corporate-wage-slave

Well spookily enough, and after a few drams of malt whisky at the British High Commission in Valleta today, Malta has revised its travel advice, all UK NHS App Covid Passes are now accepted.

kingstontoon

Croatia next please, ideally within the next few weeks 🤞🤞🤞

Above

As far I know, Croatia will accept NHS COVID pass. This is also stated on UK gov travel advice

seattle29

Only 2 days after my second vaccine and I'm able to generate an NHS COVID Pass for international travel - fantastic work!

Misco60

Although it clearly shows the date of the second vaccination and is unlikely to be accepted for admission to other countries until two weeks have elapsed.

seattle29

Good point, but some countries aren't insisting on 2 weeks having elapsed. I'm due to travel on Day 14 so I'll be fine.

flyslow

Thank you, thank you and thank you!!! Contacted my GP yesterday morning , emailed over a copy of passport (again) and was told due to staff shortages it may take couple of weeks to implement. NHS app was displaying my name correctly this morning
If I ever happen to run into you I hope it will be in a place where they serve Jamaican blue mountain with one sugar.

Misco60

You most probably will be fine, but travelling right on Day 14 does create the possibility of airlines and border officials questioning whether the full 14 days have yet elapsed. I'd be leaving 14 clear calendar days between my second jab and date of travel.

kingstontoon

But not the three batches of AstraZeneca manufactured in India, which is the critical issue.

Above

Can't really comment on this, but I was under the impression this is a problem for Malta only?

seattle29

Gibraltar isn't insisting on 14 days luckily, you could have your 2nd jab on a Monday and theoretically fly the next day (although it takes a few days to get proof of vaccination first).

kingstontoon

On an EU-wide level those batches are not permitted, though around half the countries have specifically stated they will accept them. In terms of how closely the remainder will check, it's probably YMMV, but it's a risk and the last thing a traveller wants is to be turned back or put into quarantine because in the eyes of the immigration officer they don't meet the vaccination criteria. This really needs to be sorted at an EU-wide level.

From my perspective, entering Poland on 2 July, there were no problems, but the immigration officer paid little attention to what I showed them, and this was right at the beginning of the EU-wide system being implemented. At present, Croatia are specifically not accepting those batches (according to reports).

DaveS

FWIW Morocco let me in with my NHS COVID pass today.

corporate-wage-slave

I suspect it isn't really border officials who will be problematic about this, it's going to be airlines. From what I can make out TUI carefully read and interpreted the Malta guidelines in a particular way - there wasn't a formal ban articulated but they read through the EMA approval issue. Other airlines did not go to this level of detail hence BA and easyJet passengers were not checked before departure (or arrival in Malta). So depending how airlines read Croatia's rules they may or may not raise an issue on this.

fruitcage

Can anyone advise on the best source of information on the country-by-country acceptability of an NHS vaccination record containing one of the questionable Vaxzevria batch numbers?
Can I rely on TIMATIC? The FCDO entry requirements pages? Anywhere else?
Thanks for any advice.