COVID-19 - Travelling to France
As of March 12, 2022, no restriction shall apply when entering metropolitan France from the United States.
No compelling reason is required for travelers to France.
The required documents to travel depend on the traveler’s vaccination status.
Before boarding, passengers must fill in the European Digital Passenger Locator Form (dPLF) -.
Vaccinated travelers:
- must present a proof of their vaccination status
- are not required to present a negative Covid-19 test before departure.
Unvaccinated travelers must present:
- a negative PCR test result taken less than 72 hours before the flight
- or a negative antigen test result taken less than 48 hours before departure (departure of the first flight in the event of a connection)
- or a certificate of recovery (positive result of a PCR or antigen test carried out more than eleven days and less than six months previously). This certificate is only valid for a period of six months from the date of the examination or test.].
For all passengers, no measures (tests, isolation) are in force upon arrival in metropolitan France.
Children under 12 are exempt from these formalities.
You are considered fully vaccinated:
- 28 days after one dose of the Janssen vaccine,
- 7 days after the second dose for the other vaccines recognized by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) (Pfizer/Comirnaty, Moderna, AstraZeneca/Vaxzevria/Covishield).
- For people who have received all the required doses of a vaccine authorized by the WHO which has not been recognized by the EMA, 7 days after one additional dose of a messenger RNA vaccine recognized by the EMA.
Since January 30, 2022, in order to continue to be considered as fully vaccinated, persons aged eighteen and one month or over wishing to enter the national territory must have received a dose of complementary messenger RNA vaccine no later than 9 months following the injection of the last required dose.
To sum up: to travel to France, it is mandatory to have received either a second dose of Covid-19 vaccine less than 9 months ago or a booster dose if your last dose was received more than 9 months ago.
In all cases, the usual travel restrictions apply (visas, duration of stay, etc.).
It is important to note that other rules apply to travel to and from French overseas territories.
More information on the website of the Ministry of the Interior
However, it still applies:
in medical and care facilities ;
to cross borders, when travelling from/to France ;
in some overseas territories.More information on the website of the French Government