As it is of interest to all citizens who plan to travel to Spain, the link to the BOE of November 12 is inserted here, where you can find the Resolution of November 11, 2020, of the Dirección General de Salud Pública, regarding health controls to be carried out at the entry points of Spain.
In relation to the measures contained in the previous Resolution, applicable from November 23rd until the moment the Government declares the end of the health crisis situation caused by the COVID-19, it is recommended to pay special attention to the following points:
- All passengers departing from airports or ports located outside Spain must fill out, before departure, the so-called “Formulario de Control Sanitario”, through the website www.spth.gob.es, or the application Spain Travel Health-SpTh. Its content differs depending on whether the trip takes place by air or sea and the models are attached to the Resolution.
- Passengers coming from countries or areas at risk listed in Annex II of the Resolution of the DG de Salud Pública must have a document in English or Spanish that proves they have undergone a PCR test, obtaining a negative result within 72 hours prior to arrival in Spain. The document proving the negative result of the PCR test (Active Infection Diagnostic Test for SARS-CoV-2) must be the original, written in Spanish or English and may be submitted in electronic format. We recommend consulting the Resolution of the DG de Salud Pública for the data that must appear in the supporting document and the type of diagnostic tests that are not admitted.
- The airlines will check, prior to boarding, that passengers bound for Spain have the QR code generated through the web or through the Spain Travel Health -SpTH application. Those passengers who have not completed the Health Control Form electronically may present it in paper format before boarding, accompanied by PCR test, if they come from a country or area classified as at risk.
- The list of countries or risk zones, as well as the criteria for their definition will be reviewed every fifteen days. Updates will be published on the Ministerio de Sanidad website https://www.mscbs.gob.es/ and on the website www.spth.gob.es.
- On arrival in Spain, travelers entering by air or sea must undergo a health check before entering the country. This control may include taking a temperature, a documentary control and a visual control of the state of the passenger. Among the health control measures, PCR tests are contemplated for those passengers suspected of suffering from COVID-19.
To know the particularities of the previous procedures, their exceptions and the rest of measures to be taken into account, you can consult the above mentioned linked BOE. It is also advisable to find out about the measures applied by the countries in which the interested party will be transiting on his or her journey to Spain.