Extended travel ban to midnight 31st May .....

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NON-EU TRAVEL BAN INTO SPAIN EXTENDED

TOURISM MINISTERS HOPE TO REOPEN SOON FALLS FLAT

Source: BOE No.103 Orden INT/420/2021As the Tourism Minister had given some hope earlier this week of reopening Spain soon this latest news comes as a shock not only for travelers but also is a another huge blow to the tourism sector who were preparing to reopen soon.The Official State Gazette (BOE) released by the Interior Ministry late on Friday 30th April has 2 updates:

1) Extended the travel ban for non-EU countries on entering Spain.

2) Reduced the people exempted from this ban.

NEW END DATE: Midnight 31st MAY

The BOE states " The effectiveness of Order INT/657/2020 is hereby extended until May 31."

REASON

The BOE only mentions states "for reasons of public order and public health due to the health crisis".

This could be due to either new strains detected, such as in India, or in an effort to get the health situation more under control before the start of the summer. This order is based on the EU recommendation on non-EU countries entering Spain.

CONFLICTING INFORMATION

This BOE comes from the Ministry of the Interior however the Ministry of Health which has been the main source for travel updates has not updated this information on their website yet. The last update on 28th April adding India to the quarantine list and still indicating the travel ban until May 9th.

The Ministry of Exterior, Spanish Consulates have yet to update their information.

The Minister of Tourism had declared earlier in the week his plan to reopen to tourism by June with trails of a new EU Green Digital passport/certificate to begin in 46 airports in May. It is unclear if this will proceed.

EXEMPTIONS or ESSENTIAL REASONS REDUCED

Previously there were 10 exemptions to the travel ban which has now been reduced to 4.

"Only the exceptions set forth in letters d) [Transport professional], e) [Diplomats, etc.] and i) [Fuerza mayor or humanitarian] shall apply, except in the case of a) persons residing in Spain or Andorra, or Spanish citizens and their spouse or partner with whom they maintain a union similar to the registered conjugal one in a public registry, and those ascendants and descendants who live under their care, provided they travel with or go to meet with them"

WHO CAN TRAVEL INTO SPAIN?

-YES: Spanish citizens & residents and their immediate family

-YES: EU citizens

-YES: UK citizens who have a lived in Spain before 2021 and therefore a right to residency under the Withdrawal Agreement should be able to enter with the documentation indicated on the Gov UK website.

-YES: Citizens of Australia, New, Zealand, China, Thailand, Singapore, South Korea, Rwanda.

-NO: Citizens of UK, USA, Canada or any other non-EU country not mentioned above, cannot enter unless residents or with a visa.

-YES: Any person with a valid Visa

QUARANTINE 10 DAYS

"Additionally, it is necessary to face the risk derived from new variants and from the epidemiological situation suffered by some third countries, which has forced the Ministry of Health to establish the quarantine measure for people (Spanish or Spanish Residents) arriving on flights from any airport located in those countries to any airport located in the Kingdom of Spain, with or without intermediate stops."

This adds India and to the list of restriction currently affects the Brazil, South Africa, Botswana, Comoros, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania.

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