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Travelling to Germany - your experience during this covid pandemic?
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martindow said:And here is the German government website (in English)This is the comment on UKUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland incl. all British Overseas Territories, Isle of Man and the Channel Islandsis considered as additional risk area.Note: The classification is made despite a 7-day incidence of less than 50/100,000 inhabitants due to the at least limited occurrence of variant B.1.617.2 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain. Variant B.1.617.2 (first detected in India) has now been classified by WHO as a “Variant of Concern”. When classifying risk areas, qualitative criteria are regularly considered in addition to incidence rates.Assuming you get as far as being allowed in, you are required to travel straight to your residence and isolate for 10 days alone with no visitors.I think you need to wait a little longer OP!Not if I can prove that I have had both jabs by uploading the evidence on their system.
Travel from a risk area:
- No quarantine for those who are vaccinated, recovered or tested.
- Children under 6 exempt and don't need to quarantine.
- Everyone 6 and up still are required to test within 48 hours after arriving in Germany if they did not test beforehand, unless they are vaccinated or recovered.
There are three categories. They are 1) those who are vaccinated, 2) those who are recovered, and 30 those who are tested.
- Vaccinated: proof of a complete vaccine series using Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca or Janssen (J&J) vaccines at least 14 days prior.
- Recovered: proof of a PCR test diagnosis of COVID-19 at least 28 days prior but no longer than six months ago.
- Tested: proof of a negative rapid antigen test no more than 48 hours prior or a negative PCR test no more than 72 hours prior, either as a test result or a doctor's statement.
Einreise Anmeldung (Travel Entry Registration):
A travel entry registration must still be completed prior to entry into Germany. Proof of one of the three categories listed above must be uploaded. If technical errors prevent it from being filled out, the traveler is required to fill out and send in a form as soon as possible. For more information on the travel entry registration requirement, go to:
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I spoke to the airlines and they were not upto date with the latest information, Travel agents were not much help either.
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https://www.bmi.bund.de/SharedDocs/faqs/EN/topics/civil-protection/coronavirus/coronavirus-faqs.html#doc13797140bodyText3
I don't know where you are looking but the official website of the German government says no entry for British Citizens coming from the UK unless it is urgent. There are no exemptions given based on vaccinations or for seeing non-immediate family members.0 -
But that only applies to those who are eligible to travel.bigpappa said:martindow said:And here is the German government website (in English)This is the comment on UKUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland incl. all British Overseas Territories, Isle of Man and the Channel Islandsis considered as additional risk area.Note: The classification is made despite a 7-day incidence of less than 50/100,000 inhabitants due to the at least limited occurrence of variant B.1.617.2 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain. Variant B.1.617.2 (first detected in India) has now been classified by WHO as a “Variant of Concern”. When classifying risk areas, qualitative criteria are regularly considered in addition to incidence rates.Assuming you get as far as being allowed in, you are required to travel straight to your residence and isolate for 10 days alone with no visitors.I think you need to wait a little longer OP!Not if I can prove that I have had both jabs by uploading the evidence on their system.Travel from a risk area:
- No quarantine for those who are vaccinated, recovered or tested.
- Children under 6 exempt and don't need to quarantine.
- Everyone 6 and up still are required to test within 48 hours after arriving in Germany if they did not test beforehand, unless they are vaccinated or recovered.
There are three categories. They are 1) those who are vaccinated, 2) those who are recovered, and 30 those who are tested.
- Vaccinated: proof of a complete vaccine series using Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca or Janssen (J&J) vaccines at least 14 days prior.
- Recovered: proof of a PCR test diagnosis of COVID-19 at least 28 days prior but no longer than six months ago.
- Tested: proof of a negative rapid antigen test no more than 48 hours prior or a negative PCR test no more than 72 hours prior, either as a test result or a doctor's statement.
Einreise Anmeldung (Travel Entry Registration):
A travel entry registration must still be completed prior to entry into Germany. Proof of one of the three categories listed above must be uploaded. If technical errors prevent it from being filled out, the traveler is required to fill out and send in a form as soon as possible. For more information on the travel entry registration requirement, go to:
Did you decide to ignore the previous bit
If you qualify as having an urgent need to travel then you need to follow the advice for entry to Germany from an at risk country.
But go ahead and spend your money and be refused entry.
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sheramber said:
But that only applies to those who are eligible to travel.bigpappa said:martindow said:And here is the German government website (in English)This is the comment on UKUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland incl. all British Overseas Territories, Isle of Man and the Channel Islandsis considered as additional risk area.Note: The classification is made despite a 7-day incidence of less than 50/100,000 inhabitants due to the at least limited occurrence of variant B.1.617.2 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain. Variant B.1.617.2 (first detected in India) has now been classified by WHO as a “Variant of Concern”. When classifying risk areas, qualitative criteria are regularly considered in addition to incidence rates.Assuming you get as far as being allowed in, you are required to travel straight to your residence and isolate for 10 days alone with no visitors.I think you need to wait a little longer OP!Not if I can prove that I have had both jabs by uploading the evidence on their system.Travel from a risk area:
- No quarantine for those who are vaccinated, recovered or tested.
- Children under 6 exempt and don't need to quarantine.
- Everyone 6 and up still are required to test within 48 hours after arriving in Germany if they did not test beforehand, unless they are vaccinated or recovered.
There are three categories. They are 1) those who are vaccinated, 2) those who are recovered, and 30 those who are tested.
- Vaccinated: proof of a complete vaccine series using Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca or Janssen (J&J) vaccines at least 14 days prior.
- Recovered: proof of a PCR test diagnosis of COVID-19 at least 28 days prior but no longer than six months ago.
- Tested: proof of a negative rapid antigen test no more than 48 hours prior or a negative PCR test no more than 72 hours prior, either as a test result or a doctor's statement.
Einreise Anmeldung (Travel Entry Registration):
A travel entry registration must still be completed prior to entry into Germany. Proof of one of the three categories listed above must be uploaded. If technical errors prevent it from being filled out, the traveler is required to fill out and send in a form as soon as possible. For more information on the travel entry registration requirement, go to:
Did you decide to ignore the previous bit
If you qualify as having an urgent need to travel then you need to follow the advice for entry to Germany from an at risk country.
But go ahead and spend your money and be refused entry.Updated todayEU-wide entry restrictions remain in force. For Germany, these restrictions are issued by the Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community (BMI). Please check with the BMI prior to your trip to find out what regulations apply specifically with regard to the country from which you plan to enter Germany.
In principle, entry is possible from:
- EU member states
- states associated with Schengen: Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and Liechtenstein
- other countries from which entry is possible in light of the epidemiological situation assessment by the EU.
Entry from any other country is only possible in exceptional cases and is conditional on there being an urgent need.
What restrictions apply to air, sea and overland travel within Europe (entering Germany from another member state of the European Union or from Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Iceland)?
No pandemic-related travel restrictions currently apply to travellers entering Germany from member states of the European Union or from Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Iceland. However, under the Ordinance on Coronavirus Entry Regulations (Coronavirus-Einreiseverordnung) all travellers are required to complete digital registration on entry, to present proof of a negative COVID-19 test result depending on the risk status of the country of departure or means of travel (airplane), and to comply with the quarantine regulations of the relevant federal states.
The way I have read that is. If I travel to another EU country first and then enter Germany from that EU country then I will have be able to enter. So no direct flights to Germany but indirect flights via another EU country.
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You may be able to sidestep the entry rules for Germany, assuming you are permitted to travel to the other EU in the first place. Much as I understand the desire to see a new grandchild, how would you feel about somebody from India (as an example) hopping through Gibraltar to avoid the entry restrictions in the UK?Not to put too fine a point on it, your plans are utterly selfish and potentially putting other people at risk.0
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there appears to be requirements for those that have been in a risk area (currently includes UK) "If, in the 10 days before you travel to Germany, you have been in an area designated as presenting an increased risk of infection, you must register online in advance of travelling to Germany."....from the link in first response which has been updated.
It is unfortunate that travel is difficult to see family. My brother lives in Frankfurt, I had flights booked to travel to his 50th back in April 2020...all cancelled, he had trips booked to come to visit our ageing parents....all cancelled, my daughter gets married in 2 weeks (rescheduled from last year and decided to go ahead rather than reschedule again) and he was due to come over....trip cancelled this week, has not seen 2 year old nephew for over 18 months, he had to cope remotely with our father being taken into hospital knowing he could not be here.....we need to make do with Zoom and FaceTime for now until such times we can get together again....and what a party that will be.0 -
TELLIT01 said:You may be able to sidestep the entry rules for Germany, assuming you are permitted to travel to the other EU in the first place. Much as I understand the desire to see a new grandchild, how would you feel about somebody from India (as an example) hopping through Gibraltar to avoid the entry restrictions in the UK?Not to put too fine a point on it, your plans are utterly selfish and potentially putting other people at risk.The Governments advice is guidance not legislation. If anyone is being selfish and irresponsible its them. You can travel to Amber countries but please don't. You can do X but please don't.By making it guidance people who booked holidays are now not able to get their refunds so have to travel, whilst their insurance is saying you are not covered. It's a complete mess and I am trying to navigate my way through it.People from India still need to stay in Gibralatar for 10 days prior to landing in the UK so that is where they do their isolation. So that is incorrect.1
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I may be in luck.
European Union ambassadors are expected to sign off on a plan allowing fully vaccinated Britons to fly to Europe without being required to have a Covid test or to quarantine
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You may be , but that will depend on Germany removing UK form its 'risk list'.
That is separate from the EU restrictions.
Each EU country makes its own rules. In Germany each federal state implements their own rules, which may or may not be the same.0
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