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Check if you qualify as fully vaccinated for travel to England: approved vaccines and proofs 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 and Department of Health and Social Care

Published

4 October 2021

Last updated

28 February 2022 — See all updates

Applies to England

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

Contents

1. Check if you qualify as fully vaccinated
2. Approved vaccines
3. Proof of vaccination
4. Countries and territories with an approved proof of vaccination
5. Red list countries and territories
6. Travel to England COVID-19 testing
7. Stay up to date

Check if you qualify as fully vaccinated

What you need to do when you travel to England from abroad 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 vaccination with a full course of an approved vaccine.

You must have had your final dose of the vaccine at least 14 days before you arrive in England. The day you had your final dose does not count as one of the 14 days.

Children and other groups that can follow fully vaccinated rules

The fully vaccinated rules also apply if you are either:

• under 18
• taking part in an approved COVID-19 vaccine trial in the UK or the USA, or a phase 2 or 3 vaccine trial that is regulated by the EMA or SRA
• unable to have a COVID-19 vaccination for a medical reason which has been approved by a registered medical professional under the medical exemptions process, and you are resident in England

Read about applying for a medical exemption from vaccination using the NHS COVID Pass if you live in England.

Previous infection

Proof of recovery from previous infection with COVID-19 - also known as natural immunity - will not be accepted as an alternative to proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test.

Read separate guidance on travelling to England from abroad.

Approved vaccines

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

• Covaxin
• Moderna
• Janssen (single dose vaccine)
• Novavax (Nuvaxovid and Covovax)
• Oxford/AstraZeneca
• Pfizer BioNTech
• Sinopharm Beijing
• Sinovac-CoronaVac

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, 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 Sinopharm Beijing
• 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.

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

If you are fully vaccinated under the UK vaccination programme, you can prove your vaccination status using either:

• NHS COVID Pass for England and Wales
• NHS Scotland COVID Status app
• COVIDCert NI in Northern Ireland

You can also use the NHS COVID Pass letter, which you can request via the NHS 119 service or online via NHS.UK. You cannot use the paper card you receive following your vaccination as proof of vaccination.

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 should be issued by a national or state-level public health authority and must 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) or a certificate that is equivalent to the EU DCC

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 and territories with an approved proof of vaccination

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	EU DCC equivalent only. You can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form.
Algeria	Vaccine certificate.
Andorra	EU DCC equivalent only. You can use this 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	EU DCC equivalent only. You can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form.
Australia	Vaccine certificate.
Austria	EU DCC. You can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form.
Azerbaijan	Vaccine certificate.
The Bahamas	Vaccine certificate.
Bahrain	Vaccine certificate.
Bangladesh	Vaccine certificate.
Barbados	Vaccine certificate.
Belarus	Vaccine certificate.
Belgium	EU DCC. You can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form.
Belize	Vaccine certificate.
Bermuda	Vaccine certificate.
Bhutan	Vaccine certificate.
Bolivia	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.
Cameroon	Vaccine certificate.
Cambodia	Vaccine certificate.
Canada	Vaccine certificate.
Cape Verde	EU DCC equivalent only.
Cayman Islands	Vaccine certificate.
Chile	Vaccine certificate.
China	Vaccine certificate.
Colombia	Vaccine certificate.
Costa Rica	Vaccine certificate.
Cote d’Ivoire	Vaccine certificate.
Croatia	EU DCC. You can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form.
Cyprus	EU DCC. You can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form.
Cyprus, northern	EU DCC or vaccine certificate.
Czech Republic (Czechia)	EU DCC. You can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form.
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Vaccine certificate.
Denmark (except Faroe Islands)	EU DCC. You can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form.
Djibouti	Vaccine certificate.
Dominica	Vaccine certificate.
Dominican Republic	Vaccine certificate.
Ecuador	Vaccine certificate.
Egypt	Vaccine certificate.
El Salvador	EU DCC equivalent only.
Estonia	EU DCC. You can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form.
Eswatini	Vaccine certificate.
Falkland Islands	Vaccine certificate.
Faroe Islands	EU DCC equivalent only. You can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form.
Fiji	Vaccine certificate.
Finland	EU DCC. You can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form.
France	EU DCC. You can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form.
The Gambia	Vaccine certificate.
Georgia	EU DCC equivalent only. You can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form.
Germany	EU DCC. You can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form.
Ghana	Vaccine certificate.
Gibraltar	Vaccine certificate. You can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form.
Greece	EU DCC. You can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form.
Grenada	Vaccine certificate.
Guatemala	Vaccine certificate.
Guernsey	EU DCC. You can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form.
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.
Iceland	EU DCC. You can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form.
India	Vaccine certificate.
Indonesia	Vaccine certificate.
Iraq	Vaccine certificate, including certificates issued by the Kurdistan Regional Government.
Iran	Vaccine certificate.
Ireland	EU DCC. You can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form.
Isle of Man	Vaccine certificate.
Israel	EU DCC equivalent only.
Italy	EU DCC. You can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form.
Jamaica	Vaccine certificate.
Japan	Vaccine certificate.
Jersey	EU DCC. You can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form.
Jordan	Vaccine certificate.
Kazakhstan	Vaccine certificate.
Kenya	Vaccine certificate.
Kosovo	Vaccine certificate.
Kuwait	Vaccine certificate.
Kyrgyzstan	Vaccine certificate.
Laos	Vaccine certificate.
Latvia	EU DCC. You can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form.
Lebanon	EU DCC equivalent only. You can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form.
Lesotho	Vaccine certificate.
Liberia	Vaccine certificate.
Libya	Vaccine certificate.
Liechtenstein	EU DCC equivalent only. You can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form.
Lithuania	EU DCC. You can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form.
Luxembourg	EU DCC. You can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form.
Macao	Vaccine certificate.
Madagascar	Vaccine certificate.
Malawi	Vaccine certificate.
Malaysia	Vaccine certificate.
Maldives	Vaccine certificate.
Mali	Vaccine certificate.
Malta	EU DCC. You can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form.
Mauritania	Vaccine certificate.
Mauritius	Vaccine certificate.
Mexico	Vaccine certificate.
Moldova	EU DCC equivalent only.
Monaco	EU DCC equivalent only. You can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form.
Mongolia	Vaccine certificate.
Montenegro	EU DCC equivalent only. You can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form.
Montserrat	Vaccine certificate.
Morocco	EU DCC equivalent only. You can use the EU DCC equivalent to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form.
Mozambique	Vaccine certificate.
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.
New Zealand	EU DCC equivalent only.
Niger	Vaccine certificate.
Nigeria	Vaccine certificate.
North Macedonia	EU DCC equivalent only. You can use the EU DCC equivalent to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form.
Norway	EU DCC equivalent only. You can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form.
Oman	Vaccine certificate.
Pakistan	Vaccine certificate.
The Occupied Palestinian Territories	Vaccine certificate.
Palau	Vaccine certificate.
Panama	EU DCC equivalent only. You can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form.
Papua New Guinea	Vaccine certificate.
Paraguay	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.
Portugal	EU DCC. You can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form.
Qatar	Vaccine certificate.
Romania	EU DCC. You can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form.
Rwanda	Vaccine certificate.
Samoa	Vaccine certificate.
San Marino	EU DCC equivalent only. You can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form.
São Tomé and Principe	Vaccine certificate.
Saudi Arabia	Vaccine certificate.
Senegal	Vaccine certificate.
Serbia	EU DCC equivalent only. You can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form.
Seychelles	Vaccine certificate.
Sierra Leone	Vaccine certificate.
Singapore	EU DCC equivalent only. You can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form.
Slovakia	EU DCC. You can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form.
Slovenia	EU DCC. You can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form.
Solomon Islands	Vaccine certificate.
South Africa	Vaccine certificate.
South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands	Vaccine certificate.
South Korea	Vaccine certificate.
South Sudan	Vaccine certificate.
Spain	EU DCC. You can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form.
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.
Switzerland	EU DCC. You can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form.
Taiwan	EU DCC equivalent only. You can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form.
Tanzania	Vaccine certificate.
Thailand	EU DCC equivalent only.
Timor-Leste	Vaccine certificate.
Togo	EU DCC equivalent only.
Tonga	Vaccine certificate.
Trinidad and Tobago	Vaccine certificate.
Tunisia	EU DCC equivalent only. You can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form.
Turkey	EU DCC equivalent only. You can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form.
Turkmenistan	Vaccine certificate.
Turks and Caicos Islands	Vaccine certificate.
Uganda	Vaccine certificate.
Ukraine	EU DCC equivalent only.You can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form.
United Arab Emirates (UAE)	EU DCC equivalent only (Al Hosn Travel Pass). You can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form.
Uruguay	EU DCC equivalent only.
USA	CDC card showing you’ve had a full course of an FDA-approved vaccine in the USA, or: - California Digital COVID-19 Vaccine Record - New York State Excelsior Pass Plus - Washington State WA Verify Pass Additional proof of US residence is no longer required.
Uzbekistan	Vaccine certificate.
Vanuatu	Vaccine certificate.
Vatican City	EU DCC equivalent only. You can use this to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form.
Vietnam	Vaccine certificate.
Zambia	Vaccine certificate.
Zimbabwe	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 COVID-19 testing

Read separate guidance on travelling to England from abroad.

Stay up to date

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Published 4 October 2021
Last updated 28 February 2022