Unvaccinated travel to Spain (not holiday)

Troytempest

Difficult situation BUT another example of why getting jabbed makes these issues go away.....

mattyprice4004

Troytempest said:

Difficult situation BUT another example of why getting jabbed makes these issues go away.....

Careful - you’ll attract all the ‘it’s not tested / Bill Gates will take over my mind / it’s all because of 5G’ nut jobs! 

Chris_English

Troytempest said:

Difficult situation BUT another example of why getting jabbed makes these issues go away.....

Agreed. When choosing not to vaccinate you know that it’s taking a real gamble on things like this.

Sandtree

emmajones1976 said:

Richard_T_ said:

The best and most responsible solution to avoid issues such as this is to get vaccinated, you can either go to a walk in centre or book here: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/coronavirus-vaccination/book-coronavirus-vaccination/

If ifs and buts were candy and nuts...I agree but not really helpful when his father is probably in distress.

Well that kind of should be considered when they decided not to get vaccinated knowing that other members of the family are not so close minded and are living abroad.

Clearly we don't know the OP's full situation and its easy to jump to conclusion but we are two years into a pandemic and requirements for vacination for travel has been not only predictable but a matter of fact for 6-9 months now, Whilst an event like this focuses the mind it was a realistic risk that a relative overseas could get sick or injured and continuing to choose not to be vacinated and so unable to help in the hour of their need was an active decision

Upsidedownandaround

Seems to be a lot of posters on this thread upset that there has been exemptions clearly pointed out in the first few posts.

emmajones1976

Upsidedownandaround said:

Seems to be a lot of posters on this thread upset that there has been exemptions clearly pointed out in the first few posts.

I dont disagree with the holier than thou "get vaccinated" posts but its not going to help the OP unless he is happy to wait 10 weeks.

wonka

Thanks for all the comments everyone, especially the heads up advice.
I managed to fly out to Malaga, and have just returned. The Spanish travel rules forbid the unvaccinated from travelling for tourism/holiday/leisure to Spain, but allows visits for family reasons / family visits.

onashoestring

Thanks for the update @wonka . 

Glad you were able to go .
What was the process to get exemption ? 

wonka

It's incorporated into the Spanish Travel Health form that everyone has to fill in https://spth.gob.es/

It's necessary to indicate the reason for travel. Most people would say holiday/tourism, but I selected the "family visit" option.
Once I'd indicated I'm unvaccinated, the next question was whether I had a negative PCR test confirmation, or a Covid recovery certificate. I ticked Covid recovery, and downloaded a letter from NHS from a few months ago showing a positive test.

Jamieward

wonka said:

It's incorporated into the Spanish Travel Health form that everyone has to fill in 

It's necessary to indicate the reason for travel. Most people would say holiday/tourism, but I selected the "family visit" option.
Once I'd indicated I'm unvaccinated, the next question was whether I had a negative PCR test confirmation, or a Covid recovery certificate. I ticked Covid recovery, and downloaded a letter from NHS from a few months ago showing a positive test.

Hi Wonka.

I'm having a similar problem to you having also not been vaccinated but I'm happy to have a test. I just had a look on the health form and it doesn't appear to have a "reason for travel" question? Am I missing something? maybe there are more fields to complete after you press send?

Also, where you asked to show your certificate of recovery at the airport or only when you completed the online form before travel?

Jamie