How to Download Vaccination Certificate & How to Link your Passport Number in Vaccination Certificate

How to Update your Date of Birth in Covid Vaccination Certificate for Abroad Travel

1) Visit the official portal of Cowin Portal CLICK HERE

2) Open the 'International Travel Certificate' option

3) Enter your date of birth and passport number on the next page

4) Tick the box next to the affidavit and then click on the ‘Submit Request’ option

5) You will receive an SMS on the phone indicating that the application has been submitted. Once the application is approved, the certificate can be downloaded.

6) If you log in to Cowin again after the allotted time and look at the 'Track Request' section, you will know that the application has been approved.

7) You can only apply once only

How to Download Covid Vaccination Certificate through WhatsApp

Step 1: Open WhatsApp and drop “Download Certificate” message on this +91 9013151515 number.

If you don’t already have this number, then you can save it and send message or CLICK HERE

Step 2: An OTP will then be sent to your number, which you will be required to send on the chat.

Step 3: Once you enter the OTP, the bot will display the names of individuals that are registered on the CoWIN website with the number.

Step 4: You now need to type the number of the user whose vaccine certificate you want to download. The bot will then send the vaccine certificate on WhatsApp in a PDF format.

How to Download Covid Vaccination Certificate through Website

Vaccination Centres provide for a limited number of on-spot registration slots every day. Beneficiaries aged 45 years and above can schedule appointments online or walk-in to vaccination centres. Beneficiaries aged 18 years and above can schedule appointments online or walk-in to Government vaccination centres. However, beneficiaries aged 18-44 years should mandatorily register themselves and schedule appointment online before going to a Private vaccination centre.

In general, all beneficiaries are recommended to register online and schedule vaccination in advance for a hassle-free vaccination experience.

Once the Covid-19 vaccination is completed, a certificate is issued to the citizens as a proof of vaccination. The vaccination certificate has a secure QR code to protect it against falsification. The genuineness of the certificate can be authenticated from this portal.

Steps for verification

Click on “Scan QR code” above

A notification will prompt to activate your device’s camera

Point the camera to the QR code on the certificate issued and scan

On successful verification, the following will be displayed

Message “Certificate Successfully Verified”

Name

Age

Gender

Beneficiary Reference ID

Date of Dose

Certificate Issued: Provisional/Final

Vaccination at

If the certificate is not genuine, “Certificate Invalid” will be displayed

You can view a demo video of ‘how to verify’

Private Sector Apps can now incorporate the "Certificate verification" service to verify COVID-19 certificates generated from Co-WIN.

The following steps need to be performed to integrate with Co-WIN and verify the COVID-19 certificate.

Go to reference code here

Get code snippet for reference and implement

Consume COWIN verification service into your application

Replace the public key used in code snippet with Public key available here.

Note: Co-WIN uses an open-source component called "DIVOC" for the certificate issuance & verification service.

DOWNLOAD : CLICK HERE

How to Link your Passport Number in Vaccination Certificate

Cowin Portal facilitates linking of Vaccination Certificate with Passport. "Now you can update your Passport number in your vaccination certificate," the official handle of Aarogya Setu app tweeted. Vaccination certificate is mandatory for expatriates returning to foreign countries. The condition is to receive the vaccine approved in foreign countries. It is also suggested that the passport number be recorded in the vaccination certificate to ensure the authenticity of the document.

To facilitate this, a special system has been set up in the Cowin portal, which is used nationwide for vaccine registration. The facility of attaching the vaccination certificate with the passport has been provided. The government has advised those going abroad for education, employment and participation in the Tokyo Olympics. To facilitate this, Covin has set up a facility on the portal.

Users can add their passport details through the CoWIN Portal cowin.gov.in.

Here’s how you can add passport details in Covid vaccination certificates through CoWIN portal.

Covid-19 Vaccine Certificate: How to add passport details via CoWIN

1) Visit the official portal of Cowin Portal CLICK HERE

2) Tap on the 'Raise an issue' option.

3) Now, Tap on the "passport" option and select the person from the drop down menu.

4) Enter your passport number and submit the details.

5) You will receive the new certificate in seconds.

In case, name on the vaccine certificate and passport does not match, you can request for name correction as well.

Covid-19 vaccination certificate: Here’s how to correct personal details online via CoWIN

1) Visit the official portal of Cowin Portal CLICK HERE

2) Sign in using your registered mobile number.

3) Now, tap on the 'Raise an issue' option at the top and select the member’s name.

4) Tap on the 'Correction in certificate' option.

5) Select the options you need to make corrections into.

6) Now enter the correct details and click on continue to submit the details.

Please keep in mind that your personal details can be modified only once. So, make sure you enter the right details this time because you won't be able to correct these errors again.

Link your Passport: CLICK HERE