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Recently, I’ve heard that you need to have had a Covid vaccine within the last 9 months to get into Spain.

Is this true? If you leave Spain and haven’t had a Covid vaccine in the last 9 months, can you get back in?

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    Welcome to the vaccination sudoku. Some weeks ago you didn't need it (I know because a familiar came) but probably the rules have changed in these weeks... who knows..
    – Ivan
    Commented Jan 27, 2022 at 11:51
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    From February, the vaccination certificate is valid only for 9 months, in entire EU, but other methods may be available (like tests).
    – Giacomo Catenazzi
    Commented Jan 27, 2022 at 12:52

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You can look it up on https://reopen.europa.eu/en/map/ESP/7001 and https://www.iatatravelcentre.com/world.php -> Spain.

From https://www.iatatravelcentre.com/world.php:

  1. Passengers must have:
  • a negative COVID-19 rapid antigen test taken at most 48 hours before arrival. The test result must be in English, French, German, Spanish or accompanied by a certified Spanish translation; or
  • a negative COVID-19 NAAT test taken at most 72 hours before arrival. Tests accepted are: CRISPR, HAD, LAMP, NEAR, PCR, RT-LAMP, RT-PCR, SDA and TMA. The test result must be in English, French, German, Spanish or accompanied by a certified Spanish translation; or
  • until 31 January 2022, a COVID-19 vaccination certificate showing that they were fully vaccinated with AstraZeneca (SK Bioscience), AstraZeneca (Vaxzevria), Covaxin, Covishield, Covovax, Janssen, Moderna (Spikevax), Nuvaxovid (Novavax), Pfizer-BioNTech (Comirnaty), Sinopharm or Sinovac at least 14 days before arrival; or
  • from 1 February 2022, a COVID-19 vaccination certificate showing that they were fully vaccinated with AstraZeneca (SK Bioscience), AstraZeneca (Vaxzevria), Covaxin, Covishield, Covovax, Janssen, Moderna (Spikevax), Nuvaxovid (Novavax), Pfizer-BioNTech (Comirnaty), Sinopharm or Sinovac at most 270 days and at least 14 days before arrival; or
  • from 1 February 2022, a COVID-19 vaccination certificate showing that they received a booster dose; or
  • a COVID-19 recovery certificate issued at least 11 days after the positive COVID-19 NAAT test result. The sample for the certificate must have been taken at most 180 days before arrival.
  • This does not apply to:
  • passengers younger than 12 years;
  • passengers arriving from Chile, China (People's Rep.), Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong (SAR China), Indonesia, Korea (Rep.), Macao (SAR China), New Zealand, Rwanda or Saudi Arabia;
  • residents of the United Kingdom arriving from the United Kingdom;
  • deadheading crew.
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  • I hope this changes, injecting myself continuously just for tourism sounds wrong and creepy
    – Ayyash
    Commented May 4, 2022 at 13:43

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