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Re: Entry requirements and insurance
[Re: Bspatz]
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12/15/2021 06:53 PM
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JasonHelmbrecht
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We plan on flying to stt and staying 1 night before continuing to the BVI but if I can find a rapid test with same day results I'll do that and just it for entry to both St Thomas and BVI. Glad we don't need another test for gone.
Any idea if my insurance is correct?
Thanks Just do an eMed test from home day before you leave. Results in 20 minutes.
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Re: Entry requirements and insurance
[Re: Bspatz]
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12/16/2021 09:34 AM
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ndfaninnc
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I was not asked about insurance when I arrived in November.
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Re: Entry requirements and insurance
[Re: tpcook]
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12/16/2021 10:21 AM
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They accepted my USA medicare card. No problem Hey TP, Does US Medicare cover foreign travel medical? I did a quick search... Medicare generally doesn’t cover health care while you’re traveling outside the U.S. Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands are considered part of the U.S. There are some exceptions, including some cases where Medicare Part B (Medical Insurance) may pay for services that you get on board a ship within the territorial waters adjoining the land areas of the U.S.
Last edited by cwoody; 12/16/2021 10:31 AM. Reason: Quick search
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Re: Entry requirements and insurance
[Re: rocinante]
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12/16/2021 12:48 PM
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JasonHelmbrecht
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Am I correct to understand that the 48 hour window for entering the BVI is just to avoid having to retest on arrival, and that otherwise you have a 5 day test window? Yes, you are correct. 5 days is acceptable for entry but you will take another rapid test at your port of entry. If you can test within 2 days of arrival you will skip the arrival test and go directly to immigration/customs on arrival.
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Re: Entry requirements and insurance
[Re: JasonHelmbrecht]
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12/16/2021 03:18 PM
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Am I correct to understand that the 48 hour window for entering the BVI is just to avoid having to retest on arrival, and that otherwise you have a 5 day test window? Yes, you are correct. 5 days is acceptable for entry but you will take another rapid test at your port of entry. If you can test within 2 days of arrival you will skip the arrival test and go directly to immigration/customs on arrival. At least at Beef you do go to the same holding area with everyone else even if tested less than 48 hours where they check your papers and vacc cards and if acceptable they escort you to C&I...the 2 days is a great idea because the last thing you want is a false positive on Day 1 and Emed takes 20 minutes (5 min prep and 15 minute wait to be read)
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Re: Entry requirements and insurance
[Re: Bspatz]
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12/25/2021 07:06 PM
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I am super confused and I certainly don't want to get anything wrong before traveling. The current travel plan: We are scheduled to arrive by air at STT on March 11 and then catch a ferry to either West End or Road Town that same day. We will be on a private catamaran March 12-19. We leave the BVI and go back to St. Thomas by ferry on March 19.
-Vaccination: We took the Johnson and Johnson 1-shot vaccine. Does the BVI consider that 'fully vaccinated'?
-Insurance: This is our biggest question. We have trip insurance but I am unsure what the 'minimum approved coverage' is for medical costs and repatriation. Does the BVI publish the minimum coverages so that I tell if what I already have works?
-Entry testing to the BVI: Question 1: it looks like we have to show proof of a negative test that was taken less than 5 days before arrival in the BVI. It says PCR or rapid antigen - is the eMed test accepted? Question 2: it looks like upon arrival at the ferry terminal, if the negative test result is less than 48 hours old, we don't have to take the rapid test at the ferry terminal, correct?
-Return testing to the USVI: we have to have a negative antigen or NAAT test result taken within 5 days. I was going to ask where I can get a qualifying test in the BVI but does anyone know if the eMed test result is accepted to get back into the BVI by ferry?
Thanks in advance for everyone that responds to all of these questions.
Last edited by chippero; 12/25/2021 07:07 PM.
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Re: Entry requirements and insurance
[Re: chippero]
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12/25/2021 07:18 PM
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bailau
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It will most likely change by then but here goes all IMHO...we just returned. INTERLACED IN CAPS I am super confused and I certainly don't want to get anything wrong before traveling. The current travel plan: We are scheduled to arrive by air at STT on March 11 and then catch a ferry to either West End or Road Town that same day. We will be on a private catamaran March 12-19. We leave the BVI and go back to St. Thomas by ferry on March 19.
-Vaccination: We took the Johnson and Johnson 1-shot vaccine. Does the BVI consider that 'fully vaccinated'?
YES
-Insurance: This is our biggest question. We have trip insurance but I am unsure what the 'minimum approved coverage' is for medical costs and repatriation. Does the BVI publish the minimum coverages so that I tell if what I already have works?
YOU WILL BE FINE JUST SHOW TRIP INSURANCE WITH NAMES. THEY DIDNT EVEN ASK US DEC 11 FOR IT AND WE DIDNT HAVE BUT WE DID HAVE PROOF OF INTERNATIONAL HEALTH COVERAGE FOR EVERYONE ON TRIP
-Entry testing to the BVI: Question 1: it looks like we have to show proof of a negative test that was taken less than 5 days before arrival in the BVI. It says PCR or rapid antigen - is the eMed test accepted?
YES...WE USED IT. MUST BE PROCTORED
Question 2: it looks like upon arrival at the ferry terminal, if the negative test result is less than 48 hours old, we don't have to take the rapid test at the ferry terminal, correct?
YES...
-Return testing to the USVI: we have to have a negative antigen or NAAT test result taken within 5 days. I was going to ask where I can get a qualifying test in the BVI but does anyone know if the eMed test result is accepted to get back into the BVI by ferry?
EMED ACCEPTED...IN JUNE WE DID AT JVD WHEN WE NEEDED FULL PCR TO RETURN. AGAIN EMED MUST BE PROCTORED. BRIGN EXTRA EMEDS
Thanks in advance for everyone that responds to all of these questions. MERRY CHRISTMAS
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Re: Entry requirements and insurance
[Re: chippero]
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12/25/2021 07:59 PM
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Excellent. I see that you may have printed your results. I don't know that we'll able to do that. Will they accept the PDF results on my phone? If you only have a phone, open the PDF that included CLIA and signature and save a screenshot. USVI will accept the screenshot of the PDF. This is what we did last month.
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Re: Entry requirements and insurance
[Re: rocinante]
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01/05/2022 01:37 PM
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JasonHelmbrecht
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Apologies in advance for continuing to beat a dead question :-)
Several people have stated that the testing window to avoid retesting on arrival is really 2 calendar days. But bvi.gov.vg/travel-protocols still says "48 hours". It seems odd that they state this in hours, but state the 5 day limit in days. Has anyone actually arrived with test results greater than 48 hours old but still within 2 calendar days?
Yes, happens all the time. I just had 15 guests come in with tests around 58 hours old.
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Re: Entry requirements and insurance
[Re: RatmansWife]
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01/05/2022 01:59 PM
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Insurance is the bigger question: how will you pay for lodging if you test positive to re-enter the US? We are getting calls for housing quarantine guest who tested positive on their US entry tests. I think finding room for everyone could be an issue.
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Re: Entry requirements and insurance
[Re: JasonHelmbrecht]
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01/05/2022 03:01 PM
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RatmansWife
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[quote=RatmansWife]We are getting calls for housing quarantine guest who tested positive on their US entry tests. I think finding room for everyone could be an issue. Or suppose rooms are available, but they're $750/night, and you need to stay for a week? Plus ordering in food. Then there is the contact tracing. Suppose you test negative, but one of your boat mates tests positive. It sounds like that's okay now, but not sure.
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