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Post by balddave on Feb 23, 2022 9:41:38 GMT
With the lifting of seemingly all covid laws in the uk including the need to self isolate, can somebody please explain to me why we are still expected to complete the laborious PLF form, I appreciated it’s function when track and trace was (nearly) operational and the isolation/return testing have been a requirement but I’m struggling to see its benefits now ?
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Feb 23, 2022 11:11:30 GMT
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Post by yorkshiremouth on Feb 23, 2022 11:11:30 GMT
I quite agree.
Apparently it’s been simplified, but not by a lot. And you can complete it up to 72 hours before return instead of 48.
But it does seem obsolete. If I fly back from Greece to the U.K. I presume the airline hold my name, DoB, address and passport number, and the date I returned.
Grant Shapps has said it may go at Easter. If it does, I believe the only remaining pieces of red tape remaining - for the fully vaccinated, at least - will be your NHS Covid Travel Pass (I suspect we all have, and have already used ours, but I’d check it periodically) and the Greek PLF.
No word or even a hint yet on that.
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Post by dennisn on Feb 23, 2022 17:56:13 GMT
We’re not going for a few months so I don’t pay a lot of attention. The latest Gov UK I have received confirms PLF required to enter Greece and all members of family kin one form which I’m sure we all agree was a doddle last year. I haven’t looked at coming back and if you all promise to vote for Boris we won’t need anything!
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Feb 23, 2022 19:35:09 GMT
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Post by yorkshiremouth on Feb 23, 2022 19:35:09 GMT
I fundamentally agree with Dennis’ main point here.
The rules now are probably not the rules we’ll have in May, June, July, etc.
In the last two years, the start of the season has been delayed, not starting until July. This year I’m extremely confident that the season will begin on time. If anything, I’m a tad more hesitant to guess whether the season will last the course until the end of September, though I’m still fairly hopeful about that.
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Feb 23, 2022 20:44:03 GMT
Post by dennisn on Feb 23, 2022 20:44:03 GMT
Well I can assure you it will go until at least 23rd September.
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Post by kevb on Feb 25, 2022 11:33:04 GMT
Not really expecting it to be in place by time main holiday season hits (ie schools off) but have to wait and see.
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Post by balddave on Mar 14, 2022 20:11:33 GMT
Thank goodness common sense has prevailed, no PLF from Friday, one less worry on holiday
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Mar 25, 2022 9:28:59 GMT
Post by kevb on Mar 25, 2022 9:28:59 GMT
Having had to do them for both myself and mum for last two years I won't be sorry to see them go. Were they ever actually policed? Anyone know of anyone who had a visit to check they had ended up where they were claiming on their forms?
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Mar 25, 2022 11:24:03 GMT
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Post by yorkshiremouth on Mar 25, 2022 11:24:03 GMT
I do know that when new variants appeared, they shut the borders and tried to track down people recently arrived from the affected countries.
But how much the PLFs actually helped, vs just looking on the flight manifests, I’m highly dubious.
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