Have your Health Pass in France? Instructions for use - LesFrancais.press

Already in force since July 21 in certain places of leisure and culture, this pass (total vaccination, negative covid test or certificate of recovery) is extended from this Monday, August 09 to cafes, restaurants, planes, trains, coaches for long journeys, fairs, seminars and trade shows.

3 options to have your French Health Pass.

If you are fully vaccinated

The conditions differ depending on the vaccine you used. For Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca, you have to do both injections and wait two weeks after the 2nd injection. For Johnson & Johnson of Janssen, it is only necessary to make an injection but to wait four weeks. For people who have tested positive for covid, only one injection of one of these vaccines is needed, and one is considered fully vaccinated two weeks later.

It is therefore necessary to assert your rights a QR code. If you have been vaccinated in Europe, the QR code of your country of residence can be read by the French application and transformed into a QR valid in France. If you have not been vaccinated within the countries participating in the European program, then you must send the proof of vaccination to an email address dedicated to your geographical area and set up by the consular administration which you will find by clicking HERE.

Present a negative test within 72 hours

A negative PCR or antigen test for Covid-19 also acts as a health pass: be careful, it is the time at which the test was carried out that refers, and from which the 72-hour countdown starts. . All PCR and antigen tests or self-tests generate proof in the form of a QR code as soon as the professional enters the result. Note that the deadline has increased from 48 hours to 72 hours following the announcements of the French Minister of Health Olivier Veran this Sunday, August 08, 2021.

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Present “proof of recovery”

This also applies to the health pass. You can present the result of a positive RT-PCR or antigen test attesting to recovery from covid, dating back more than two weeks and less than six months.

Get tested for free in France?

Even for expatriates, until September 15, screening exams are free for all French people, even those who do not or no longer have the right to social security, whether or not they live in France.

Normally, you only need to present your identity card and indicate that you are an expatriate for the practitioner to carry out your screening without you having to pay the costs in advance. For this, the pharmacist or the doctor must carry out a specific encoding.

It may happen that the intervenor has not been informed of the provision or does not know how to carry out the specific administrative procedure. In this case, you may be required to pay for this screening.

Social Security reimburses you

French nationals living abroad who did not benefit from third-party payment for the performance of their test carried out during their temporary stay in France and who therefore had to advance costs, can request reimbursement of their paid invoice.

The request for reimbursement is made according to the personal situation:

Affiliated to the Caisse des Français de l'Etranger (CFE)

French people affiliated to the CFE send their invoice to the CFE, which will reimburse them on the same basis as the Assurance Maladie.

Not affiliated to the CFE and registered with a primary health insurance fund (CPAM)

French people not affiliated to the CFE who are registered with a CPAM, within the framework of the coordination of European social security systems or an international social security agreement signed between France and their country of residence (they have the that filed a registration form in order to benefit from health insurance services), send their invoice to this CPAM who will reimburse them the invoice.

Not affiliated to the CFE and not registered with a primary health insurance fund (CPAM)

French people not affiliated with the CFE and not registered with a CPAM, under an international social security agreement, send their request for reimbursement on a secure platform with the following supporting documents:

Sending supporting documents on this secure platform is done in several steps, which are detailed in a tutorial available for download (PDF).

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