UK a virus variant area
Dec 18, 2021 | 4:13 pm
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UK a virus variant area
From 20 December, the UK is once again a designated virus variant area. Entry from the UK is limited to German residents/citizens and those who may travel under an exemption.
https://uk.diplo.de/uk-en/02/coronavirus
https://uk.diplo.de/uk-en/02/coronavirus
Dec 19, 2021 | 4:20 am
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Does traveling to Poland on a train count as transit?
Am I allowed to fly into Berlin?
Found this:
Am I allowed to fly into Berlin?
Found this:
Transit travellers who are entering Germany and then immediately travel onward to another country do not have to register their entry online.
Last edited by mobilemario; Dec 19, 2021 at 5:14 am
Dec 19, 2021 | 5:53 am
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Dec 19, 2021 | 9:08 am
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Unless your train ticket is ticketed in conjunction with your airline ticket (I'm thinking Lufthansa and their DB connections), you will be considered to be entering Germany. Therefore the virus variant country restrictions will apply when checking in with your airline.
Dec 19, 2021 | 1:19 pm
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Finally found a definition of a transit.
So I should be good to go?
1. Transit
Persons who merely passed through a high-risk area or area of variants of concern without without stopping over are exempt from the obligation to register. Stopovers are stays which exceed the customary length of a necessary stop in order to take a break or refuel a vehicle, for instance; connection times at an airport are not deemed to constitute a stopover.
Example: A toilet break at a motorway service area is not a stopover. However, if you visit someone or spend several hours in a town on the way to your actual destination, you are stopping over.
The same applies to persons who are only in transit through and leaving the Federal Republic of Germany as quickly as possible to complete their transit journey.
Persons who merely passed through a high-risk area or area of variants of concern without without stopping over are exempt from the obligation to register. Stopovers are stays which exceed the customary length of a necessary stop in order to take a break or refuel a vehicle, for instance; connection times at an airport are not deemed to constitute a stopover.
Example: A toilet break at a motorway service area is not a stopover. However, if you visit someone or spend several hours in a town on the way to your actual destination, you are stopping over.
The same applies to persons who are only in transit through and leaving the Federal Republic of Germany as quickly as possible to complete their transit journey.
Dec 19, 2021 | 3:29 pm
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Dec 21, 2021 | 11:42 am
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Just an update not sure when the clarifying info was added by the German Gov but you can't travel via Germany and leaving airside.
https://uk.diplo.de/uk-de/coronaviru...453772-2-panel
Need to cancel my trip..
https://uk.diplo.de/uk-de/coronaviru...453772-2-panel
Need to cancel my trip..
Dec 22, 2021 | 10:19 am
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Just an update not sure when the clarifying info was added by the German Gov but you can't travel via Germany and leaving airside.
https://uk.diplo.de/uk-de/coronaviru...453772-2-panel
Need to cancel my trip..
https://uk.diplo.de/uk-de/coronaviru...453772-2-panel
Need to cancel my trip..
Yes, a few days ago the rules looked like this:
Dec 22, 2021 | 2:20 pm
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The UK Foreign Office is now reporting that from midnight tonight a negative PCR test is required to enter Germany from a virus variant area, though I can't find a German source for this at the moment. Lateral flow/antigen tests are no longer accepted.
Dec 22, 2021 | 6:57 pm
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https://einreiseanmeldung.de/ doesnt seem to have been updated yet.
Lufthansa appears to have updated their website: https://www.lufthansa.com/xx/en/flight-information.html
Last edited by notquiteaff; Dec 22, 2021 at 7:12 pm
Dec 30, 2021 | 11:25 am
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For the record, this restriction on Great Britain and Northern Ireland travellers is to be lifted on 4 January 2022. This is also the case for 8 countries in southern Africa. The UK goes to High Risk group, but for those vaccinated there aren't major restrictions.