MADRID, Spain.- The Government of Spain eliminated the restriction due to COVID-19 imposed on residents of Cuba who wished to travel to this European country as tourists.
“Cubans who wish to travel to Spain for family visits, commercial, cultural, sports, tourist trips, airport transits, etc., do not require CEFRONT (National Center for the Coordination of Border Posts) authorization from this moment on. Its processing is free and is subject to booking an appointment. reported this Wednesday the Consulate of Spain in Havana.
Family visits, letters of invitation, commercial, cultural, sports, tourist trips, airport transfers, etc. DO NOT require CEFRONT authorization from this moment on.
Its processing is free and is subject to the mandatory reservation of appointment by @bookitit pic.twitter.com/mtdF1amVOy
– ConsEspLaHabana (@ConsEspLaHabana) May 24, 2022
Through Twitter, the entity specified that appointments for Schengen visas, short stays or airport transit, are open every day, although it warned that there is a high demand.
As for the people whose visas were granted and delivered, but who could not be used due to the closure due to the pandemic, he clarified that they must start a new procedure with the corresponding appointment reservation.
The sanitary requirements necessary to enter Spain, from now on, will be required at the border and not at the time of applying for your visa, added the consular headquarters.
Requirements to enter Spain
All persons with a vaccination or recovery certificate or a negative diagnosis who meet the following characteristics required by the Ministry of Health may enter Spain:
Vaccination certificate: Issued by the competent authorities of the country of origin or the country of application of the vaccine, certifying that a complete vaccination schedule against COVID-19 of the vaccines authorized by the European Medicines Agency or the World Health Organization has been received. health. Certificates with vaccines not authorized by these organisms are also accepted, but the last dose administered must be one of the authorized vaccines.
Vaccination certificates issued by the competent authorities of the country of origin from 14 days after the date of administration of the last dose of the complete vaccine schedule will be accepted as valid.
The certificate will not be considered valid if more than 270 days have elapsed since the date of administration of the last dose. In these cases, the vaccination certificate must reflect the administration of a booster dose.
Diagnostic certificate: You must indicate the result of a Diagnostic Test for Active COVID-19 Infection. Those with a negative result, whose sample collection has been obtained within 72 hours prior to arrival in Spain, will be valid.
Recovery Certification: You must confirm that the holder has recovered from COVID-19. Those issued by the competent authority or by a medical service at least 11 days after the first diagnostic test or antigen detection test with a positive result will be accepted as valid. The validity of the certificate will end 180 days from the date of the first positive result of the diagnostic test.
People who have a European Union Digital COVID Certificate or equivalent will not be required to provide any additional documentation, neither on boarding nor during health checks upon arrival.
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