before their flight they can do what I've done dozens of times by now: Fill in a test form with test data. You can proceed right to the moment where you request the QR code. Stop before this last step and simply let the form expire. Or delete it because that's an option, too.I recently had COVID and will be submiting a "Certificate of Recovery" with my request for QR code. I've looked all over on-line and from what I can tell, said certificate is simply a letter signed by a doctor verifying I am symptom free, along with my name, date of test, type of test, issuing vendor and country of origin. Does anyone have experience / challenges with a Certificate of Recovery and getting the QR code?
72 hours before your arrival in Spain. We arrive Tuesday morning. My husband got ours today.Wondering about the 72 hour part you wrote--what I read says in the last 2 days before your arrival in Spain.
At first I thought the arrival day may be one of these "last 2 days." But I take it, then, that the day of arrival is not Day 2, and that we may fill out the form one day (Day 2) or two days )Day 1) before the arrival day.
Is this correct? I am not finding explanations on the website.
Thanks
We just returned from Spain and Portugal on Friday (2 days ago) so will share my experience.Did you fly from the US? It’s my understanding that you have to have had a QR code to enter Spain from the very beginning of their Covid restrictions. Lucky you if you didn’t!
It’s my understanding that you can apply for your QR code 72 hours before you are scheduled to arrive in Spain. For example, if I am leaving the US on Thursday at 12:30 PM, then I should be able to access The QR code at 12:30 PM on Monday. This is only my understanding and it could be way off track!
Just for clarification, did you get the PCR test because you were not vaccinated? If vaccinated, you would have provided only your vaccination certificate.Two days before flight to Barcelona, we went to PCR test and received negative test results within 24 hours and I took pictures of the results and attached to the application and immediately received the QR code.
Oh gosh, you read my mind!Just for clarification, did you get the PCR test because you were not vaccinated? If vaccinated, you would have uploaded only your vaccination certificate.
Right. The Spanish government website says "you must complete the SpTH Health Control Form, manually entering the details of your vaccination, recovery or diagnostic test certificate." (Bolding of "or" is mine.)I think your response clarified that that was the case, right?
The SpTH form is only required when arriving by air.I am confused about entry by land as in from Portugal on foot. Most of the above responses are regarding arrival by air or sea. I think that entering on foot is free of any restrictions on testing or vaccination. Hoping for clarification. Thank you in advance. planning for a group.
We had our vaccinations and booster. My kid and wife only had their two shots and they were more than 9 months old and my booster was 8 months ago. So to be safe, we went ahead and got our PCR.Just for clarification, did you get the PCR test because you were not vaccinated? If vaccinated, you would have provided only your vaccination certificate
As a test after getting our negative results, I tried to get through the form without uploading our certificates and I could not get a QR Code. I had to upload our negative test results to get the QR code for each of us.Right. The Spanish government website says "you must complete the SpTH Health Control Form, manually entering the details of your vaccination, recovery or diagnostic test certificate." (Bolding of "or" is mine.)
It is possible that you no longer need to upload your certificate - I think someone mentioned this on the forum, and the wording "manually entering" suggests that you just need to enter the data. However, you should have the certificate with you.
My kid and wife only had their two shots and they were more than 9 months old
So your wife and child did not have the necessary vaccination certificates (2 basic shots plus booster), right? Which is why you needed to provide a test result instead.As a test after getting our negative results, I tried to get through the form without uploading our certificates and I could not get a QR Code. I had to upload our negative test results to get the QR code for each of us.
I assume you mean Sept 24, 2022. You can register on the site to get started, and you can log on to see your status any time. Then, 72 hours before your flight, you will see that you have the opportunity to provide the final information that is needed. I found it to be quite straightforward.I´d like to kwow if I can fill in the app or website for SPTH now or have to way until 72 hours before my fligth to get the QR code
Correct, their shots were too long ago and did not meet the minimum requirements. My booster, even though it was 8 months was accepted and I got my QR code. BUT I wanted to be extra sure so I decided to get the PCR test along with wife and son.So your wife and child did not have the necessary vaccination certificates (2 basic shots plus booster), right? Which is why you needed to provide a test result instead.
I am asking because people are getting confused and thinking that a PCR test is necessary even for fully vaccinated/boosted travelers to Spain.
I agree with @C clearly , you should go ahead and register at the site as soon as possible. Then 72 hours before you add in the final data to get the QR code. You could then revisit your profile to make sure all was ready, for peace of mind.I assume you mean Sept 24, 2022. You can register on the site to get started, and you can log on to see your status any time. Then, 72 hours before your flight, you will see that you have the opportunity to provide the final information that is needed. I found it to be quite straightforward.
See posts #24 and #26 in this other thread for a good explanation.
I did this in April. It is very easy. I used the SpTh app. I followed the instructions in the app the night before I departed the USA and got my QR code response within 2 minutes. Just follow the instructions and you will be fine. I brought but never used my US Covid Vaccination card. The SpTh app was all I needed to enter Spain.I am first flying into Heathrow, then lisbon, then madrid then pamplona so do I need to do something other than show my vaccination card from the US. I have a digital format but it is from the United States. I called the airlines and they said that was all I needed. Can you direct me to anything else I may need. I leave in 9 days so I should have a little time if I need to do additional work. Thanks!
So we don’t need a PCR 72 hours before or covid recovery form if we are flying in from Australia? Just this pass?I have just completed this, when I left Australia yesterday, I was told I need this certificate, the airline gave me the Spanish website to fill in everything, I received immediately a security code for the form and then it was smooth sailing, it did take about 30 minutes as I wasn’t sure of some of the details, ie province etc, so needed to be careful as if you make a mistake it sounds unfixable. Anyway the Spanish QR certificate is generated immediately and I have saved this in my wallet ready to get to Barcelona tomorrow its called Spanish Health Travel Pass.
If you meet the vaccination requirements, no.So we don’t need a PCR 72 hours before or covid recovery form if we are flying in from Australia? Just this pass?
You will answer a few questions saying you have no symptoms, and you will enter your vaccination data. Until recently one had to upload the digital vaccination certificate, so you should have that handy anyway.I have no idea what information will be requested till 72 hours prior to arrival in Spain
You will answer a few questions saying you have no symptoms, and you will enter your vaccination data. Until recently one had to update the digital vaccination certificate, so you should have that handy anyway.
If you want belt and braces and prior practice, you can test it beforehand as @Kathar1na has done. See her screenshots and posts #24 and #26 on this thread.
Referring to this webpage, you quoted the answer to the wrong question i.e."What is an EU digital COVID certificate...?" Being from Australia, you probably don't have that certificate, nor do you need it. (You are right that the "OR" is not in the text that you quoted. The ambiguous punctuation in that text makes it unclear what the certificate might say. But we don't care about that.)On re-reading the website, it seems fairly clear. Or maybe I'm missing something.
We need a valid vax.
I'll need a booster shot as my last one will have been more than 270 days prior.
And.........we need a negative test within 72 hours of departure for Spain. (not arrival In Spain)
It does not read as vax OR negative test, that I can see.
May I suggest that you do a test run and fill in the SpTH form for a flight from Australia to Spain that starts tomorrow and with the data of your own current vaccination history? The app performs tests on the dates of vaccinations, on the dates related to a recovery and on the dates of a PCR and an antigen test taken. It does not check flight numbers, seat numbers, or departure and arrival times. You can delete an incomplete form at any time. You can even request a QR code for your imminent flight and once you received it you can delete the form (and with it the QR code).Rather than confuse the issue even more I'd better not comment further.
Probably not, and probably yes.Will I have a problem if I choose one over the other, or am I overthinking this?
Near the top of the next page, it gives you the opportunity to create a new Individual FCS form by clicking on another blue box. Or, scrolling down the page, it repeats the explanation of what the requirements are - that you need one of the listed documents.If I click on the blue box to the right as you suggest and scroll down, the text is exactly the same in terms of requirements. (same as EU)
Thanks, @C clearly.Probably not, and probably yes.
If you have room, put both names! I don't see what harm it would do.
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