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Update October 21. 2022. Travellers to Spain.
Changes in entry requirements for residents and those from Schengen and EU member states.
Please check your country of origin on the interactive map.
Example:
“Spain welcomes all travellers coming from Ireland. Some information is provided below in order to make your journey comfortable, easy and safe.
Please note that passengers arriving in Spain by AIR OR SEA from this country will NOT be required to present the SpTH health control form or a COVID-19 certificate”.
Important information
No tests for those from EU member states or Schengen associated countries since June 2. You will note on the official Spanish tourism site on the U.K. entry requirements it states the same information as from EU states. This may be an error, we provide the information from the government health website and the resolution:
“Passengers (except for children under 12 years of age and those in international transit) arriving from countries that do NOT belong to the European Union or are NOT considered Schengen associated countries, must present one of these documents in order to pass the health controls on arrival in Spain:
An EU DIGITAL COVID CERTIFICATE OR EU EQUIVALENT of COVID-19 vaccination or a negative certificate of an active infection diagnostic test or a recovery certificate after having this disease.
SpTH QR. If you do not have the EU Digital COVID Certificate or equivalent, you must complete the SpTH Health Control Form, manually entering the details of your vaccination, recovery or diagnostic test certificate.
The vaccination certificate with complete schedule for children under 18 has no expiry date”.
Modification of the Resolution of April 1, 2022 of the General Directorate of Public Health, regarding the health controls to be carried out at the points of entry to Spain.
The first section of the Resolution of April 1, 2022 is modified, which is worded as follows:
Resolution:
“Sanitary controls at entry points.
People who arrive in Spain by air or sea from countries that do not belong to the European Union or are not considered Schengen associated countries may be subjected to a health control at the first point of entry that will include, at least, the taking temperature, a documentary control and a visual check on their physical condition”.
Update June 6. The interactive map has been corrected no longer showing the UK with the same requirements as the EU/Schengen countries. Disclaimer from the interactive map below. I have also contacted the National tourist office bringing a possible error to their attention.
Update: Important information
Update May 20. As from today, travellers from third countries can enter Spain with a covid negative test.
To travel to Spain if you have an EU DCC, or equivalent EU it is not necessary to complete the SpTH health control form.
On the homepage you can find more information about the vaccination, recovery or diagnostic test DCCs that are valid for travelling to Spain.
Update: Entry from France to Spain by land.
Entry requirements are applicable for travelling to Spain by air and by land. By land, it is no longer necessary to comply with any health requirement related to COVID-19 in order to travel to Spain.
France. Entry requirements for U.K. nationals.
Latest Updates: Please check the interactive map and latest news on the same link.
For information on the regional areas, use the interactive map, drop down menu for any country and then general measures in Spain Example:
Obligations and exemptions mask wearing. CAB suggests carrying a letter from your doctor. If not in the Spanish or regional language, a translation into Spanish carried with the original.
Extract from the Spanish royal decree modified February 2022.
Modification of the mandatory use of masks during the health crisis situation caused by COVID-19.
“1. People six years of age and older are obliged to wear masks in the following cases:
a) In any closed space for public use or that is open to the public.
b) In mass events that take place in outdoor spaces, when attendees are standing. If they are seated, it will be mandatory when a safety distance of at least 1.5 meters between people cannot be maintained, except for groups of cohabitants.
c) In air, bus, or rail transport, including passenger platforms and stations, or by cable car, as well as complementary public and private passenger transport in vehicles with up to nine seats, including the driver, if the occupants of the tourism vehicles do not live in the same address. In closed spaces of ships and boats when the safety distance of 1.5 meters cannot be maintained, except for groups of cohabitants.
2. The obligation contained in the previous section will not be enforceable in the following cases:
a) To people who present some type of illness or respiratory difficulty that may be aggravated by the use of the mask or who, due to their disability or dependency, do not have the autonomy to remove the mask, or present behavior alterations that make its use unfeasible.
b) In the event that, due to the very nature of the activities, the use of the mask is incompatible, in accordance with the indications of the health authorities.
c) In those places or closed spaces for public use that are part of the place of residence of the groups that meet there, such as institutions for the care of the elderly or disabled, units intended for collective residence of essential workers or other groups that meet similar characteristics, as long as said groups and the workers who perform their duties there have vaccination coverage against SARS-CoV-2 greater than 80% with the complete schedule and the booster dose, accredited by the health authority competent.
This last exception will not apply to external visitors, nor to workers in residential centers for the elderly or disabled, since in this case the use of a mask is mandatory.
Modification of the mandatory use of masks during the health crisis situation caused by COVID-19.
“1. People six years of age and older are obliged to wear masks in the following cases:
a) In any closed space for public use or that is open to the public.
b) In mass events that take place in outdoor spaces, when attendees are standing. If they are seated, it will be mandatory when a safety distance of at least 1.5 meters between people cannot be maintained, except for groups of cohabitants.
c) In air, bus, or rail transport, including passenger platforms and stations, or by cable car, as well as complementary public and private passenger transport in vehicles with up to nine seats, including the driver, if the occupants of the tourism vehicles do not live in the same address. In closed spaces of ships and boats when the safety distance of 1.5 meters cannot be maintained, except for groups of cohabitants.
2. The obligation contained in the previous section will not be enforceable in the following cases:
a) To people who present some type of illness or respiratory difficulty that may be aggravated by the use of the mask or who, due to their disability or dependency, do not have the autonomy to remove the mask, or present behavior alterations that make its use unfeasible.
b) In the event that, due to the very nature of the activities, the use of the mask is incompatible, in accordance with the indications of the health authorities.
c) In those places or closed spaces for public use that are part of the place of residence of the groups that meet there, such as institutions for the care of the elderly or disabled, units intended for collective residence of essential workers or other groups that meet similar characteristics, as long as said groups and the workers who perform their duties there have vaccination coverage against SARS-CoV-2 greater than 80% with the complete schedule and the booster dose, accredited by the health authority competent.
This last exception will not apply to external visitors, nor to workers in residential centers for the elderly or disabled, since in this case the use of a mask is mandatory.
Update June 28. The Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, announces that a negative PCR or full vaccination schedule will be required for citizens from the United Kingdom to enter Spain. The measure will begin to be applied on 1 July.
Update May 21. The information in link below will no longer apply to those from the U.K. and Northern Ireland from May 24.
Simple page where you can check entry requirements from EU Members States and The rest of the world.
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