Travel and COVID-19

All passengers arriving in Spain by air (except children under 12 years of age and those in international transit), regardless of the country of origin, including Spaniards returning to their home, must have one of these documents:

• DIGITAL COVID CERTIFICATE OR EU EQUIVALENT  vaccination against COVID-19 or a negative certificate of an active infection diagnostic test or a certificate of recovery after passing the disease. You can check if your certificate is valid on the website  https://spth.gob.es or in the Spain Travel Health app -SpTH- (Android, iOS, Huawei).

  Upon arrival at the airport follow the signals indicating the ORANGE WAY .

• QR SPTH . If you do not have the EU Digital COVID Certificate or EU equivalent, you must fill in the SPTH Health Control Form manually entering the data of your vaccination, recovery or diagnostic test certificate through the website https://spth.gob.es or the Spain Travel Health application -SpTH- (Android, iOS, Huawei). The system will send you a QR code that you will have to present both prior boarding, and upon your arrival in Spain. In the health control, you may be required to present this document certifying vaccination, diagnostic test or recovery.

  Upon arrival at the airport follow the signals indicating the BLUE WAY .

Passengers from 12 years of age, who arrive in Spain by sea must also be in possession of one of the required health certificates (vaccination, recovery or diagnostic test), whether it is an EU CCD/EU Equivalent or another type, without being required to complete a health control form.

For more information, see the section "Learn more about the new health control process" or the FAQs .

EU DIGITAL COVID CERTIFICATE / EU EQUIVALENT CERTIFICATE

An EU Digital COVID Certificate (DCC) is a digital accreditation issued by the competent authorities of EU countries that a person has a valid vaccination schedule against COVID-19, a diagnostic test has been carried out with negative result or has been recovered from COVID-19.

COVID-19 certificates of vaccination, diagnostic tests or recovery issued by countries with which the EU has established equivalence (EU Equivalent Certificate) will have the same status as an EU DCC. These countries can be consulted on the European Union (EU) website

Any of these three certificates (vaccination, recovery, diagnostic test) may be used by travellers to enter Spain without the need to complete a health control form, provided that it meets the following criteria:

NOTICE: Since 1 February, some EU Covid Digital Certificates of Vaccination must be reissued, following the administration of a booster dose. Please contact your issuing organisation and check its validity before travelling.

• COVID-19 Vaccination Certificate
  • From 1 February 2022, this will be valid from 14 days after the date of administration of the last dose of the complete vaccination schedule and will be valid up to 270 days from the date of administration of that last dose. The vaccination certificate with a complete schedule for people under 18 years of age does not have an expiration date.
  • Thereafter, in order to be valid, the vaccination certificate must reflect the administration of a booster dose. These certificates will be considered valid since the day the booster dose was administered.

Any vaccine authorised by the European Union (European Medicines Agency, EMA) and WHO will be accepted. Certificates with vaccines not authorised by these agencies are also acceptable, but the last dose administered must be of one of the authorised vaccines. Complete vaccination schedules are defined as those established in the COVID-19 Vaccination Strategy in Spain .

• Certificate of a diagnostic test for SARSCoV2 with negative result. The following diagnostic tests shall be admissible:
  • NAAT- nucleic acid amplification tests (e.g.: RT-PCR, RT-LAMP, TMA, HAD, NEAR, CRISPR, SDA), with sampling within the previous 72 hours to departure to Spain.
  • RAT-rapid antigen test, with sampling within the previous 24 hours to departure to Spain. You can consult the list of rapid tests approved by the European Commission through this link
• A COVID-19 Recovery certificate: Recovery certificates issued at least 11 days after the first positive NAAT or RAT, and up to a maximum of 180 days after the date of sampling, are accepted as valid. The RATs accepted are those authorised by the European Commission, which can be consulted at the following link , and must have been performed by healthcare professionals. Passengers with a Recovery Certificate other than an EU Digital COVID Certificate or equivalent must also provide documentary proof of the diagnostic test from which the Recovery Certificate is derived.

Other certificates

Passengers from third countries who meet the requirements to enter Spain (see section "Entry requirements for entry in Spain from third countries"), may travel by presenting any of the following certificates, as long as they meet the same conditions as the EU Digital COVID Certificate:

• a certificate of vaccination against COVID-19,
• a negative diagnostic test (NAAT or RAT) performed within 72h (NAAT) / 24h (RAT) to departure,
• a certificate of recovery from COVID-19. Passengers who are in possession of a recovery certificate that is not an EU Digital COVID Certificate or equivalent, must also provide the document with the result of the diagnostic test from which said recovery certificate derives. The RAT tests admitted are those authorized by the European Commission, which you can consult at the following link , and must have been carried out by health professionals or by personnel specialized in carrying out diagnostic tests.

Until the EU Digital Covid Certificate regulations are in force, member states citizens may continue to submit other vaccination/diagnostic test/recovery certificates.

For more information, please see the FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS, FAQs

At the present time, no additional measures are required to those already mentioned. In the event that the epidemiological situation of a country/areas worsens in a way of concern, exceptional health control measures may be applied to passengers coming from those countries/areas.

During your stay in Spain follow at all times the COVID-19 recommendations indicated by the health authorities. You can consult them in the following link

For more information on health controls for travellers, international means of transport and international ports and airports facilities at Spanish points of entry, see the following link:  Health and Hygiene Controls in international means of transport and international port and airport facilities.

In case of interest, you can consult the regulations concerning health controls and temporary mobility restrictions in the following link.

Under development.

If you have any problem filling the Health Control Form or any questions regarding the health control procedure upon arrival in Spain, please call +34 910 50 30 50 (service hours Monday to Sunday from 08:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. 00 (Spanish time) to be attended in Spanish, English, French or German). Cost of the call according to the current rates that you have contracted with your telephone operator. Your telephone operator will apply the corresponding rate depending on the country where the call to Spain originates. Check with your telephone operator the rate applied for more details.

You can also send an email to spth@sanidad.gob.es with a screenshot of the error message. Please also indicate in the subject of the email if you are using the web service or the mobile application.