Commission proposal for a common vaccination card/passport for EU citizens
The ultimate goal of a vaccination passport would be to ensure that children who move between countries with different immunisation schedules do not miss out on crucial vaccinations. A similar scheme is already in place for pets and has helped boost vaccination rates, according to the European Commission.
I have no worries about entering, I'm concerned about boarding the plane though. Not sure if you can rely on some foreign airport worker to know how many days the Irish govt considers you fully vaccinated
Tried ringing about an 1hr ago.....lines only open from 08:30 to 18:30
24/7 surely for a week or two
Thank you!
It's automatic. Don't ring the helpline. They're snowed under.
Check your spam and promotions etc folders a few days after the vaccine.
Getting my second jab on Sunday. How do I get the travel cert? Do I get it automatically or do I have to ring the helpline?
Got my DCC last night at 8.02pm. Only had second Pfizer on Sunday morning in the Aviva. My eldest got first Pfizer this morning through sheer good luck. They're starting a new job next week with vulnerable clients so the company they will be working for were arranging a vaccine for them and they had also signed up with a pharmacy for the Janssen vaccine. The pharmacy rang a few hours later to see if they wanted to stay on the list! A friend of theirs said a relative worked in a GPs surgery and they were looking for people to come in and get a vaccine as so many were cancelling their appointments! And the surgery is about a 10 minute walk from our house. I'm delighted they got Pfizer as there is a history of blood clots in the family. They hadn't registered with the HSE portal yesterday for this reason. I think the country is awash with vaccines now.
After being on hold for over 3 and a half hours on Monday, the operator put me on a high priority. Got the cert by post this morning. Without the call I wouldn't have received any Certificate either by post or email.
got cert via email within the 72 hours I was told back on Monday ... did get the vaccine in GP back in May and mail went to my promotion folder too
Same. I was vaccinated on the 1st of January in the CUH and still waiting. Have they all gone out?
Incredibly friendly voice on the other end, answered exactly 4 hours after ringing, all sorted thank god
Whats the operating hours of this helpline? I was almost 5 hours on it today and had to go, will try first thing in the morning
Just as I typed this they answered, thank christ
4 hours on the helpline now, cracking up
Hypothetical question..
I have received my certificate already and only received my 2nd vaccine last weekend.
If I was travelling abroad today, would I "pass" as technically I have the certificate but it's less than a week since my Pfizer jab.
Wishful thinking..not going anywhere!
Done with my mine and it registerd straight away
Opened the cert on my laptop and scanned the QR code in the Covid app
I was one of these people and there was nothing wrong with any of my details at all . I spent 2 hours on hold last Friday . 3 hours Monday to be treated appallingly being told would not escalate as I was only going on holiday and no one had died . I got through to a nice person yesterday and received cert via email this afternoon eventually. I was vaccinated in January in hospital setting working on a covid ward . At least I’m sorted now flying Saturday but it would seem hospital staff vaccinated early on there is a problem getting there certs . Lots here not rec
I'm in similar situation and not sure what to do. Is there any risk in getting 3 pfizer shots for the sake of getting the EU travel cert?
The little paper cert and badge you get aren't certificates. They're just appointment cards. The digital certificates is just a QR code either on paper or held on your phone.
The HSE contact tracing app will hold the cert if you scan the code.
I just checked around my family and friends and they've all received theirs, ranging from my oldest relative in her 80s who got it by post and had been vaccinated by her GP months ago, to someone who got vaccinated last week.
I got my second shot yesterday. Out of curiousity, I checked the portal while I was waiting after the jab and it was updated already, so I'm expecting a cert by email sometime soon.
The numbers calling are huge, tens of thousands a day. No call centre system can deal with that.
Just received my covid cert through Email
Only got vaccinated by pharmacy on Monday
No, they are accepting the cert sent out with QR code, it's the card or paper handed out by Vacination centers and Gp"s that are not acceptable anywhere, these are what these people presented 'foolishly " to malta customs officials.
No , they are not accepting the HSE vaccine cards
As the Irish Examiner reports, Irish travellers to the island had not yet received their certificates and the HSE-issued cards were not accepted by Maltese authorities.
Malta's implementation of the Covid certificate is among the strictest in the EU and Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue has told travellers they should be aware of the requirements of the country they are visiting.
You mean not accepting the paper version as posted out?
The reason for the Revenue envelopes is simply that the have the printing technology to do a mass mailing of certificates.
It makes more sense to just use that than to have outsourced it.
Got through today after just over 5 hours. Like previous post, my details double-checked and should have it in next 72 hours.
I hope it gets sorted. I got through today again and the guy was a lot more helpful. He doubled checked all my details and said it would be escalated and that I would received an email with the cert in 72 hours so fingers crossed.
Just passed the two hour mark on the helpline. Will hear the music in my head for the next 2 weeks.
For those flying, if 7 days after your second (pfizer) vaccine and you get the cert you'll be fine entering.
Looking at this thread I'd be avoiding getting in touch unless I had urgent need for the pass. Complete disaster!
From experience, much of the hospital vaccinations near the start didn't do a great job of data entry. Lots of addresses and other details wrong.
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