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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 681507 times)

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #6300 on: February 24, 2022, 02:25:48 PM »
thats silly why didnt he just "vaccinate" as half of boro park did?

on that note im waiting for the looks of suprise on the policymakers faces when, come 3/1 not one extra tourist comes in.
all the anti vaxers figured out how to get vax cards, and all the vaxxed ppl are being allowed in for a while already...
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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #6301 on: February 24, 2022, 02:27:09 PM »
There will be more people since they are now allowing unvaccinated kids under 12.
there were plenty "vaxxed" kids under twelve coming in the past weeks

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #6302 on: February 24, 2022, 03:42:20 PM »
thats silly why didnt he just "vaccinate" as half of boro park did?

on that note im waiting for the looks of suprise on the policymakers faces when, come 3/1 not one extra tourist comes in.
all the anti vaxers figured out how to get vax cards, and all the vaxxed ppl are being allowed in for a while already...
TAs had their busiest day ever when Israel announced the new rules.

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #6303 on: February 24, 2022, 03:46:04 PM »
A customer is flying to Israel Today without vaccine - got a permit. does he still need to take a test on day 5 in order to be able to fly home?

Anyone knows the answer to the question?

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #6304 on: February 24, 2022, 03:48:46 PM »
TAs had their busiest day ever when Israel announced the new rules.
+1, Waldorf is practically sold out starting 3/1

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #6306 on: February 27, 2022, 09:25:40 AM »
Any way to confirm beforehand that the airline won't make issues for unvaxed as of March 1? My flights are booked for
Tues night - originally had Monday night after midnight but was advised to push it off to give them more time to update to the new policy
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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #6307 on: February 27, 2022, 03:29:48 PM »
Due to inability to satisfy demand for passports, Israel issues a blanket one-time permit through the end of May 2022 to all holders of dual citizenship to exit the country using a foreign passport.

https://twitter.com/gotomichal/status/1498022159188377601
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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #6308 on: February 27, 2022, 08:30:01 PM »
Anyone been asked for proof of negative test when returning from Israel? Got tested Friday for a Motzei Shabbos flight. Not a single person asked to see it, whether at TLV or JFK.

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #6309 on: February 27, 2022, 08:41:40 PM »
Anyone been asked for proof of negative test when returning from Israel? Got tested Friday for a Motzei Shabbos flight. Not a single person asked to see it, whether at TLV or JFK.
Airline checkin agent should ask for it.
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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #6310 on: February 27, 2022, 08:57:55 PM »
Airline checkin agent should ask for it.

I guess they suffer from the greatest level of COVID-19 nonsense fatigue.
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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #6311 on: February 27, 2022, 09:07:19 PM »
Airline checkin agent should ask for it.

The agent asked me at JFK, even though I had already uploaded it to the Delta app as part of the check in procedure.

No one at TLV asked me for it on the way back to the US nor did anyone at CBP at JFK.

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #6312 on: February 27, 2022, 09:12:10 PM »
The agent asked me at JFK, even though I had already uploaded it to the Delta app as part of the check in procedure.

No one at TLV asked me for it on the way back to the US nor did anyone at CBP at JFK.

Well, the point of uploading it is to streamline the check in process. So they already saw the test by check in. They can still ask for it for verification reasons, but they do that randomly and not too often.

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #6313 on: February 27, 2022, 11:21:54 PM »
just tried getting entry permit as unvaxed for arrival on march 2 got the following message
“boarding denied except with exceptional clearance.
The date on which the second test should be performed :01/03/2022”

does that second test mean i should try filling out the entry permit form again on march 1?
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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #6314 on: February 27, 2022, 11:28:21 PM »
just tried getting entry permit as unvaxed for arrival on march 2 got the following message
“boarding denied except with exceptional clearance.
The date on which the second test should be performed :01/03/2022”

does that second test mean i should try filling out the entry permit form again on march 1?
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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #6315 on: February 27, 2022, 11:31:15 PM »
Yes.
Confirmed that system didn't update yet for unvaccinated after March 1? (I've heard others report same issue of denial of entry permits when applying today for flight on March 1.)

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #6316 on: February 28, 2022, 09:29:15 AM »
Are people expecting increased wait times for COVID results starting tomorrow? I wanted to arrive on a flight 4am next Friday morning. My fear is not getting my results before shabbos. Also, a hotel doesn’t usually let you check in at 7am, what do people do about quarantine while waiting for results?

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #6317 on: February 28, 2022, 12:40:23 PM »
If anyone on my flight arriving in tlv tests positive in tlv anyone unvaxed on the flight will have to quarantine 5 days?
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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #6318 on: February 28, 2022, 12:49:20 PM »
If anyone on my flight arriving in tlv tests positive in tlv anyone unvaxed on the flight will have to quarantine 5 days?
If they can tell you about it then you need to quarantine for 5 days the same way you need to quarantine until you get back arrival PCR results.
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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #6319 on: February 28, 2022, 01:21:43 PM »
Are people expecting increased wait times for COVID results starting tomorrow? I wanted to arrive on a flight 4am next Friday morning. My fear is not getting my results before shabbos. Also, a hotel doesn’t usually let you check in at 7am, what do people do about quarantine while waiting for results?

I flew Motzei Shabbos of President's Day weekend on a night with multiple incoming flights. I got tested at TLV around 5 PM on Sunday and had my results by SMS by 2 AM.