Ah lucky you. I did mine prior to the system.

ah congratulations! I have a trip planned for April. Sounds like getting the pass updated with the booster can be taken care of at one of the airport pharmacies, so I’ll give that a try. Thanks

So, as I understand it, the pass vaccinal is just the Pass Sanitaire, with the booster info added in.

Am I correct in this?

Yes, you are correct. The Pass Sanitaire has essentially been phased out, replaced by the vaccine pass, so you are set.

Thanks!

You guys do realise, there is talk about doing away with the Pass vaccinal by the time April rolls around, right ?

I'm going in March.

Have you heard if it will be replaced with something else?

What kind of timeline is being suggested for this?

In France, the trend is toward a progressive lifting of restrictions. Of course, this depends on the sanitary situation but if the positive trend continues, we're moving towards living with the virus. This is similar to other western European countries.

Discotheques were reopened this past week, and the restrictions on consumption on foot at restos/bars and domestic transports were lifted at the same time. Limitations on capacity at concerts/sporting events also lifted.
There is the possibility that the obligation to wear a mask indoors in places requiring the pass vaccinal will be lifted the end of Feb/beginning March. Notable exception is public transports, where a mask is still required.
Mid or late March, the obligation to wear a mask indoors might be lifted overall, if the sanitary situation allows.

And the discussion about ending the pass vaccinal has suggested late April/late May but that is still quite far out.

https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/soci...ssy-1645082236


What does this mean for foreigners ? Things are still in flux but the trend is towards lifting restrictions step-by-step. The pass vaccinal will not last forever; depending on how things progress, it will go away. At this moment, no one can say exactly when.

Update on my experience today:

1.) The pharmacy had no issue processing the request for my partner who was not physically present (non-US, non-EU passport but vaccinated in US). 2/2 Moderna initial plus 1/1 Moderna booster = full pass with no expiration date.

2.) My information from my original pass (1/1 J&J) was apparently missing or more likely the guy didn't look it up so when he put in my Moderna booster (11/15/21), it showed 2/2 and when I scanned with the app, it shows my pass expiring mid-March. No big deal as the passes are likely being phased out and I've no plans to return to France any time soon.

3.) Interestingly enough - I scanned my QR code with the Swiss Covid Cert app and it shows an 11 August 2022 expiration.

Total experience took 8 minutes from start to finish. Your issue might fall with the fact you've got an an EU passport with the CDC card; there's a list on the French website that spells out the countries that are not eligible for this process and it clearly states any EU passports. Hope it works out for you.

Are you sure you are reading the site correctly? I know for sure that if you have a French passport you can absolutely get a CDC card converted. There are at least a million French citizens who live in the US and return to France often.

Thanks a lot! I hope everything will go well next month. And glad it worked out for you, too.

Sounds like a very quick process.

The Swiss expiration date might have something to do with Swiss regulations – many countries set their own expiration dates for vaccine certificates and not all follow the EU recommendation of 9 months for "fully" vaccinated and never-expiring for boosted people.

This is how I have, optimistically, read it, too. In some US states anyone can get a vaccine regardless of citizenship. And what should matter to the French is not citizenship but whether you have an (1) EU Covidpass or an (2) EU-compatible covidpass, or (3) not. If #3, they shoud make one for you. But I'm of course not sure my interpretation is correct, and who knows, this might even vary from pharmacy to pharmacy.

The vaccine pass in France might end by the end of March. Wait and see.

One more question: in what format do you get the pass from the pharmacy? Will they email a pdf or print out a paper?

Old school print out.