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If you're travelling to france, do yourself a favour and bin the nhs app and use the french one, its much better, easier to use and accepts the NHS certs
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If you're travelling to france, do yourself a favour and bin the nhs app and use the french one, its much better, easier to use and accepts the NHS certs
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Can you do that? If you can I wish we'd thought of it when we were there a couple of months back. The only restaurants we could get into were the ones attached to our hotels. The UK one wouldn't work on my (old) phone and was less than useless on my wife's posh new one.
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Can you do that? If you can I wish we'd thought of it when we were there a couple of months back. The only restaurants we could get into were the ones attached to our hotels. The UK one wouldn't work on my (old) phone and was less than useless on my wife's posh new one.
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Yes, really easy to set up and use.
The French have set up a pretty slick system, when I got a pcr test there they send a txt message with a link that also loads the test results straight into the app.
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Sorry to hijack this thread, but I am a bit worried about my travel plans driving fronm the UK into Europe.
I am a UK and EU dual national.
I received both my vaccinations in Brunei.
I have a paper booklet as a vaccinatrion certificate - two shots of AstraZeneca duly recorded, last shot administered more than two weeks ago and less than 6 months ago.
I also have a Bruneian national health app which can generate a QR code containing vaccination information. I also have a printed version of this.
I have just read that I need to be able to show an NHS covid pass app or whatever it's called to board a ferry to France.
Am I going to have problems?
Is this issue specific to France? I could just as easily take the ferry to Netherlands instead.
Thanks
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A simple way to be sure aside from having QR codes printed (belt-and-braces)
IMHO, keeping things European, would be to download the French TousAntiCovid app onto your dog 'n bone and use the app to scan all your QR codes.
If valid and successful, the app will make a 'confetti shower'.
Sorted. Happy travels EO
p.s it is worth knowing the current UK legislation, IF you wish to return to the UK:
is to have an independant covid flow test booked- Eurotunnel/ferries will ask you for this code number when you make your booking and it is issued by an approved tester once you have bought their day2 test kit and without may refuse you.
I've not tested the 'going only one way scenario'-
The only constant sound I seem to have been able to hear is the gentle hum of politicians going about feathering their own nests... 
Covid rules appear to have the horizontal hold of a fruit machine.
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The FCO site is quite helpful, and covers all travel to France, not only UK citizens: https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-ad...y-requirements
They don't go into detail of what France regards "acceptable proof" but if you have a 2D-barcoded vaccination certificate you may be abled to scan that into the French app as suggested above.
The French government website is a little harder to work with, but is more comprehensive: https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/co...nals-in-france
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Toyark
IMHO, keeping things European, would be to download the French TousAntiCovid app onto your dog 'n bone and use the app to scan all your QR codes.
If valid and successful, the app will make a 'confetti shower'.
Sorted. Happy travels EO
p.s it is worth knowing the current UK legislation, IF you wish to return to the UK:
is to have an independant covid flow test booked- Eurotunnel/ferries will ask you for this code number when you make your booking and it is issued by an approved tester once you have bought their day2 test kit and without may refuse you.
I've not tested the 'going only one way scenario'-
The only constant sound I seem to have been able to hear is the gentle hum of politicians going about feathering their own nests... 
Covid rules appear to have the horizontal hold of a fruit machine.
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Thank you very much for an insightful reply, Tomkat. I have got the TousAntiCovid app, but it won't accept my Bruneian QR code. I think I will need to give France a miss and take the ferry to Netherlands (which actually suits me better as I was heading for The Hague, it's just a bit more of a drive to Harwich than it would be to Dover.
I recently flew to the UK so have experienced the Day 2 test booking. I don't plan to be back for about 3 months and don't have a return ticket, but I can book the thing anyway - thanks for the tip.
Really appreciate your help,
EO
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