Travel Scoop: French Health Pass for Americans

Vaccinated Americans securing a French Pass Sanitaire
July 29, 2021

AS OF AUGUST 9
Instructions below are no longer valid

Overview

If you are reading this, you are in, or headed to Paris, from the Untied States where you received a COVID-19 vaccine.  As of Thursday, July 29 we can confirm the Centre de vaccination Covid 19-aka the big White Tent next to Hotel de Ville- is no longer assisting Americans with procuring their French Pass Sanitaire. 

Just across the river, at the Hôtel Dieu Hospital located at 1 Parvis Notre-Dame - Pl. Jean-Paul II, 75004, Paris, they are providing assistance, Monday-Saturday (closed on Sundays) from 8:30AM-6:00PM.  
 
Be sure to bring your passport and official CDC vaccination card. 
​You will need to supply contact details (telephone, email and a physical French address). The process was straight forward and quick, but there may be a short line.
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​Please refer to the official French Government website or US French Embassy for answers about this program.
How to Get There
Hôtel Dieu Hospital is conveniently located ~a 4 minute walk from Notre Dame and roughly a 7 minute walk from the Hotel de Ville Metro station.  You can walk, ride a bike or catch a cab.  

The Hospital takes up a large area of space, but the entrance is on the side away from the River.  When we walked perpendicular to the side of the building with the entrance, from the arrow near the river, we thought we had gotten lost.  We kept walking and found the entrance.  

We showed the French speaking greeter our US passport and they instructed us to go down a hall to the first right door.
Remember to be patient and kind.  Some people I spoke with only spoke French, but they all wanted to help.
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How we Found it
Prior to our arrival multiple sources confirmed that the White Tent was no longer consistently offering this service.  We started our search there before being informed of the Hospital. 
We arrived at the Hotel de Ville 1 (yellow) Metro stop.  We first noticed the visitor center before the White tent.
Across the River we traveled for the Hospital.  We saw numerous signs like the one below listing Hotel Dieu.
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In Practice
Please note, the guidelines and places mandating proof of testing, vaccination or a French Health pass continue to change.  During the first week in August, we took the metro, train, dined in restaurants, enjoyed Gardens and visited Hotels in Paris and Alsace.  Beyond the Catacombs we did not visit any major museums.

Upon arrival at the Catacombs, once the ticket agent recognized we were American, we were asked for our test results.  Upon supplying the French Health Pass QR code and our admission ticket we were admitted.

On our return to the United States at the CDG airport, the agent checking paperwork ahead of the check-in counter, specifically asked us for our proof to return to the United States.  We supplied our Verifly app approval and were permitted to join the queue for check-in.
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