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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 654164 times)

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #5422 on: November 21, 2021, 07:03:20 PM »
So now you can get in with an antibody test again?

Seems like anecdotal reports indicate so. That entire country is one big mismanagement.
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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #5423 on: November 21, 2021, 07:26:51 PM »
Seems like anecdotal reports indicate so. That entire country is one big mismanagement.
Source?

If true this will be the third or fourth time they flip-flopped about antibody tests as proof of prior infection. Where's that headless chicken image?

ETA: Thanks @Dan for posting the correct image.

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #5424 on: November 21, 2021, 08:24:24 PM »
So now you can get in with an antibody test again?
The report doesn't say that you can get in based on antibodies. Just that you can exit Bidud based on it.

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #5425 on: November 22, 2021, 12:12:59 AM »
Arrived last night with 3 other family members.  Triple vaxxed.  I tested positive, everyone else negative...

Now what?

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #5426 on: November 22, 2021, 02:39:29 AM »
Arrived last night with 3 other family members.  Triple vaxxed.  I tested positive, everyone else negative...

Now what?
Pretty sure you're stuck doing a 10 day quarantine without any possibility to shorten it.

Reach out to Chaim V Chesed for confirmation.
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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #5427 on: November 22, 2021, 03:38:56 AM »
Arrived last night with 3 other family members.  Triple vaxxed.  I tested positive, everyone else negative...

Now what?
call misrad habriut *5400 and find out if it was "חיובי גבולי" borderline positive
if it was, then if u come out negative on 2 consecutive tests, u r free to go

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #5428 on: November 22, 2021, 09:23:06 AM »
Can someone go for chanukkah if their passport expires in February
In the past it was very dependent on the individual airline.

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #5429 on: November 22, 2021, 09:27:31 AM »
Am I correct that there is currently no way for a 13-year-old who has been fully vaxxed for more than 6 months to get into the country, since he would need a booster but is ineligible to receive one? Any workarounds or loopholes that I'm missing?

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #5430 on: November 22, 2021, 10:39:19 AM »
Arrived last night with 3 other family members.  Triple vaxxed.  I tested positive, everyone else negative...

Now what?
try to see if you can take a serological test  or -retest.
thats a really a unfortunate situation. Be well.

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #5431 on: November 22, 2021, 10:44:01 AM »
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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #5432 on: November 22, 2021, 10:52:47 AM »
Am I correct that there is currently no way for a 13-year-old who has been fully vaxxed for more than 6 months to get into the country, since he would need a booster but is ineligible to receive one? Any workarounds or loopholes that I'm missing?
Can you get a physician to write a letter (or prescription) that would allow the child to get an additional jab because of "immune condition?" 

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #5433 on: November 22, 2021, 11:40:15 AM »
Can you get a physician to write a letter (or prescription) that would allow the child to get an additional jab because of "immune condition?" 

Thanks, I thought of that, my wife is a doctor, so it wouldn't be hard to get an Rx for it. But will Israel even accept a booster shot that's not currently medically approved for minors? And even with an Rx, will a US pharmacy give a booster to a minor?

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #5434 on: November 22, 2021, 01:12:30 PM »
Thanks, I thought of that, my wife is a doctor, so it wouldn't be hard to get an Rx for it. But will Israel even accept a booster shot that's not currently medically approved for minors? And even with an Rx, will a US pharmacy give a booster to a minor?
Good questions.  We need empirical data. 

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #5435 on: November 22, 2021, 02:43:36 PM »
So now you can get in with an antibody test again?
Not yet...
BUT,,
its been in the works to do so...
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/covid-israels-ban-on-recovered-us-tourists-to-be-examined-by-knesset-684593
"“People in the United States who recovered from COVID in the previous six months or earlier, and then receive only one shot, cannot enter. It does not make sense,” Lipman said.
During the hearing, he will to propose a solution: requiring recovered individuals without electronic documentation to undergo a serological test in Israel.

Given that for the Sputnik recipients-it will be a required to take a serological test Starting Dec 1- perhaps the policy will be enacted at the same time? Just guessing- i have no insider info- but it kind've makes sense to do it at the same time and have the testing in place etc.

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #5436 on: November 22, 2021, 07:22:43 PM »
us citizens can still travel to the usa on expired passport?

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #5437 on: November 22, 2021, 07:35:12 PM »
us citizens can still travel to the usa on expired passport?

If it expired in 2020 or 2021 you can fly back to the US until 12/31/2021.

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #5438 on: November 22, 2021, 11:10:37 PM »
My passport is expiring in 5 months from when I travel in 2 weeks. Will I be fine ?

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Re: Israel And Ben Gurion COVID-19 Reopening Master Thread
« Reply #5439 on: November 22, 2021, 11:20:09 PM »
My brother has a flight landing on the 24th.
The incoming statement has that date.
But the green pass effective date or "תאריך כניסה לתוקף" is the 25th.

Is that a problem?!