Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread

[points 99]

So my mother who is an Israeli Citizen but lives in the USA travelled to Israel.    She's vaccinated 3 times and we uploaded all of that on the entry form.   

She got a Green Pass thru 2/28/22, but when she landed, got an email saying she had to go into bidud for 14 days (instead of the earlier of 24 hours or negative PCR).

Any thoughts how to fix this besides calling *5400 since she can't get thru

try emailing משרד הבריאות – בידוד
MinistryOfHealth-Bidud@Moh.GOV.IL

[moish]

So my mother who is an Israeli Citizen but lives in the USA travelled to Israel.    She's vaccinated 3 times and we uploaded all of that on the entry form.   

She got a Green Pass thru 2/28/22, but when she landed, got an email saying she had to go into bidud for 14 days (instead of the earlier of 24 hours or negative PCR).

Any thoughts how to fix this besides calling *5400 since she can't get thru

There have been similar reports. Many claim it's a mistake.

[thaber]

I'm sorry, but I flew two weeks ago and they asked me for my vaccination papers by passport control.

What passport control?

[moish]

What passport control?

Right before luggage

[thaber]

Right before luggage

So in my last two trips, it was a DIY machine for passport control near the gate. In May they then checked your paperwork, last week the machine gave you the blue entry ticket and you proceeded to baggage. No significant human interaction until the covid test.

The big line up for passports is gone. Hopefully permanently.

[TBD]

I'm sorry, but I flew two weeks ago and they asked me for my vaccination papers by passport control.

+1

[JlmBoi]

So in my last two trips, it was a DIY machine for passport control near the gate. In May they then checked your paperwork, last week the machine gave you the blue entry ticket and you proceeded to baggage. No significant human interaction until the covid test.

The big line up for passports is gone. Hopefully permanently.

They pull over the foreign passports

[Yosel]

Testing upon arrival in Israel will be discontinued in the next couple of days, meeting is taking place now

[UKinNYS]

next they must get rid of vax rules

Testing upon arrival in Israel will be discontinued in the next couple of days, meeting is taking place now

[bp27]

Testing upon arrival in Israel will be discontinued in the next couple of days, meeting is taking place now

I think that what they are talking about discontinuing is the test prior to flying, for Israeli citizens. Still will test upon arrival. Logic being, let them be stuck in quarantine at home, instead of overseas.

[772oa]

There have been similar reports. Many claim it's a mistake.

But what's the resolution?   The email is just wrong or the gov't has it recorded wrong.    Less of an issue on a day to day basis, but she is coming back to the US before the 14 days are up so could be problematic on exit if they have her marked as "quarrantined"

[thaber]

They pull over the foreign passports

I travel on a US passport

[yitzyul]

If Stopover in Israel for less then 5 hours do I still need to file the online (48 hour window ) form for permission? And do I have to take the entrance Covie test If i dont leave the airport?

[yandmk]

I travel on a US passport

I traveled with my brother who carries an Israeli passport. They let him go and sent me to the other line to have my documents checked.

[yg99]

I travel on a US passport

I was there in November and, while almost everyone was able to use the machine, I was not.

I have a new US passport.

Any idea why the machine wouldn't work by me?

[thaber]

I was there in November and, while almost everyone was able to use the machine, I was not.

I have a new US passport.

Any idea why the machine wouldn't work by me?

I had that in May, and they had someone right there who processed manually. Couldn't or wouldn't give me a reason. But no problem when I went last week

[shopcomputer]

Someone wrote to me that AA rejected theirs and insisted on needing a vaccine card.

Did anyone try swiss recovery certificate with Delta as of yet?

[mgarfin]

Finally seems like they will allow kids without vaccinations in

שר התיירות יואל רזבוזוב פרסם את המתווה לפתיחת השמיים שיציג
 בקבינט הקורונה: כניסת מחוסנים ב-3 חיסונים - גם אחרי 180 יום מקבלת החיסון, כניסת ילדים לא מחוסנים בליווי הורים מחוסנים, פיתרון לסוגיית המחלימים ורק בדיקה אחת בכניסה לארץ, במקום שתיים .

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[aygart]

Does someone with a stopover get docs checked at origination, stopover, or both? Does this mean that more time is needed between flights?

Looking to possibly book a separate itinerary from Europe to TLV. How does that affect things?

[Yitzshpitz]

So in my last two trips, it was a DIY machine for passport control near the gate. In May they then checked your paperwork, last week the machine gave you the blue entry ticket and you proceeded to baggage. No significant human interaction until the covid test.

The big line up for passports is gone. Hopefully permanently.

+1

I just came back from Israel and did not need to show my vaccine card there even once. The only time I needed it was to upload to receive green pass and again for the airline before boarding in the U.S when I checked my bags.
In general, they are also definitely getting less strict overall in Israel in terms of enforcing mask rules.