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Covid requirements to enter france

We are travelling from Seattle to Paris, transmitting through Heathrow. We will stay airside in Heathrow before boarding our flight from heathrow to Paris. We are fully vacinated , with boosters. We will have negative antigen test, taken before we board in Seattle, which will be within 24 hours of the time we land in Paris.

We thought this would be sufficient for entry into Paris. But what we are reading now in confusing and contradictory.
Is it sufficient to have proof of vaccination and a 24 hour (48 hour?) Antigen test, or will more be required?

We plan to use the at home proctored test which we have used in the past for re entry into the the USA.

Do we need to test upon arrival Paris and/ or quarantine? We understand we will need a pass sanitaire to dine out etc ).

If quarantine is required , we will cancel this trip.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thank you. Mike C.

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There are a number of French government references outlining the rules for travel from an amber country such as the US. You must present:

  1. Evidence of being vaccinated

  2. A sworn statement certifying the absence of Covid 19 systems and any contact with anyone affected.

  3. A negative Covid test administered no earlier than 48 hours before your departure. Your itinerary departs from SEA.

https://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Actualites/L-actu-du-Ministere/Certificate-of-international-travel#from1

I have not seen any written evidence of home tests being accepted by French authorities. I would check directly with your air carrier, being very clear about your testing plans.

Everyone who enters France agrees to be Covid tested upon arrival if asked. It is rare that anyone is tested upon arrival, but it could happen. There is no arrival quarantine for those vaccinated and arriving from an amber country, other than those originating from the UK. You're originating from SEA.

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there are references to the appropriate government webpages on your other post with a similar question

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We just did this same trip on 12/21 (we’re still in Paris currently). We took our COVID antigen tests less than 48 hours before our flight (we went to the On Point testing site in Seatac - the town, not the actual airport). I was worried about whether our test would also get us out of Heathrow and into Paris. Turns out, it’s really just about your flight origination (which no one clarifies in all the websites). We showed our passports, our vaccination cards, and our negative tests to British Air in Seattle and then no one else asked for them again….well, they asked for our passports.

We got our Pass Sanitaire at CDG. They only asked to see our passports and vaccination cards.

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Cary—did you get your Pass Sanitaire at a CDG pharmacy? If so, any difficulty? Time? 13 year old granddaughter and I (both fully vaccinated and with a booster) will be arriving on a Delta flight from Seattle at about noon on a Saturday. Latest I read is that there are two pharmacies at CDG which issue the passes but they’re both at the departure level. Since we’ll be traveling on to Versailles immediately from CDG, I’ve considered just waiting to get the pass at a pharmacy there. Thanks so much for any help!

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Mike,
I agree, it's confusing and the entry/exit requirements can change quickly. My go-to site for keeping up to date on this is the U.S. State Department's Travel Advisory by country. Just plug in the country name and the US Embassy's website for that country comes up. Read through all the information to get a clear understanding of what is required. Here is the one for France as of today (1/2/2022):
https://fr.usembassy.gov/covid-19-information/

We just returned from a three European country stay and this was very helpful to us in planning our trip. I made all testing appointments in advance, which saved us many hours of standing in long lines.
Enjoy your trip,
Paulette

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We waited to get our Pass Sanitaire at a pharmacy in Paris. We found it faster to get out of CDG, which had a line. Our pharmacy took our cards, and then asked us to come back in 30 minutes. There were 6 of us.

Do check them over carefully. We didn’t. Our daughter had her 2nd vaccine on Dec 4. The pharmacy confused the slash mark as Dec 14 and her pass failed at our next stop. Thankfully, a new pharmacy corrected the error.