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Returning to the UK from France/Switzerland.
Can anyone confirm which company you used to get back? Or which you plan to use?
It says PCR and Antigen are suitable but has anyone used C19 or similar to get back??
Thanks
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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That’s the topic I started and am maintaining but not a lot of real world examples of returning home.
Most posts are about entering Europe.
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| bezthespaniard wrote: |
That’s the topic I started and am maintaining but not a lot of real world examples of returning home.
Most posts are about entering Europe. |
As it's such a new rule I don't think many people will have had the time to pre-purchase a kit from the likes of Randox or C19 and actually use it for their return back to the UK. I used a C19 kit to enter France last Friday and it's what I intend to use when I travel back to the UK at the end of the month (I pre-purchased it and have it with me), but right now I can't give a definitive answer that it works even though I fully expect it to meet the requirements (as they currently stand).
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Thanks mate
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| rob@rar wrote: |
| bezthespaniard wrote: |
That’s the topic I started and am maintaining but not a lot of real world examples of returning home.
Most posts are about entering Europe. |
As it's such a new rule I don't think many people will have had the time to pre-purchase a kit from the likes of Randox or C19 and actually use it for their return back to the UK. I used a C19 kit to enter France last Friday and it's what I intend to use when I travel back to the UK at the end of the month (I pre-purchased it and have it with me), but right now I can't give a definitive answer that it works even though I fully expect it to meet the requirements (as they currently stand). |
Would be worth a test to see if you can scan the C19 QR code into the TAC app!!
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@rob@rar,
With the C19 kit do you activate it at the same time as you send the photo to them or do you have to activate well in advance of sending the photo?
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| bezthespaniard wrote: |
| Would be worth a test to see if you can scan the C19 QR code into the TAC app!! |
I tried, it doesn't work. The QR code from C19 just takes you to their own website giving confirmation of the result.
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| welshflyer wrote: |
@rob@rar,
With the C19 kit do you activate it at the same time as you send the photo to them or do you have to activate well in advance of sending the photo? |
I did the test then took a photo of it after 15 minutes, and immediately sent it to C19. The guidance says that the photo needs to be taken 15-30 minutes after your conduct the test. I guess you could undertake the test and take the photo several days before you submit the photo to C19's website, but I have no idea if they check the photo's metadata to see when it was taken.
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The test for entry to UK needs to be "taken in the 2 days before you travel to England" so presumably you could take the test (and send the photograph) any time during that period.
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Amazon now sell day 2 tests.
Admin should be pushing the link for the comissions
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I use Prenetic Fit to Fly and it was perfect yesterday.....
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You know it makes sense.
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@thierryd,
Was it a PCR Test or Antigen Test. How long did they take to send you the result of the test.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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| welshflyer wrote: |
@thierryd,
Was it a PCR Test or Antigen Test. How long did they take to send you the result of the test. |
Antigen... Litterally, the result was sent in 5mn
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Poster: A snowHead
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For an antigen test, they're not sending you a result, are they? Just acknowledging your photo. PCRs will obviously take longer.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Anyone about to return to the UK from Morzine, with a transit through Geneva, with experience of pre-return tests that will keep the Swiss happy? Presumably, PCR tests are the only option in this scenario. Any recommendations/advice?
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Getting it done locally In Andorra
Any  up, it’s on them
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I'll be staying in Val d'isere and flying back from Geneva. As I understand it, the Swiss don't require any sort of fit to fly test as we're staying in the Rhone Alpes region.
What I don't understand is whether the UK authorities required a pcr or antigen test as a fit to fly before my return? I did see it mentioned in the news today that the government is changing its stance on international travel due to omicron now being rife in the UK. 
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| tomb wrote: |
| What I don't understand is whether the UK authorities required a pcr or antigen test as a fit to fly before my return? I did see it mentioned in the news today that the government is changing its stance on international travel due to omicron now being rife in the UK. |
At the moment the UK requires a negative antigen (lateral flow) test. It does not require a PCR test, although that is also acceptable.
The government has today reduced the restrictions on international travel. If it makes further changes I think they will also be to reduce the restrictions, as Omicron will soon be everywhere and it makes no sense to maintain all travel restrictions.
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Great, thanks  . Currently it looks like an antigen test will be ok going via Geneva. Best keep an eye on the goal post’s though…
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@tomb,
For the UK Authorities:-
1) Less than 48hrs before arriving back in the UK you need a -ve result from an Antigen Test (Lateral Flow).
2) Within 2 days of arriving back in the UK you have to take a PCR Test (Day 2 PCR Test). Until you get the all clear from this test you stay in self isolation. You need to organise this test before you get back to the UK because when you order this test you receive a "test reference" which has to be entered on the UK Passenger Locator Form 2 days before you return to the UK.
This was the situation yesterday, I don't know if the UK are changing this.
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@rob@rar,
How has the UK reduced the restrictions on international travel today?
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No red list countries any more
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| welshflyer wrote: |
@rob@rar,
How has the UK reduced the restrictions on international travel today? |
Removing all countries from the 'red list' from Thursday.
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