As an unvaxxed adult traveling to France, the French system requires me to have a "compelling reason to travel" which is set out on a permit form.
All the reasons are work or education related, with a few very specific exceptions. There is nothing there that I can use. My reason for travel is to support my son and his family whilst his wife has some tests and treatment in hospital.
Anyone any ideas on how I might deal with this? I'm a bit grumpy to say the least that a fully vaxxed person can travel with no restrictions at all, but an unvaxxed person has all these restrictions.
I'm a bit grumpy to say the least that a fully vaxxed person can travel with no restrictions at all, but an unvaxxed person has all these restrictions.
It's their country so you'll have to put up with their rules. They grant fully vaxxed people certain privileges to make it worthwhile as they are in theory less risk.
I'm a bit grumpy to say the least that a fully vaxxed person can travel with no restrictions at all, but an unvaxxed person has all these restrictions.
It's their country so you'll have to put up with their rules. They grant fully vaxxed people certain privileges to make it worthwhile as they are in theory less risk.
If you had any actual experience of functionaires in France you might understand her frustration. The current public health rules are mostly department based but the point of entry rules are a quite different set of rule from the ministry. A letter of invitation and explanation (en francais) would usually suffice at the marie, the usual first point of contact with the state, but unless you were a fluent francophone and a old hand at playing French bureaucracy ( a far less enjoyable game than playing Italian bureaucracy) then trying to talk your way through at port of entry is usually a game you would lose. Purely on principle.
As for the OP. If the family members are well established and French fluent then the maries office would be my first point of call. For advice. If the department / commune has its act to together then there should be a work around as its a health based family emergency type situation. But based on immediate family experience over several decades if you are not fully fluent in French (which they are) then the options when dealing with the French state are rather limited.
I'm a bit grumpy to say the least that a fully vaxxed person can travel with no restrictions at all, but an unvaxxed person has all these restrictions.
It's their country so you'll have to put up with their rules. They grant fully vaxxed people certain privileges to make it worthwhile as they are in theory less risk.
If you had any actual experience of functionaires in France
You are right, I have experience of functionaires in France . But your suggestion to beg the mayor to let her enter is ridiculous. How much influence do you think a mayor has at border control? Seriously?
If you had any actual experience of functionaires in France
Sorry meant to say, I have no experience of functionaires in France .
