Super Green Pass in Italy

US white cards are OK. US citizens can’t get green cards. Just make sure you have your vaccination in the valid time frame, because they will check date of last vaccination/booster on your CDC card. We laminated copies of ours and have needed to show them everywhere we enter - no problems. Would be easier if you have the code available to scan on your phone (which some, but not all, vaccination providers offer) but CDC cards are fine.

desimonela, can you confirm what the valid time frame is? I thought I read it was 9 months, but would love confirmation. Thanks.

Couple of questions:

1) Has anyone tried to get a copy from CVS of their card? They didn't sign my white card when I got my booster. They gave me a print-out instead

2) I was under the impression that, if you have a QR code from "CVS" (CVS offfers this on-line) that you CAN get a green pass. But I haven't figured out which of the multiple apps in the App Store to use

Don't laminate your cards. Rather put it in a transparent plastic cover from which you can easily take it out.
Your 3rd (and in the future 4th) booster info is also entered in the same card. If you laminate it, you can't write info in it anymore.

You can't get a Pass for vaccinated people (aka the Super Green Pass) because you already have one: it's the CDC card.

I am currently in Italy. Every where we have gone, they have recognized our CDC cards. We have had no problems.

I read in the Italian newspapers that there are now extremely long lines at pharmacies to get rapid tests due to new requirements for schools, work and travel with many regions falling into the Yellow Tier. Since you might need one to board a plane on the way back, take the extra time into consideration.

Just back. We scotched taped our CVC cards onto our passports, which turned out to be very handy. Only once did a restaurant refuse us, and this was one of our favorite ones. I had printed out the green pass requirements in italian, highlighting the acceptability of our CVC cards. A conference ensued and they let us in.

This is my understanding: For vaccinated people the Green Pass is valid for 270 days, while for those who get the pass after recovering from covid, it remains valid for 180 days (about 6 months).
We have gotten the booster (and had BT cases less than 6 months ago) so didn’t have to worry about expiration.
Note: we laminated copies of our cards since we are pulling them out often, sometimes while still outside in the rain. We did not laminate the originals. (We are also carrying the originals, but the copies have been accepted everywhere.)
There are lines at pharmacies for testing, but not excessively long from what we saw today in Florence. We brought the Binax/Emed testing kits with us and plan to use those for testing the day before we are due to return to US. Hopefully we won’t need to depend on a local pharmacy, but have been scouting some out nearby just in case something doesn’t go as planned!

Dumb questions. Has anyone used the "recovered from COVID" qualification? And if so, how did you prove you recovered from COVID?

I ask because...my wife got her booster in early October. Me in late October. Seems like the booster qualifications for Italy are going down in time frame and not up. It seems like everyone we know (all boostered, all mask wearing, following the "science) is now getting COVID which we believe to be an inevitability. We are 90ish days out from our trip to Italy. The "recovered from COVID" qualification may be the easier way to get in is our concern.

And does the USA have the same qualification?

N95 mask (FFP2 as it is called in the EU) is about to become mandatory on public transit and all other indoor places. Masks (any type) will also be required outdoors. Buy some before you leave, then get the rest there in case they require the FFP2 European certification for masks.
Being decided now as I write by the Italian Government.

Define “outside”

While still silly, I guess I understand wearing one in a crowded Christmas market. But on the Spanish steps at 1 AM?

Outside is outside in Italy. Doesn't matter where you are.

That’s too bad but the rules are rules.

We left Rome December 23rd and are now in Florence. Our CDC vaccination cards are always accepted as their version of the green card or super green pass. You also have to show your passport with the CDC card to get in and out of museums, restaurants and public transportation. We bought three dollar clear plastic envelopes/folders from Amazon that perfectly fit the CDC cards and we highly suggest them as pulling them in and out to show people is very hard on the cards without a protective cover.

Our daughter went to Italy in Abruzzo 2 weeks ago and she had problems with her cdc card as in small locations they aren't used to see much tourists. Their guide provided them with 2 link that you can show to restaurant/hotel owners. They need to accept your cdc card, but they don't know.
1. Article in Italian about asking Green Pass o foreigner - https://www.appe.pd.it/10127-2/
2. The Italian Regulation/law - https://www.trovanorme.salute.gov.it/norme/dettaglioAtto?id=81933&articolo=7

Hope it helps

I arrived in Italy on December 15 and have been traveling with a small group of my students in Rome and Florence since then. We are currently in Venice. None of us has had a problem with the CDC card which we keep in a plastic holder (procured from Amazon). Most places (restaurants, museums, historical sights) don't even look closely at the cards, but occasionally someone will check the date of last vaccination. The most scrutiny we were subject to was at the Duomo Museum in Florence. The security guard checked our documentation diligently. Sometimes (such as in the latter case) we have to show ID to prove that the name on the card is ours, but that is not the norm. We all have been boosted with the earliest being in late October. To be candid, when I pull out my CDC card (with my doses handwritten on it) I'm a little embarrassed: the Italians are way ahead of the US where the application of technology to the demonstration of vaccination status is concerned.
N95 masks (in Italy the common equivalent is FFP2) are the norm and required on public transportation everywhere I've been. Personnel were handing them out to people at St. Mark's Basilica today if visitors were wearing any other kind of mask. They are getting difficult to find here and prices have risen over the last week. I paid 4.50 euros for 5 in Rome on Christmas Day and they were twice the price later in the week.
It's a good idea to bring self-test kits in case you're not feeling well. I've tested once since arriving and getting a negative result put my mind at ease.
There are lines at pharmacies in Florence and Rome, but they are not horrible. A friend of mine waited an hour at a Red Cross testing center in Florence.
My colleague who had been traveling with the group returned to the US today and said that it took a while to check in at FCO because "people weren't prepared to travel." I found a similar situation when I entered Italy.
Because of the seriousness with which people here seem to be taking the country's guidelines/laws, I feel much safer here than where I live in the US. That's not a reason to let down one's guard, though.

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