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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 786035 times)

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #6120 on: January 24, 2022, 10:27:58 PM »
It does not allow me to enter "country of test" - what am I doing wrong?
You need to select
"Has a SARS-CoV-2 infection been proven outside Switzerland?"

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #6121 on: January 24, 2022, 10:36:13 PM »
You need to select
"Has a SARS-CoV-2 infection been proven outside Switzerland?"

I'm on the next page - is the app needed for this?

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #6122 on: January 25, 2022, 12:52:06 PM »
I'm on the next page - is the app needed for this?

No

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #6126 on: January 26, 2022, 12:38:30 AM »
Pretty sure it's an old picture
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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #6127 on: January 26, 2022, 02:45:55 AM »
שועלים הילכו בה
That's a cat, not a fox.

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #6128 on: January 26, 2022, 05:35:07 AM »
Pretty sure it's an old picture
I saw cats roaming baggage claim area last week.
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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #6129 on: January 26, 2022, 10:49:46 AM »
I was told by someone who arranges it for a fee that on the Israel health form you need to enter recovered in Switzerland and upload the recovery certificate, their system will read the QR code and verify it with Switzerland and will give you a green pass.
Here is the link to apply https://covidcertificate-form.admin.ch/foreign
They will ask you where you will stay your first 24 hours in Switzerland,  I googled for an address of a nice hotel.
You will also need to show them proof that you plan to visit Switzerland I uploaded proof of an airline reservation.

Did this work, did you get your Swiss cert and manage to get permit to Israel with it?

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #6130 on: January 26, 2022, 04:36:13 PM »
does anyone know what happens if I book using amex points and can't get in what happens I would
like to book for Pesach

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #6131 on: January 26, 2022, 05:56:30 PM »
does anyone know what happens if I book using amex points and can't get in what happens I would
like to book for Pesach
If you would use Amex points to book on United, then you can cancel and they will give you an FFC (future flight credit), which can only be used by that passenger. However, you can ask United to convert the FFC into an ETC which will be valid for a year, and can be used by anyone to fly on United.
If you don't fly that much during the year and don't want to get stuck, its probably better to search for award tickets, and transfer the Amex points into miles. Those you can cancel and refund the miles, but you will not be able to transfer the miles back into Amex points.
I just searched Qantas, (which you can transfer Amex into their miles), to fly JFK-TLV monday 4/11, returning Tues night (4/27 12:05am), I searched for 2 tickets, and they had available in coach for 37,800 points each way, to fly direct on Elal. But you need to search first and find flights/dates that work for you before you transfer amex to qantas, and if you do need to cancel, you need to have something to do with those points....

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #6132 on: January 26, 2022, 06:11:54 PM »
However, you can ask United to convert the FFC into an ETC which will be valid for a year, and can be used by anyone to fly on United.
YMMV, gets harder by the day.
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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #6133 on: January 27, 2022, 12:47:55 AM »
YMMV, gets harder by the day.
Lately, I've had success a couple times through twitter. I thought it got easier. There was no run-around, they just did it same day!

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #6134 on: January 27, 2022, 08:26:49 AM »
Has anyone who is a US Citizen and recently recovered in Israel traveled to the US Recently?
If so, are the hebrew docs showing your recovery letter from the kuppa + positive test results in Hebrew enough or are they being ridiculous?

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #6135 on: January 27, 2022, 03:49:15 PM »
Did anyone have luck going to Israel using the Swiss recovery certificate?

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #6136 on: January 27, 2022, 03:53:44 PM »
Did anyone have luck going to Israel using the Swiss recovery certificate?

Someone wrote to me that AA rejected theirs and insisted on needing a vaccine card.
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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #6137 on: January 27, 2022, 04:02:31 PM »
Someone wrote to me that AA rejected theirs and insisted on needing a vaccine card.
Another AA story.
I wonder if LY would allow it.

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #6138 on: January 27, 2022, 04:04:57 PM »
Someone wrote to me that AA rejected theirs and insisted on needing a vaccine card.
I wonder if going with a Stopover in Switzerland would make it any better.

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #6139 on: January 27, 2022, 04:09:12 PM »
Another AA story.
I wonder if LY would allow it.
That's the problem. If a US checkin agent doesn't know the rules, then it's just a gamble.
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