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Approved COVID-19 vaccines and countries and territories with approved proof of vaccination

Approved vaccines and list of countries and territories with approved COVID-19 proof of vaccination for travel to England.

From:

Department for Transport

Published

4 October 2021

Last updated

8 November 2021 — See all updates

Applies to England

• Guidance for Wales
• Guidance for Scotland
• Guidance for Northern Ireland

Contents

1. Approved vaccines
2. Proof of vaccination
3. Countries with an approved proof of vaccination and examples of proof required
4. Red list countries and territories
5. Travel to England testing and quarantine rules
6. Stay up to date

What you need to do when you travel to England depends on whether you qualify as fully vaccinated or not.

To qualify under the fully vaccinated rules for travel to England, you must have proof of full vaccination with a full course of an approved vaccine. The proof must have been issued by either:

• the UK or UK overseas vaccination programme
• the United Nations vaccine programme for staff and volunteers
• one of the countries or territories listed below

You can still travel to England if you do not qualify as fully vaccinated but you must follow different rules.

There are also different rules if you have been in a red list country or territory in the last 10 days and you may not be allowed to enter England.

Approved vaccines

You must have had a complete course of one of the following vaccines at least 14 days before you arrive in England:

• Oxford/AstraZeneca
• Pfizer BioNTech
• Moderna
• Janssen

and from 4am 22 November, World Health Organization’s Emergency Use Listing (WHO EUL) vaccines:

• Sinovac
• Sinopharm Beijing
• Covaxin

The day you have your final dose does not count as one of the 14 days.

Formulations of these vaccines, such as AstraZeneca Covishield, AstraZeneca Vaxzevria and Moderna Takeda, also qualify as approved vaccines.

2 dose vaccines

If you were vaccinated with a 2 dose vaccine (Moderna, Pfizer BioNTech, Oxford AstraZeneca, or a combination of them), you must have had both doses to be considered fully vaccinated for travel to the UK.

This applies in all cases, even if you’ve recently recovered from COVID-19 and have natural immunity.

Those who have had COVID-19 and have only had one dose of a 2 dose vaccine must follow the rules for unvaccinated arrivals.

Where 2 doses of a vaccine are required for a full course, you can:

• mix 2 different types of vaccine from the above list, for example Oxford/AstraZeneca and Moderna
• have the 2 vaccinations under 2 different approved programmes, for example Australia and Japan, UK and USA, France and Canada

Single dose vaccines

If you had an approved one dose vaccine (the Janssen vaccine), you are fully vaccinated.

Proof of vaccination

You must be able to prove that you’ve been fully vaccinated under a vaccination programme with approved proof of certification.

If you live in England, you can prove your vaccination status using the NHS COVID Pass.

If you were vaccinated in another country or territory, the table below gives examples of what you can use as proof of vaccination.

Vaccine certificates only

If the table below says you can use a ‘Vaccine certificate’ as proof of vaccination, the following rules apply. The vaccine certificate must be issued by a national or state-level public health authority, be in English, French or Spanish, and include as a minimum:

• your forename and surname(s)
• your date of birth
• vaccine brand and manufacturer
• date of vaccination for every dose
• country or territory of vaccination and/or certificate issuer

Verify your vaccination status in the passenger locator form

You can verify your vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form if you are using either:

• the NHS COVID Pass
• the EU Digital COVID Certificate (EU DCC) - only if you are fully vaccinated with an approved vaccine

You should have your vaccine certificate available in case you are asked to show it.

The table below shows the countries and territories where you can use your EU DCC to verify your proof of vaccination on the passenger locator form. You can only do this if you are fully vaccinated with an approved vaccine.

Countries with an approved proof of vaccination and examples of proof required

List of countries and territories with approved proof of vaccination for travel to England and examples of proof of vaccination.

If you have proof of vaccination from a country or territory that is not on this list, or with a vaccine that is not listed, you must follow the rules for people who do not qualify as fully vaccinated.

Country or territory	Examples of proof of vaccination status and whether you can verify this on the UK passenger locator form
Akrotiri and Dhekelia	Vaccine certificate.
Albania	Vaccine certificate.
Andorra	EU DCC - you cannot use the EU DCC to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form.
Angola	Vaccine certificate.
Anguilla	Vaccine certificate.
Antarctica/British Antarctic Territory	Vaccine certificate.
Antigua and Barbuda	Vaccine certificate.
Argentina	Vaccine certificate.
Armenia	Vaccine certificate.
Australia	Vaccine certificate.
Austria	EU DCC - you can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form - you must be fully vaccinated with an approved vaccine.
Azerbaijan	Vaccine certificate.
The Bahamas	Vaccine certificate.
Bahrain	Vaccine certificate.
Bangladesh	Vaccine certificate.
Barbados	Vaccine certificate.
Belgium	EU DCC - you can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form - you must be fully vaccinated with an approved vaccine.
Belize	Vaccine certificate.
Bermuda	Vaccine certificate.
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Vaccine certificate.
Botswana	Vaccine certificate.
Brazil	Vaccine certificate.
British Indian Ocean Territory	Vaccine certificate.
British Virgin Islands	Vaccine certificate.
Brunei	Vaccine certificate.
Bulgaria	EU DCC - you can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form - you must be fully vaccinated with an approved vaccine.
Cambodia	Vaccine certificate.
Canada	Vaccine certificate.
Cayman Islands	Vaccine certificate.
Chile	Vaccine certificate.
Colombia	Vaccine certificate.
Costa Rica	Vaccine certificate.
Croatia	EU DCC - you can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form - you must be fully vaccinated with an approved vaccine.
Cyprus	EU DCC - you can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form - you must be fully vaccinated with an approved vaccine.
Czech Republic (Czechia)	EU DCC - you can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form - you must be fully vaccinated with an approved vaccine.
Denmark	EU DCC - you can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form - you must be fully vaccinated with an approved vaccine.
Djibouti	Vaccine certificate.
Dominica	Vaccine certificate.
Egypt	Vaccine certificate.
Estonia	EU DCC - you can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form - you must be fully vaccinated with an approved vaccine.
Eswatini	Vaccine certificate.
Falkland Islands	Vaccine certificate.
Finland	EU DCC - you can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form - you must be fully vaccinated with an approved vaccine.
France	EU DCC - you can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form - you must be fully vaccinated with an approved vaccine.
Georgia	Vaccine certificate.
Germany	EU DCC - you can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form - you must be fully vaccinated with an approved vaccine.
Ghana	Vaccine certificate.
Gibraltar	Vaccine certificate.
Greece	EU DCC - you can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form - you must be fully vaccinated with an approved vaccine.
Grenada	Vaccine certificate.
Guernsey	Vaccine certificate.
Guyana	Vaccine certificate.
Honduras	Vaccine certificate.
Hong Kong	Vaccine certificate.
Hungary	EU DCC - you can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form - you must be fully vaccinated with an approved vaccine.
Iceland	EU DCC - you can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form - you must be fully vaccinated with an approved vaccine.
India	Vaccine certificate.
Indonesia	Vaccine certificate.
Ireland	EU DCC - you can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form - you must be fully vaccinated with an approved vaccine.
Isle of Man	NHS COVID Pass or vaccine certificate.
Israel	Vaccine certificate.
Italy	EU DCC - you can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form - you must be fully vaccinated with an approved vaccine.
Jamaica	Vaccine certificate.
Japan	Vaccine certificate.
Jersey	Vaccine certificate (Covid status certificate).
Jordan	Vaccine certificate.
Kenya	Vaccine certificate.
Kosovo	Vaccine certificate.
Kuwait	Vaccine certificate.
Latvia	EU DCC - you can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form - you must be fully vaccinated with an approved vaccine.
Lebanon	Vaccine certificate.
Lesotho	Vaccine certificate.
Liechtenstein	EU DCC - you can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form - you must be fully vaccinated with an approved vaccine.
Lithuania	EU DCC - you can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form - you must be fully vaccinated with an approved vaccine.
Luxembourg	EU DCC - you can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form - you must be fully vaccinated with an approved vaccine.
Madagascar	Vaccine certificate.
Malaysia	Vaccine certificate.
Maldives	Vaccine certificate.
Malta	EU DCC - you can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form - you must be fully vaccinated with an approved vaccine.
Mauritius	Vaccine certificate.
Moldova	Vaccine certificate.
Monaco	EU DCC - you cannot use the EU DCC to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form.
Mongolia	Vaccine certificate.
Montenegro	Vaccine certificate.
Montserrat	Vaccine certificate.
Morocco	EU DCC - you can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form - you must be fully vaccinated with an approved vaccine.
Namibia	Vaccine certificate.
Nepal	Vaccine certificate.
Netherlands	EU DCC - you can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form - you must be fully vaccinated with an approved vaccine.
New Zealand	Vaccine certificate.
Nigeria	Vaccine certificate.
North Macedonia	Vaccine certificate.
Norway	EU DCC - you can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form - you must be fully vaccinated with an approved vaccine.
The Occupied Palestinian Territories	Vaccine certificate.
Oman	Vaccine certificate.
Pakistan	Vaccine certificate.
Panama	Vaccine certificate.
Peru	Vaccine certificate.
Philippines	Vaccine certificate.
Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands	Vaccine certificate.
Poland	EU DCC - you can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form - you must be fully vaccinated with an approved vaccine.
Portugal	EU DCC - you can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form - you must be fully vaccinated with an approved vaccine.
Qatar	Vaccine certificate.
Romania	EU DCC - you can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form - you must be fully vaccinated with an approved vaccine.
Rwanda	Vaccine certificate.
San Marino	EU DCC - you cannot use the EU DCC to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form.
Saudi Arabia	Vaccine certificate.
Serbia	Vaccine certificate.
Seychelles	Vaccine certificate.
Sierra Leone	Vaccine certificate.
Singapore	Vaccine certificate.
Slovakia	EU DCC - you can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form - you must be fully vaccinated with an approved vaccine.
Slovenia	EU DCC - you can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form - you must be fully vaccinated with an approved vaccine.
South Africa	Vaccine certificate.
South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands	Vaccine certificate.
South Korea	Vaccine certificate.
Spain	EU DCC - you can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form - you must be fully vaccinated with an approved vaccine.
Sri Lanka	Vaccine certificate.
St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	Vaccine certificate.
St Kitts and Nevis	Vaccine certificate.
St Lucia	Vaccine certificate.
St Vincent and the Grenadines	Vaccine certificate.
Suriname	Vaccine certificate.
Sweden	EU DCC - you can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form - you must be fully vaccinated with an approved vaccine.
Switzerland	EU DCC - you can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form - you must be fully vaccinated with an approved vaccine.
Taiwan	Vaccine certificate.
Tanzania	Vaccine certificate.
Thailand	Vaccine certificate.
Trinidad and Tobago	Vaccine certificate.
Tunisia	Vaccine certificate.
Turkey	Vaccine certificate.
Turks and Caicos Islands	Vaccine certificate.
Uganda	Vaccine certificate.
Ukraine	EU DCC - you can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form - you must be fully vaccinated with an approved vaccine.
United Arab Emirates (UAE)	Vaccine certificate.
Uruguay	Vaccine certificate.
USA	CDC card showing you’ve had a full course of an FDA-approved vaccine in the USA plus proof that you are a resident of the USA.
Vatican City	EU DCC - you can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form - you must be fully vaccinated with an approved vaccine.
Vietnam	Vaccine certificate.

Red list countries and territories

If you have been in a red list country in the 10 days before you arrive in England the red list rules apply, even if you qualify as fully vaccinated.

Check separate guidance on the red list rules.

Travel to England testing and quarantine rules

Check what COVID-19 tests you need to take and the quarantine rules for travel to England.

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Published 4 October 2021
Last updated 8 November 2021