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Went through immigration yesterday, Aug 19. Couple of things on the current situation.

Health Pass: The website has changed very little. If you read the narrative it will still tell you insurance is required. However they have added a question asking if you have been vaccinated outside Costa Rica. If you answer yes, you then get a series of questions about which vaccine and dates.

If it is an approved vaccine in CR and two weeks after the last dose you can upload documents. I uploaded a cell phone photo of my CDC card. It then asks if you want to upload your insurance documents. Implying it is still needed after you just entered vaccination info. I said no and was then given the QR Code.

The Health Pass website at no place I found tells you that with vaccination proof you no longer need insurance. Actually it keeps telling you the opposite. You have to have confidence in knowing it is no longer required.

Yesterday in Immigration they scanned the QR Code and asked no further questions.

Previously Immigration gave you the number of days your insurance was good. With the proof of vaccination I was given 90 days.

Thanks Bulldog, useful info.

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Thanks for the update. It will come in handy as I leave friday.

I was informed earlier today via a chat from a representative of Sagicor insurance that fully vaccinated US travelers do not currently need to purchase insurance or fill out the health pass. He stated all that was needed was the vaccination card.

Can anyone confirm this?

I should be in SJ in September...

You also need to give the secret handshake as detailed 3 posts up.

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Can confirm no insurance if vaccinated. Got my QR code yesterday and flew through customs today.

I know of 2 vaccinated people contracting COVID-19 resulting in demise. One vaccinated person who contracted COVID-19 and was hospitalized with bilateral pneumonia, requiring O2 administration. One vaccinated person who contracted COVID-19, was asymptomatic but experienced the “long haul symptoms.”

They were in their 40s and 50s.

That health insurance is cheap. Just get it and include it in your travel expenses. In these times it is unwise to roll the dice. There are no guarantees.

Good advice for those of us over the 60 year mark. The price for the insurance outweighs the cost of being hospitalized or put in isolation for 2 weeks. I'll get the insurance when I come down in Dec.

great information looking to get back to finish dental. Thanks again and look forward to more posts pedro

amen to that

Am fully vaccinated. Late 60’s. Leaving tonight and spent the $93 with Trawick for the more comprehensive package. Who in their right mind is so cheap that they wouldn’t spend $50 to $100 for insurance, especially since most in this forum will be active in sharing bodily fluids etc.

When you go here it says you have to buy one of three: Grupo INS or Sagicor or BCBS Costa Rica. https://salud.go.cr/step1

Will they accept Trawick for entry?

I does NOT say you have to buy one if those three.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/or

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I have entered 4 times with Trawick

Ok “authorized” and “unauthorized” will not let you get your health pass

“Minimum coverage of USD $2,000 for extended lodging expenses due to quarantine or can purchase a local insurance, offered by one of the authorized local insurance provider:
Grupo INS
Sagicor
BlueCross BlueShield“

And we all know vaccinated don’t have to buy it if they want to roll the dice.

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