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Link to form that needs to be filled out within 48 hours of flight to Israel

Accordingly, the FINAL criteria For entering Israel are as follows - you must meet ONE of these conditions in order to enter Israel:

1. Vaccinated within 180 days of the trip with either a second vaccine or a booster and it must be at least 14 days after the shot.

2. Recovered within 180 days of the trip with DIGITAL proof of a positive PCR result and more than 11 days have passed since the positive result. This type of proof only exists in the EU. The UK will likely have it as well.

3. Recovered anytime – even more than 180 days before the trip - with DIGITAL proof of positive PCR result AND vaccinated with at least one dose within 180 days of the trip. Again at the moment the digital proof only exists in the EU and possibly the UK shortly.

Your vaccination or recovery CANNOT expire while in Israel, which means you may not be in Israel more than 180 days after your vaccine or recovery have expired.

CONSEQUENCES FOR VIOLATING THE TERMS OF ENTRY: VIOLATION OF ANY OF THE ABOVE CRITERIA CAN MEAN SANCTIONS INCLUDING BARRING YOUR ENTRY TO ISRAEL FOR 5 YEARS.

Link to pay for the Covid test that you'll take upon arrival in TLV

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Re: Israel Reopening Ben Gurion, Still Closed To Most Foreigners
« Reply #2220 on: April 01, 2021, 06:18:09 PM »
Officially needs permit from the committee but YMMV, airlines have been carrying students without it
only in israel ;)

anyone have link for permit request?

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Re: Israel Reopening Ben Gurion, Still Closed To Most Foreigners
« Reply #2221 on: April 01, 2021, 06:33:38 PM »
Do we know that the test taken on Friday won't be accepted? I believe from TLV it was OK as long as it was three days.
USA is 3 calendar days
I'm just hearing a report now of someone that their test was 72 hours and 20 minutes before their flight and were denied boarding
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Re: Israel Reopening Ben Gurion, Still Closed To Most Foreigners
« Reply #2223 on: April 01, 2021, 06:46:47 PM »
Ok, based on that not going to rely on Friday test. Back to the drawing board
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Re: Israel Reopening Ben Gurion, Still Closed To Most Foreigners
« Reply #2224 on: April 01, 2021, 06:47:53 PM »
Cheapest option for a fast PCR on Monday morning near Queens?
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Re: Israel Reopening Ben Gurion, Still Closed To Most Foreigners
« Reply #2225 on: April 01, 2021, 07:48:33 PM »
Cheapest option for a fast PCR on Monday morning near Queens?

Not near Queens but I got LabQ in 4 or 5 hours. They have a mobile test site outside of the actual lab, and you can actually walk your samples up to the lab. If you know someone that deals with them regularly he might be able to rush it even more.

I think anywhere in NY could be free whether or not you have insurance.
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Re: Israel Reopening Ben Gurion, Still Closed To Most Foreigners
« Reply #2226 on: April 01, 2021, 08:53:01 PM »
How about the fastest free PCR in central NJ- Highland Park area?

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Re: Israel Reopening Ben Gurion, Still Closed To Most Foreigners
« Reply #2227 on: April 01, 2021, 09:27:17 PM »
Not near Queens but I got LabQ in 4 or 5 hours. They have a mobile test site outside of the actual lab, and you can actually walk your samples up to the lab. If you know someone that deals with them regularly he might be able to rush it even more.

I think anywhere in NY could be free whether or not you have insurance.
Is this a regular PCR test? And can one apply for an exemption if one hasn't received an ishur yet?

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Re: Israel Reopening Ben Gurion, Still Closed To Most Foreigners
« Reply #2228 on: April 01, 2021, 09:44:00 PM »
Is this a regular PCR test? And can one apply for an exemption if one hasn't received an ishur yet?

Regular PCR test. I have no idea about exemptions and ishurim.
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Re: Israel Reopening Ben Gurion, Still Closed To Most Foreigners
« Reply #2229 on: April 02, 2021, 02:09:37 AM »
Hmm. Where's the nearest one?

Yes.
After midnight they opened the schedule for Monday and I was able to grab six appointments. What is the turnaround time in the abbott now tests? Odds on whether it will actually get me on a flight?
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Re: Israel Reopening Ben Gurion, Still Closed To Most Foreigners
« Reply #2230 on: April 02, 2021, 02:46:18 AM »
Turnaround is 2 hours.
No clue. I know Canada and Hawaii accept it.
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Re: Israel Reopening Ben Gurion, Still Closed To Most Foreigners
« Reply #2231 on: April 02, 2021, 12:43:57 PM »
Found a place open in five towns motzei yuntif with free tests.
Plan is to go today and do PCR + antibody tests, just for backup
Motzei yuntif PCR test
Monday walgreens abbot ID now if the PCR test from Sunday night doesn't come back
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Re: Israel Reopening Ben Gurion, Still Closed To Most Foreigners
« Reply #2232 on: April 02, 2021, 12:56:10 PM »
Found a place open in five towns motzei yuntif with free tests.
Plan is to go today and do PCR + antibody tests, just for backup
Motzei yuntif PCR test
Monday walgreens abbot ID now if the PCR test from Sunday night doesn't come back

What's the antibody test for?
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Re: Israel Reopening Ben Gurion, Still Closed To Most Foreigners
« Reply #2233 on: April 02, 2021, 12:56:31 PM »
Found a place open in five towns motzei yuntif with free tests.
Plan is to go today and do PCR + antibody tests, just for backup
Motzei yuntif PCR test
Monday walgreens abbot ID now if the PCR test from Sunday night doesn't come back
Hatzlacha!

If you do Walgreens and get back the PCR afterward, try flying with the Walgreens and let us know :)
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« Reply #2234 on: April 02, 2021, 01:07:33 PM »
If you do Walgreens and get back the PCR afterward, try flying with the Walgreens and let us know :)

This is such an amazing sentence. I wonder how anyone who isn't aware of the preceding discussion would decipher it.  ;D
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Re: Israel Reopening Ben Gurion, Still Closed To Most Foreigners
« Reply #2235 on: April 02, 2021, 01:10:43 PM »
What's the antibody test for?
To determine whether Meuchedet actually sent my kids antibody tests to a lab or just make them negative
And to find out if my wife ever really was infected or was a false positive
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« Reply #2236 on: April 02, 2021, 01:40:12 PM »
To determine whether Meuchedet actually sent my kids antibody tests to a lab or just make them negative

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« Reply #2237 on: April 02, 2021, 02:58:05 PM »
This is such an amazing sentence. I wonder how anyone who isn't aware of the preceding discussion would decipher it.  ;D

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« Reply #2238 on: April 02, 2021, 02:59:31 PM »
If you do Walgreens and get back the PCR afterward, try flying with the Walgreens and let us know :)
This is such an amazing sentence. I wonder how anyone who isn't aware of the preceding discussion would decipher it.  ;D
Now imagine reading it in 2019.
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Re: Israel Reopening Ben Gurion, Still Closed To Most Foreigners
« Reply #2239 on: April 02, 2021, 05:46:10 PM »
Found a place open in five towns motzei yuntif with free tests.
Plan is to go today and do PCR + antibody tests, just for backup
Motzei yuntif PCR test
Monday walgreens abbot ID now if the PCR test from Sunday night doesn't come back
Stage 1 complete. Apparently NYC health+ now requires a physical copy of birth certificate in order to test minors. What a nightmare this was for us
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