Spain Eases Entry Requirement For Non-EU Travellers

Charlie Coronavirus News & Events Spain UK 28 February 2022 | Updated On February 17, 2024 | 0

Travellers from third countries planning to visit Spain will no longer need to have an EU-approved vaccination to enter Spain as long as they are fully vaccinated with WHO authorised vaccines.

They will also allow travellers who in the last 180 days have been infected from COVID-19, and have recovered from it.

The move has been announced by the Spanish government, which has published the changes to the Spanish COVID-19 regulations on travel to the country in the Official State Gazette (BOE) on Saturday, February 26.

The rule change will come into effect on 1 March 2022.

Non-EU travellers still need to meet other entry requirements such as the passenger form.

Unvaccinated travellers from outside the EU-bloc including the UK are still banned from non-essential travel.

Since 1 February, vaccination certificates for entry into Spain have been valid for only a period of 270 days from the date of the administration of the last dose. Those whose vaccination is older must have received a booster dose in order to be permitted to enter Spain as a fully vaccinated individual.

EU Travellers To Spain

Last week, the Spanish authorities had extended the current entry rules that apply to 29 European Union/European Economic Area countries for another week. According to the rules, travellers from the EU and Schengen Area can enter Spain if they present proof of COVID-19 vaccination, proof of recovery from COVID-19, or negative results of a COVID-19 test taken pre-departure.

As a result, the current restrictions on travellers from the EU and non-EU countries are the same, except that travellers from third countries cannot enter on the basis of a negative COVID-19 test result.

Recognised Vaccines in Spain

Here is a list of approved vaccines by EMA and WHO. For non-EU travellers, any travellers with WHO-approved vaccines can enter Spain.

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has approved:

Pfizer and BioNTech
Moderna
AstraZeneca
Nuvaxovid
Johnson & Johnson

The World Health Organization has approved:

Pfizer and BioNTech
Moderna
AstraZeneca
Nuvaxovid
Johnson & Johnson
Sinopharm
Sinovac
Bharat Biotech
Serum Institute of India

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