Portugal COVID test prior to flight?
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Portugal COVID test prior to flight?
In the 'clear as mud' category (and useless airline which is now a wet lease, another thread!) is whether someone who is a) a Canadian citizen b) has had 3 WHO approved vaccines requires a covid test to fly to Lisbon. It seems to me that the answer is yes, since they don't seem to accept Canadian vaccine proof. Does this sound right?
Many thanks.
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In the 'clear as mud' category (and useless airline which is now a wet lease, another thread!) is whether someone who is a) a Canadian citizen b) has had 3 WHO approved vaccines requires a covid test to fly to Lisbon. It seems to me that the answer is yes, since they don't seem to accept Canadian vaccine proof. Does this sound right?
Many thanks.
Many thanks.
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Yes you do, assuming you have a Canadian vaccine certificate. If so, it's not one of the 40 non-EU countries with a reciprocal vaccine certificate agreement with Portugal, so you have to test (72 hours before departure for PCR, or 24 hours for observed antigen) to enter Portugal via air.
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Nothing was requested on landing, I used the e-gates and was straight through.
Returning to Canada they checked vaccine certificates and marked the back of the passport with an identifier which they checked again at the gate.
ETA - just saw on the other thread that apparently as of July 1 no testing needed. So moot I guess! Ah well, just reporting back!!
Last edited by emma69; Jul 5, 2022 at 12:43 pm
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As we have a dedicated forum for Spain & Portugal, am going to move this thread over there. Please continue to follow the discussion in that forum.
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