Vaccination certificate

[Lemut]

Android and Apple version of the French Covid contact app available via links on this page + some more useful info.....

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[Djenks]

Been in France, Spain and Portugal for the last 8 weeks.
Didn’t need the App while in France (during our first 3weeks in the Van) but was occasionally asked to produce vaccination certificates at camp sites. We will return to France within the next month and will endeavour to download the French App beforehand (not least because we will need the App to access bars, restaurants, etc). Things are tightening up in France.
No problems in the north of Spain where there has been no mention of the App. Only rarely have we been asked to produce certificates (at the occasional camp site in Spain).
Portugal has been a mixed bag with my wife and I both being asked to take an antigen test on two occasions despite her producing an English vaccination certificate and me having the Welsh certificate. Most camp sites do still accept the paper vaccination certificates.
My wife now has the App and is in a better place than when she just had the certificate. The Welsh certificate I obtained early in June is a waste of space since the QR code on the certificate cannot be read by hand held QR readers over here in Portugal. The certificate itself is enough however to get into most campsites.
My advice is to get the App working before you travel and to also bring paper certificates with you.

 

[missmollie]

Does the French Tout AntiCovid Verif app work like our track and trace or is it just for proof of our vaccination? I noticed when I downloaded the app I was asked to turn bluetooth on.

 

[Land Yachties]

Does the French Tout AntiCovid Verif app work like our track and trace or is it just for proof of our vaccination? I noticed when I downloaded the app I was asked to turn bluetooth on.

You have the option of deactivating so it won't track and trace you

 

[Puddleduck]

Glad we are not planning on going abroad at the moment as:

1. We live in and were vaccinated in Scotland which doesn't appear to have any sort of system recognised elsewhere
2. We don't have smart phones and don't want them.

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[Neil S]

Glad we are not planning on going abroad at the moment as:

1. We live in and were vaccinated in Scotland which doesn't appear to have any sort of system recognised elsewhere
2. We don't have smart phones and don't want them.

That lot in Holyrood should have got this sorted IMO .

 

[sciac2001]

Yes it does. We tested the paper version, the NHS App, and the French TousAntiCovid App 3 days ago over here.

Yes it does. We tested the paper version, the NHS App, and the French TousAntiCovid App 3 days ago over here.

thanks Debs. I have been previously advised that the paper version only has a barcode and not the qr code.

 

[ChesterB]

Anthea, don't forget the "on-your-honour" form to keep our french cousins happy. I downloaded it quite easily, tidied it up into one page of A4 and typed in our details, ahead of time for our trip next month. Madam has done the clever stuff with the NHS/French app for the other bit.

I've even copied their similar forms for leaving France into either amber or green countries. At present their system says that fully vaccinated travellers don't need them, but you never know. It doesn't help that they list the rest of the EU as green, while we list most of it as amber.

I see the comments about the "problem" with disparity in names. As long as the first name & surname are the same, I hope it shouldn't be a problem. After all, it is the NHS transferring the information themselves, not us. A UK driving licence, to link name, DoB and home address should be the final link in the system if anyone asks silly questions. I hope!

Happy travels,
CB.

 

[ChesterB]

Captain Birdseye - as regards middle names, The Boss has just been on the blower to the Govt Covid advice people and has been told quite specifically that: "The NHS will ONLY use you first name and surname on the Covid App. Middle names do NOT come into it".
Hope that helps.
CB.

 

[scotzsue]

Just about given up Govt website says name on qr code must be same as passport, to get the euro one needed in ‘France, it only has my first and surname, Gp says it is Covid app fault Covid app says it is Gp’s fault. doubt we will get it sorted this year. John’s doesn’t have his middle name either and passports have the surname first

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[Colin Wilson]

That lot in Holyrood should have got this sorted IMO .

 

[ChesterB]

I think some of the name discrepancy issues are more from people who still have medical records in old names, but passports in new ones, etc etc.
The Boss has had no problem in obtaining her UK Covid App.

Also, why would the French Covid App know what names are on your passport?

CB.

 

[DebsD]

I've seen people using the paper one on a campsite in the Vendee so just assumed they'd be OK. Maybe double check as I'd hate to give you wrong info x

 

[violet]

I have just spoken w

Captain Birdseye - as regards middle names, The Boss has just been on the blower to the Govt Covid advice people and has been told quite specifically that: "The NHS will ONLY use you first name and surname on the Covid App. Middle names do NOT come into it".
Hope that helps.
CB.

I have just discussed this with 119. I have been told by them that the lack of middle names on the Coronovirus vaccination certificates (thus not the same as on passports) is definitely causing problems when people travel outwith the UK. I asked if travellers were being turned away and I was told yes.
I was also told that the system has not been set up to use full names and this would be alright when in the UK. It didn't sound as if anything was going to be done about it for those people travelling further afield.

 

[G30rge]

Here's an answer I got from my enquiry via email.
1st answer basically said to speak to GP (not a lot of help at all)
This answer does actually tell you where to look to see if your details are correct in the app and the fact that the covid pass has not been set up for full names.
When I check my name as detailed in the email, my full name is actually there!
But obviously not there in the pass.

as they have mentioned in the email I've actually raised this as a complaint so that it gets escalated and hopefully they will keep me updated

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[gus-lopez]

I fail to see why gov.uk are so insistent on names being complete? As long as first & last name are correct & in any order there should be no problem.My wife's middle name is Sandra. according to her spanish medical cards, driving licence , residencia ,etc; etc, she is "Sand" ? No one has ever said anything? I've given up pointing it out?
As long as it ties up there should not be a problem. The spanish often put the last name first followed by your first & then middle name.
Elsewhere it will be middle name , first name ,then last name.
& somewhere else ,last name, middle name,first name.


my passport is last name, then first & middle the same as my residencia & driving licence but the medical card is first,middle ,last yet the EU digital certificate taken from medical records is last,first ,middle? then I have the online "Patient Portal"app showing everything including the EU digital cert & that is first ,middle ,last.

 

[violet]

I fail to see why gov.uk are so insistent on names being complete? As long as first & last name are correct & in any order there should be no problem.

My understanding of what I was told by the assistant on 119 is that it is not the UK insisting on full names, indeed middle names aren't necessary in the UK, but that some countries are insisting on vaccination certificates which match the name on the travellers' passports. I was asking about paper certificates.

 

[gus-lopez]

My understanding of what I was told by the assistant on 119 is that it is not the UK insisting on full names, indeed middle names aren't necessary in the UK, but that some countries are insisting on vaccination certificates which match the name on the travellers' passports. I was asking about paper certificates.

As I posted neither my residencia ,which is what I would be using anywhere in the EU, or my passport match up to my EU digital vaccine certificate . Neither do they match my spanish medical card or the patient application.

 

[Neil S]

I have just spoken w

I have just discussed this with 119. I have been told by them that the lack of middle names on the Coronovirus vaccination certificates (thus not the same as on passports) is definitely causing problems when people travel outwith the UK. I asked if travellers were being turned away and I was told yes.
I was also told that the system has not been set up to use full names and this would be alright when in the UK. It didn't sound as if anything was going to be done about it for those people travelling further afield.

I had a conversation with NHS inform Scotland today and the operator admitted that they’d had numerous calls about the lack of middle names on the certificates

 

[Anjistar]

The Pass the NHS send you by mail only has a barcode, but the option to SavePrint) a PDF from the NHS web site or App prints with the QR code.
There are two French Apps - tousanticovid and the tousanticvid Verif app. I understand that the Verif app checks the validity of the QR code.

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[lochness]

Just got through French passport control at Dover with Scottish paper Covid docs.

 

[AlastairH]

Yes but I am finding that the paper certificate is not accepted in France!

 

[Neil S]

Just got through French passport control at Dover with Scottish paper Covid docs.

let us know how you get on and if you any other problems getting it accepted

 

[deleted79651]

Glad we are not planning on going abroad at the moment as:

1. We live in and were vaccinated in Scotland which doesn't appear to have any sort of system recognised elsewhere
2. We don't have smart phones and don't want them.

I registered from Scotland about 12 days ago. Had to login to Patient Access Account, follow the 'COVID Passport Page' link and then emerged, Narnia like, onto the main NHS website where the data collection and back and forth of security codes occurred. We were in a rain sodden Dumfries & Galloway/East Ayrshire at the time and the 3G was very flaky, so it took about 3 attempts to register, but I did have an electronic record of vaccination. IIRC, I have to log back in again within 30 days to keep the 'Passport' current, presumably so that I can verify that I am still in the land of the living and that I haven't had any COVID symptoms or contacts? As a bonus, the gash on my head from nutting the m/home window has healed up and the scab fallen off, so I'm in fine health!

Steve

 

[lochness]

Yes but I am finding that the paper certificate is not accepted in France!

Will find out in two hours. Fingers crossed

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[deleted79651]

Will find out in two hours. Fingers crossed

A quick Gallic shrug, a 'bof, monsieur' and an appeal to remember the alliance ancien might get you through!

Bon chance!

Steve

 

[lochness]

Drove off ferry straight into France. Not stopped.

 

[colyboy]

When both of us had had our two jabs (not a very good smart phone user) I asked for a paper copies in English and French they said allow five days and the arrived in five days.

Colyboy

 

[Puddleduck]

I registered from Scotland about 12 days ago. Had to login to Patient Access Account, follow the 'COVID Passport Page' link and then emerged, Narnia like, onto the main NHS website where the data collection and back and forth of security codes occurred. We were in a rain sodden Dumfries & Galloway/East Ayrshire at the time and the 3G was very flaky, so it took about 3 attempts to register, but I did have an electronic record of vaccination. IIRC, I have to log back in again within 30 days to keep the 'Passport' current, presumably so that I can verify that I am still in the land of the living and that I haven't had any COVID symptoms or contacts? As a bonus, the gash on my head from nutting the m/home window has healed up and the scab fallen off, so I'm in fine health!

Steve

Not sure that would be recognised outside the UK though - and we don't have smart phones.

 

[spitfire]

Drove off ferry straight into France. Not stopped.

Have you tried it yet in cafe or restaurant? Our Scottish neighbours haven’t tried theirs since arriving . Would be interested to hear experiences of other Scots .

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