From this September 20, Venezuelans must meet one of the three requirements to enter Spain.
According to the new provisions of the health authorities of the Iberian nation, the measures apply to people over the age of 12.
They must present: Vaccination card, medical certificate of having undergone COVID-19 or negative test, which can be PCR or antigen. It is enough to present one of the three.
These are the requirements to enter Spain from Venezuela:
1.- Vaccination card
If the vaccination card is presented, it must be accompanied by a vaccine approved by European Medicines Agency (EMA) or the World Health Organization.
“But if the third dose is of a valid vaccine, it doesn’t matter that the first two are not,” says the Spanish Consulate in Caracas.
They remind that the person must have at least two doses of any of the vaccines approved by the EMA or the WHO and it has been less than 270 days since the last dose. If this time is up, you should have a booster shot.
“Among the most common vaccines in Venezuela, the Sinopharm / BIBP2 / Vero-Cell and Sinovac / Vero-Cell vaccines have been licensed by the WHO. Currently it has not been licensed. the Sputnik V vaccine, so it is not valid for travel“Says the Spanish Foreign Ministry.
2.- What should the COVID-19 certificate have?
“This is a certificate issued by any medical center, public or private, indicating that the traveler has suffered and overcome the disease”, underlines the Consulate.
In addition, it must be “valid within 180 days of the first positive test”.
3.- Negative test
In case the person requests an RT-PCR test, this must be valid up to 72 hours before the trip, while the antigen test will be allowed less than 24 hours in advance.
“Children under the age of 12 do not need to have any of these three health requirements. They are exempt “, they clarify.
It is only necessary to respect one of them to enter Spain. Furthermore, it is no longer necessary to fill in the form required by the Spanish Ministry of Health and the QR code.
“From Tuesday 20/09/2022 it will no longer be necessary to fill in the SpTh health check form to travel to Spain or present the SpTh QR code, so the Spain Travel HEalth (SpTH) portal is no longer operational, both the site and the mobile application, ”highlights Exteriors on its website.
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