One jab and previous positive result to travel in Europe

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As I understand it European countries consider someone with a single vaccine and who has had covid within 6 months, can travel as if fully vaccinated.
Does anyone have any practical experience of this, and what documentation is needed? Is it just proof of the jab and proof of the positive test?
Some private medical companies seem to be charging c£150 for a ‘recovery certificate’ but I’m not clear if/why that would be needed.
Thanks

Anyone able to help? Not sure if I’m missing something in the information. 119 have no clue, nor do my doctor, and the government website’s not particularly helpful either.

That’s for the EU green pass SO I don’t think it’s applicable to people coming from the uk? You’d need to check for the country you’re visiting. On the EU green pass your doctor issues a QR code which you scan into an app.

My understanding was the same as Persephones - it’s true for people in the EU scheme, but the U.K. isn’t, so it’s not relevant if you’re coming from the UK…

But the website for the country that you’re going to will have the most up-to-date info.

Ah ok thank you. The Eurostar website implies it’s for people from the UK too but I may have got it wrong. Will do more research but go for the cautious approach if I can’t find any else. Thanks

I thought they said that they’d finally synced the U.K. app with the European one now?

This is an interesting anomaly- reading the Spanish guidelines (as I speak Spanish!) it says “complete vaccination” but the EU green pass, in countries where the one vaccine + prior infection is used, says “vaccine 1/1” but the nhs app doesn’t do that it just gives two QR codes for each vaccine. The nhs doesn’t consider you fully vaccinated after one dose though so you wouldn’t get the COVID recovery QR code would you?

I know going the other way it doesn’t work - lots of British people in France for example still can’t get home without quarantine.

That’s true though - the Eurostar website suggests it’s ok. How would you prove it?

I guess the QR code for the first vaccine and the test result. He tested positive on a fit to fly (😞) so we have a certificate.
Not sure how it’s recorded on an NHS test.

The most frustrating thing is that no-one seems to know. And the cynic in me says it’s being kept vague so that all these private testing and medical companies can continue to make money (which is also what I’m inclined to think about why 16-17 (and possibly younger teens) aren’t automatically being given a second dose even though they are pretty much everywhere else.

My app has both my vaccinations and my recovery from covid on my travel pass.

You mentioned Eurostar so check the official government sources for France (or Belgium or NL if that’s where you’re going).

Do not rely on the Eurostar’s website for official, up-to-date guidelines you need to follow. Always check the official sources, where this kind of thing might be better explained. No idea if it is.

I’m in the EU and what the other posters say is true, if you’ve recently recovered and only have one dose, your certificate will say ‘fully vaccinated’ in the form of ‘1/1 doses’. You don’t need a recovery certificate because it’s in the QR code of the EU digital cert and it says fully vaccinated anyway.

If your NHS pass only says 1/2 and you are unable to show a 2/2 or 1/1 QR code, it is very possible it might not work.

Travel issues aside, even if it worked on the Eurostar, what’s the plan for when you get to your destination? Are you intending on visiting any restaurants, museums, events, shopping centres in some countries…? Because all those requires a vaccination certificate or negative test upon entry (that might or might not be checked but you can’t risk it).

Actually, wait a minute - can the teen not use their recovery certificate instead of a vaccine cert? If the infection was within the last 6 months, that’s valid for the EU. They will an official NHS certificate (don’t pay £150 for one) but that should work for most countries.

www.demarches-simplifiees.fr/commencer/passe-sanitaire-francais-de-l-etranger

If you are planning to travel to France you can try using the link above to obtain an EU pass before you arrive. You fill in the form and send it by email with proof of identity and proof of your previous positive test and one vaccine and they should convert those into a valid pass.

Thanks all. Looks like his vaccine plus positive cert might work.
People are advised not to do a pcr within 90 days of a positive result so that’s not an option.
I’ll try the link lostinacloud has posted which may sort it.
It’s only a weekend trip so he might just have to risk it, on his vaccine and proof of positive test and if he gets stopped at St Pancras so be it.
Or maybe it’ll all be made clear and simple over the next few weeks (not holding my breath).