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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

Author Topic: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread  (Read 642882 times)

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4880 on: October 05, 2021, 09:46:40 AM »
Agreed, but many people vaccinated in the EU have presumably been vaccinated more then 6 months ago and not all EU countries have rolled out the booster shots yet.
Shh. There is (going to be) a way to get a EU Covid pass without being a citizen. That can be then used to get into Israel.

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4881 on: October 05, 2021, 10:11:54 AM »
Shh. There is (going to be) a way to get a EU Covid pass without being a citizen. That can be then used to get into Israel.
Yup. Kinda like matching elite statuses. Get Canada to match your US vacc card with an official plat card. Get EU to match that. Israel will downgrade to gold status, but will do the job...

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4882 on: October 05, 2021, 10:16:14 AM »
Yup. Kinda like matching elite statuses. Get Canada to match your US vacc card with an official plat card. Get EU to match that. Israel will downgrade to gold status, but will do the job...
Time for a status matching thread.
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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4883 on: October 05, 2021, 10:27:20 AM »
Yup. Kinda like matching elite statuses. Get Canada to match your US vacc card with an official plat card. Get EU to match that. Israel will downgrade to gold status, but will do the job...
Exactly. There are other ways, but whatever. It's crazy how much energy countries are expending on things that are totally useless in stopping Covid.

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4884 on: October 05, 2021, 10:29:45 AM »
Time for a status matching thread.
All i had to do in order to receive my EU pass is email a few documents, which can easily be forged.. so i agree that it's a matter of time before Israel will reconsider accepting it..

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4885 on: October 05, 2021, 10:44:17 AM »
All i had to do in order to receive my EU pass is email a few documents, which can easily be forged.. so i agree that it's a matter of time before Israel will reconsider accepting it..
Can Americans do that now?
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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4886 on: October 05, 2021, 10:46:58 AM »
Can Americans do that now?
You need to also have a EU citizenship - or 'proof' of one

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4887 on: October 05, 2021, 11:45:50 AM »
You need to also have a EU citizenship - or 'proof' of one
But they only recognize vaccines administered in the EU or the following non-EU countries:

•    Albania
•    Andorra
•    Switzerland
•    Faroe Islands
•    Israel
•    Iceland
•    Liechtenstein
•    Morocco
•    Monaco
•    North Macedonia
•    Norway
•    Panama
•    San Marino
•    Turkey
•    Ukraine
•    The Vatican
Source: https://ec.europa.eu/info/live-work-travel-eu/coronavirus-response/safe-covid-19-vaccines-europeans/eu-digital-covid-certificate_en
So for now if you were vaccinated in the US, you cannot get an EU Covid Pass in a kosher way.

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4888 on: October 05, 2021, 11:50:24 AM »
So for now if you were vaccinated in the US, you cannot get an EU Covid Pass in a kosher way.
I have a relative who was vaccinated in the US and received it the kosher way.
Either the list of countries is not enforced, or this has changed since he received it in July

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4889 on: October 05, 2021, 12:09:27 PM »
So by the time Israel reopens to vaccinated Americans, none of us under 65 will qualify  ::)

Who's stopping you from getting the 100th dose?
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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4890 on: October 05, 2021, 01:45:20 PM »
Who's stopping you from getting the 100th dose?
They aren't currently offering more than two doses in the US if you are under 65 and not immunocompromised

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4891 on: October 05, 2021, 02:10:09 PM »
The whole process is so random. Got an approval from misrad hapnim today in under 12 hours
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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4892 on: October 05, 2021, 04:31:34 PM »
Within.
officially within, but i flew motzei shabbat and filled out the forms on friday and it worked fine
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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4893 on: October 06, 2021, 11:31:25 AM »
I am flying back to Israel from California and looking to get a free PCR test. I'm seeing that CVS and Walgreens have free PCR tests for those who say they are uninsured and have a state ID which I have (I'm an dual citizen from Ohio now living in Israel). Anyone here have any experience getting a free PCR test in order to fly to Israel. There are many expensive options out there but it would be great to find something cheap or free. 

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4894 on: October 06, 2021, 11:35:14 AM »
I am flying back to Israel from California and looking to get a free PCR test. I'm seeing that CVS and Walgreens have free PCR tests for those who say they are uninsured and have a state ID which I have (I'm an dual citizen from Ohio now living in Israel). Anyone here have any experience getting a free PCR test in order to fly to Israel. There are many expensive options out there but it would be great to find something cheap or free.

IDK about California, but here in Brooklyn almost everyone I know get a PCR test for free. PDF tests might cost more. But hey, you get what you pay for, a PDF test will give you much faster and accurate results than a PCR test.  ;)
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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4895 on: October 06, 2021, 04:32:34 PM »
Have Israeli passport etc
Filled out entry forms and tests forms

Landed, got to passport, everything was a breeze.

Seralogy and PCR done in minutes.

Car rented and out of airport in probably less than an hour after landing

Serology came back positive within minutes, had covid 6 months ago.

Pcr negative sometime that night

We called up the health department in the morning and got them to let me out of bidud


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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4896 on: October 06, 2021, 04:36:23 PM »
landed @10:30 this morning, no luggage, pcr, was out by 10:50

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4897 on: October 06, 2021, 05:55:06 PM »
Washington is much much quicker than that for most.
I dont think the case of these applications being processed so quickly is currently in place. at 10 days and still nada.

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4898 on: October 06, 2021, 06:14:13 PM »
I dont think the case of these applications being processed so quickly is currently in place. at 10 days and still nada.

same here!

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #4899 on: October 06, 2021, 06:59:15 PM »
is J&J vaccine recognized by Israel