Which countries will now accept the NHS covid vaccination app?

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• Chris says:

  31 Oct31 October 09:37

  As an Irish passport holder living in Northern Ireland we applied for the Irish COVID certification. It was a fiddly process at first but we now have an app that we can use throughout Europe. The Northern Ireland certificate is essentially useless outside NI.

• Jens Fallesen says:

  31 Oct31 October 09:47

  Word of warning: The NHS app is a rather poor implementation that does not work if you are offline (in reality, it is just a glorified web browser). So if you don’t have a signal, you cannot get your pass on the app, even if you just did it two hours ago elsewhere.

  The Android version does not allow saving it to the phone’s wallet. You can save the PDF to the phone but that is somewhat more fiddly to use.

  • Steve says:

    31 Oct31 October 10:07

    How is saving a pdf fiddly? Given the login and load time of the NHS app, I can open a pdf from storage significantly quicker than generating a QR code on demand. It is even quicker to screen grab just the QR code and save that in the gallery. So many push backs for such a simple process, no wonder the world is so screwed over this.

    • John says:

      31 Oct31 October 10:12

      Exactly. Why bother logging in and generating a new code when a previous one is good for a month? It is like an e-ticket, which can be verified using offline methods, not like some of those stupid bus and train tickets that are tied to a device and can’t exist without the device

  • Luke says:

    31 Oct31 October 11:08

    Or order a free hard copy from the NHS.

    • HH says:

      31 Oct31 October 12:32

      The hard copy letter from NHS I received has barcodes not QR codes, so I’m not sure venues in Europe would be able to scan it.

      • Katie says:

        31 Oct31 October 18:48

        Exactly, is the barcode even accepted?

• Safety Card says:

  31 Oct31 October 10:20

  We can use the pass in the US as well right?

  • A says:

    31 Oct31 October 13:26

    The US doesn’t care. Showing paper proof or any kind of app is sufficient

• Nick says:

  31 Oct31 October 10:38

  Which of the 3QR codes do you have to show? a) Domestic, b) International 1st dose or c) International 2nd dose? Recently when in Italy some asked for 1st dose and other places 2nd dose. Sometimes it was accepted when scanned and other times not, but they always waved you through.

• Aaron C says:

  31 Oct31 October 10:41

  I was in Germany last weekend and they were scanning and accepting the NHS App. I’d say I got asked in 8/10 places.
  You can store your certificates on Apple Wallet for a really easy experience.
  I don’t really agree with the vaccine passports but it wasn’t that hard to use the system.

• Susan says:

  31 Oct31 October 10:55

  What a pity that UK Test and Trace refuse to accept the EU Vaccination Certificate when contacting anyone visiting UK to say that they have been in contact with someone who has tested positive! Test and Trace still maintain that only those vaccinated in the UK and with the NHS App do not have to self isolate!

  • John says:

    31 Oct31 October 13:31

    That’s what the law says – take it up with your MP or don’t visit

• Darko says:

  31 Oct31 October 11:41

  Croatia still didn’t update their app to recognise the NHS barcode, for all of you who will flock to Croatia in next few days. But rest assured I’ll let you know when that happens 🙂

• Nick says:

  31 Oct31 October 12:01

  Going to Germany next weekend, can someone confirm exactly what app it is? Is it the standard NHS app or the NHS covid pass verifier app? Not sure which? Also can I download the German app and upload the vaccination data to use that pass? Thanks

  • Rob says:

    31 Oct31 October 14:33

    No, you can’t use the German app – and indeed don’t need to.

    You just show the travel pass from your phone, which (on Apple) you can download to your wallet. Make sure you show the 2nd dose code.

  • Mike says:

    31 Oct31 October 15:02

    I had no problem with the NHS QR at immigration and the hotel when I visited Germany a fees weeks ago.

  • Aaron C says:

    31 Oct31 October 21:46

    Nick – I was there last weekend and all venues accepted the NHS QR code. I just downloaded the passes into Apple Wallet and that worked really easily.

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