Travel Restrictions

Transportation, Travel and Trips
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Well, I am surprised. In NE and VD, the vast majority of health care workers and care workers are frontaliers and live in France. Without them, the whole system would collapse in hours. Our GP is French and lives in France too.

It actually creates huge tensions with Franche-Comté Hospitals and Care homes, and they just find it impossible to recruit staff - and most of them are foreign or far away in France, as all the locals work in Switzerland in much better conditions and much higher salaries.

Those few who live on CH site used to commute and then got married to Swiss and stayed, like my 2 closest neighbours.

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One in five nurses is a cross border worker. The healthcare in Ticino would collapse without them.

"Among the sectors most affected would be the hospital sector: about half of the nursing staff are foreign and a fifth are cross-border workers."

https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/covis-1...italy/45578368

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He was wrong about the bit in bold, travel to the uk is not restricted to residents. Being a British national is considered a compelling reason to travel to the UK.

Some of them were obviously confused by the rules on the first day, I assume they’re better acquainted with them now.

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Just wait 24 hours and they will change them all again.

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When you get to the border- them being right or wrong make very little difference ... if you get a 'job's worth' (although as said he was very friendly) - try and argue the toss as your train is about to leave....

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Interesting so the Rule says one of the accepted reasons for travel is: "A French or foreign national travelling to their country of residence or origin"

so if you have a British Passport then UK is the country of Origin (not to be mixed with Ethnicity/ Hometown or Place of Birth all of which could be different)

btw: I hope you did not forget to "bonjour" the Frenchman

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btw, that was not a border guard, we had no problem with either French or British Border- that was at the Registration for boarding booth at the entrance.

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So possibly someone who simply did not understand the rules.

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It’s now the ‘carrier’ that is responsible for checking the documents. Border Control depends on this. (And it shortens the queues)

110
This, exactly. I did wonder if any of the other Swiss plates were EFers?

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A Rapid Anti Gen Test in Paris will Cost you 25.54 Euros, If you get caught , the fine is 200 sfr, the possibility is Not really high, even on the TGV.

Travel Restrictions are Made To Hassle Travellers and leave

The Commuters(Cross Border)without reasonable controls.

The Numbers around Switzerland are pretty high, only the Cross Border workers do Not have To Produce a certificate.

The only Interest of These Rules are getting the workforce Into Switzerland.

Been 2 days in Paris, Nobody wants To See a Covid certificate, at Restaurants Nobody Cares about anything,Shopping areas were at a good Capacity,RATP was full, No Queue at the Test Center, seems that everybody in Paris lives a different Life.

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When I did the Anti Gen Test , i was Not asked for any Form of ID, so anybody could have done the Test for me.

IT IS all about the Money.

At the beginning she Said, the Results should Take 10 Mins,after 5 Mins i have called To Receive my result.

IT was an official Testing Site in the Westfield Shopping Center les Halles.

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We did ours at the local French chemist and were asked for our ID- as it had to be recorded on the form anyhow?

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I am Glad , currently have No Plans going To Austria ,

I read in another Forum , you require 3 vaccinations To enter the country, so anybody with one vaccination from Johnson &Johnson can't enter.

Probably will visit a Concert in Vienna in July, when IT will happen.

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one question regarding 72h PCR test for traveling. does it means 72h before plane starts, 72h from landing or something else? and our this tests controlled prior boarding?

thanks!

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Depends on the country you are travelling to??

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This. If you're talking about rules for Switzerland, the rule when we traveled (last week) was 72 hours before boarding the aircraft on the first flight of the itinerary.

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Switzerland have 2 rules which is ridiculous, 72 hours before boarding and 72 hours before arriving. Unless you do 2 tests you have to follow the latter.

On boarding: On boarding, everyone aged 16 and over intending to enter Switzerland by air or bus must be able to show the negative result of a PCR test (performed no more than 72 hours prior to boarding) or a rapid antigen test (performed no more than 24 hours previously).

On entry to Switzerland: On entering Switzerland, everyone aged 16 and over must be able to show the negative result of a PCR test (performed no more than 72 hours prior to entry) or a rapid antigen test (performed no more than 24 hours previously).

https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/en/home...tml#-924144951

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Then it's a bit silly and they don't enforce it whatsoever.

I've been back and forth to CH many times during this pandemic, including returning just a few days ago. I've never been checked on arrival in terms of how many hours prior my test was done. In the few times they even asked, all they wanted was a negative test and they never blinked it was 24 or 72 hours before departure and not arrival.

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Chile via Sao Paolo and I don't understand the rule