Requirements for Entry to Croatia

84Reason

My wife and our child are going to Croatia in may, we have both been fully vaccinated (she has had the booster) and believe that we can enter the county under the NHS covid pass and I believe I read this also counts as an EU digital certificate, in any case Croatia apparently accept most certificates, which you can produce with the app.

My question is just a paranoid one really in that the wording is a little strange on the entry requirements page (link below) :" certificate that they have received two doses of vaccine used in the EU Member States (Pfizer, Moderna, AstaZeneca, Gamaleya, Sinopharm) or vaccines approved by the World Health Organization for emergency use (Serum Institute of India - Covishield, Bharat Biotech - Covaxin, Sinovac - CoronaVac) not older than 270 days, or a certificate that they have received one dose of the vaccine if the vaccine is administered in a single dose (Janssen/Johnson&Johnson) not older than 270 days, provided that 14 days have passed since they received the single dose; or a certificate that they have received a booster dose"

In the section I have underlined, I'm not sure if this is related to the certificate's age, which is a little strange as the one the app produced for me has no dates on other than those relating to when you got your vaccine, or related to how long ago you had your last dose, which also seems a little strange as then we would constantly be having to get vaccinations. My last dose was in august 2021 so over 270 will have passed, will they still accept entry? I have tried to reach out to no avail so far. I have bought some RAT's just in case they for some reason deny us. I'm sure we will be fine but just after some re-assurance as I don't want to be forced to quarantine on arrival!

https://croatia.hr/en-gb/coronavirus-2019-ncov-q-and-a

Caz3121

84Reason said:

My last dose was in august 2021 so over 270 will have passed, will they still accept entry? 

You will need to follow the instructions for unvaccinated 

84Reason

Caz3121 said:

84Reason said:

My last dose was in august 2021 so over 270 will have passed, will they still accept entry? 

You will need to follow the instructions for unvaccinated 

Surely this does not make sense as then there's no real point in getting a vaccination if they're only temporary. Plus you can't even get another one now right? What makes you say this with such certainty? 

GingerTim

84Reason said:

Caz3121 said:

84Reason said:

My last dose was in august 2021 so over 270 will have passed, will they still accept entry? 

You will need to follow the instructions for unvaccinated 

Surely this does not make sense as then there's no real point in getting a vaccination if they're only temporary. Plus you can't even get another one now right? What makes you say this with such certainty? 

In the link you posted it's pretty clear that you are going to have to provide negative tests to enter Croatia if you received your last dose of the vaccine >270 days ago.

silvercar

84Reason said:

Caz3121 said:

84Reason said:

My last dose was in august 2021 so over 270 will have passed, will they still accept entry? 

You will need to follow the instructions for unvaccinated 

Surely this does not make sense as then there's no real point in getting a vaccination if they're only temporary. Plus you can't even get another one now right? What makes you say this with such certainty? 

Well the point of getting the vaccine was to reduce your risk of getting covid/ getting it less severely and less likely to transmit to others if you did get etc etc, rather than any idea that the NHS may be vaccinating to allow you free passage to Croatia over 9 months later!

if you haven’t had a booster, you could get one before travel. I doubt there are many people who have had a third or booster more than 270 days before travel.

if you don’t want the booster then the answer is to follow the rules for unvaccinated.

84Reason

If you read the wording again, it is very ambiguous. I believe it reads that the certificate cannot be older than 270 days based on how it is worded. Here it is again (with the list of vaccinations removed for clarity) : "certificate that they have received two doses of vaccine used in the EU Member States not older than 270 days" 

If it was when the dosage was received surely it would be along the lines of "two doses received not longer than 270 days ago"

GingerTim

Given that your certificate would have been dated a matter of days after receiving the second dose, I think you are clutching at straws.

Besides, it's pretty clear that it means a certificate stating that your second dose is no older than 270 days.

84Reason

Thanks all, honestly I think the wording is bad and needs to be more clear. However I don't want to risk it so have booked my booster vaccination as user @silvercar suggested.

My next question is the wording states received the two doses no longer than 270 days ago, does a booster then count as one of these as obviously this would be my 3rd vaccine.

GingerTim

On that, I'd suggest contacting the Croatian embassy in the UK, as that isn't clear at all.

84Reason

Just read this so should be fine:

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• certificate that they have received two doses of vaccine used in the EU Member States (Pfizer, Moderna, AstaZeneca, Gamaleya, Sinopharm) or vaccines approved by the World Health Organization for emergency use (Serum Institute of India - Covishield, Bharat Biotech - Covaxin, Sinovac - CoronaVac) not older than 270 days, or a certificate that they have received one dose of the vaccine if the vaccine is administered in a single dose (Janssen/Johnson&Johnson) not older than 270 days, provided that 14 days have passed since they received the single dose; or a certificate that they have received a booster dose
  
  

So I believe this means the booster would cover me?

Caz3121

yes booster would mean no testing in advance