Using Vaccination Certificates
Jul 8, 2021, 2:51 am
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Not airline-related but I was at the Philharmonie de Paris last night for a concert and of course we all had to provide a passe sanitaire at the entrance. I decided to show my German Covpass QR Code rather than the Tous Anti Covid one just to see what would happen. The guy scanned it without a problem and waived me in. Good to see that the EU-wide system is actually working.
Jul 8, 2021, 3:07 am
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I'd rate the paper version over the digital one any day. Sure there is a chance to lose the paper one (add an extra copy to one of your bags), but phones are prone to getting stolen, lost or simply be without battery.
Oct 4, 2021, 11:05 pm
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Did anyone from the U.S. have any luck recently getting a covid vaccine certificate from France? I applied 2 weeks before my trip, but now I see that they are saying it takes an average of 23 days to process. Yikes. Without that certificate, I'll supposedly get a 135 Euro fine on the train, and can't enter events or restaurants and such.
Oct 4, 2021, 11:29 pm
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Did anyone from the U.S. have any luck recently getting a covid vaccine certificate from France? I applied 2 weeks before my trip, but now I see that they are saying it takes an average of 23 days to process. Yikes. Without that certificate, I'll supposedly get a 135 Euro fine on the train, and can't enter events or restaurants and such.
However, most reports I've heard or read about say that visiting Americans have had no problems just by showing their CDC vaccination card. You should be fine most everywhere with your CDC card.
Oct 5, 2021, 12:02 am
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Did anyone from the U.S. have any luck recently getting a covid vaccine certificate from France? I applied 2 weeks before my trip, but now I see that they are saying it takes an average of 23 days to process. Yikes. Without that certificate, I'll supposedly get a 135 Euro fine on the train, and can't enter events or restaurants and such.
Expansion of the pass sanitaire
If you cannot obtain it, alternatives are :
- as you are from the US, just use your cdc card. It works in the majority of cases
- you can have an antigen test every 3 days to have the pass sanitaire.
Oct 5, 2021, 3:27 am
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have spent a week in Paris and never had any problems with my Hong Kong vaccination certificate (restaurants, museums, etc..).
Same in Nice region.
On my domestic AF flight I got an email (about 2 days before flying for Ready2Fly. This allows you to upload the Hong Kong vaccination documents. This seems similar to BA/AA Verifly.
A day later I got my documents accepted and a green Ready2fly logo appeared on my boarding pass. I had already OLCIed and saw that my "old" BP was updated with the logo. That's enough for the gate agent, no need to show passe sanitaire.
Same in Nice region.
On my domestic AF flight I got an email (about 2 days before flying for Ready2Fly. This allows you to upload the Hong Kong vaccination documents. This seems similar to BA/AA Verifly.
A day later I got my documents accepted and a green Ready2fly logo appeared on my boarding pass. I had already OLCIed and saw that my "old" BP was updated with the logo. That's enough for the gate agent, no need to show passe sanitaire.
Last edited by brunos; Oct 5, 2021 at 3:32 am
Oct 5, 2021, 3:51 am
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Oct 5, 2021, 9:24 am
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Since each EU COVID pass is recognized within the community, you may also try the conversion on another EU country pass system.
Last edited by Artemio; Oct 5, 2021 at 9:24 am Reason: too much words
Oct 7, 2021, 9:53 am
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You should not assume that this works: recognition of a non-EU vaccination certificate in an EU country covid app is not a conversion to an EU DCC and does not guarantee recognition in vaccination recognition systems of other EU Member States. There is a lengthy discussion on the UK and Ireland forum on this.
Oct 7, 2021, 11:46 am
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On the other side, Hong Kong has lifted its requirement that vaccination must be less than six months old ,which would have prevented us from returning to HK (only fully-vaccinated residents can enter from France).
Oct 7, 2021, 12:37 pm
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You should not assume that this works: recognition of a non-EU vaccination certificate in an EU country covid app is not a conversion to an EU DCC and does not guarantee recognition in vaccination recognition systems of other EU Member States. There is a lengthy discussion on the UK and Ireland forum on this.
Oct 15, 2021, 10:55 am
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Ah, I get it now. That makes sense.
Nov 8, 2021, 2:39 am
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I don't think this has been covered already in another thread, apologies if it has. I just discovered this information on the Ministry of Health web site:
How to obtain a health pass in case of vaccination abroad?
Apparently, since November 5 non-EU nationals who are fully vaccinated (EMA approved vaccines: Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca, Janssen) can obtain in certain pharmacies in France a French-compatible health pass ("pass sanitaire") that can then be uploaded to the TousAntiCovid application:
There are currently 96 participating pharmacies in France (19 in Paris) and the procedure of obtaining a vaccine equivalency cost can not cost more than 36 euros. The French version of this information is here.
How to obtain a health pass in case of vaccination abroad?
Apparently, since November 5 non-EU nationals who are fully vaccinated (EMA approved vaccines: Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca, Janssen) can obtain in certain pharmacies in France a French-compatible health pass ("pass sanitaire") that can then be uploaded to the TousAntiCovid application:
The health pass ("pass sanitaire" in french) consists of the presentation of a vaccination certificate (on the condition of having a complete vaccination scheme with a vaccine recognized by the European Medicines Agency or equivalent to these vaccines), a negative test certificate or a recovery certificate. It consists of a QR Code, in digital or paper format.
To allow non-European Union nationals visiting France to use their vaccination to access events and places where the health pass is mandatory, pharmacists can now issue a vaccine equivalency health pass.
To get a vaccine equivalency health pass, the non-European Union nationals need to present the following documents:
- A passport
- The original vaccination certificate in paper format
These mandatory documents must include, in a legible way, the last name, first name, date of birth as well as the date of vaccination, the used vaccine, if possible, the batch number, the number of doses injected and the country of vaccination.
To allow non-European Union nationals visiting France to use their vaccination to access events and places where the health pass is mandatory, pharmacists can now issue a vaccine equivalency health pass.
To get a vaccine equivalency health pass, the non-European Union nationals need to present the following documents:
- A passport
- The original vaccination certificate in paper format
These mandatory documents must include, in a legible way, the last name, first name, date of birth as well as the date of vaccination, the used vaccine, if possible, the batch number, the number of doses injected and the country of vaccination.
Nov 10, 2021, 10:04 am
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Did anyone from the U.S. have any luck recently getting a covid vaccine certificate from France? I applied 2 weeks before my trip, but now I see that they are saying it takes an average of 23 days to process. Yikes. Without that certificate, I'll supposedly get a 135 Euro fine on the train, and can't enter events or restaurants and such.