Are you planning to travel abroad for higher education or a job? 

If yes, link passport with vaccine certificate at the earliest to avoid any sort of inconvenience.

This is because the Indian government has made this step mandatory for residents travelling outside the country to bring down COVID-19 infections. Having your passport linked with your vaccination certificate will be helpful during the vaccination status verification before or during departure.

If you are willing to know the detailed steps for this process, keep reading!

You can easily link your vaccine certificate to your passport via the CoWIN app or website. 

You can then go ahead with the following steps after logging in – 

• Step 1: Select “Raise an Issue” from the “Account Detail” tab.
• Step 2: From the available options, select “Add Passport Details” and proceed.
• Step 3: On the redirected page, click on a member's name whose passport details you would like to add.
• Step 4: Next, fill in the beneficiary’s passport number correctly and tick the dialogue box. Hit “Submit”.

You will receive a confirmation message on your registered mobile number.

Following this, you will receive another notification confirming that the request has been updated successfully.

If you are worried about the time needed to link a passport with a vaccine certificate, rest assured as it will take only a few seconds.

Note that if you have not registered yourself on CoWIN, you can choose your passport as your photo ID proof while registering before vaccination. This is a good option if you are planning to travel abroad in a few months.

Now let us learn how to edit information in the vaccination certificate linked with a passport.

Airport authorities check vaccination status before allowing an individual to board a flight. This is to maintain COVID-19 protocols and passenger safety.

According to a report, the Indian government announced that all travellers going abroad for education, jobs, or part of the Indian contingent for the Tokyo Olympic Games are mandated to link passport with vaccine certificate.

The vital details like dosage, batch number of vaccine, etc., get updated when you link your passport with vaccine certificate.

In addition, this CoWIN Vaccination certificate will be scanned at the airport. Technically, the airport authority scans QR codes on Covaxin, Covishield, Sputnik V vaccination certificates for authentication.

Individuals looking for ways to link passports with vaccine certificates can benefit from the steps discussed in the following section.

Follow these steps to update changes in the certificate -

1. Visit the official website of CoWIN and log in with your registered mobile number and OTP.

2. Click on “Raise an Issue” on its home page and select “Correction in Certificate” on the redirected page.

3. Next, select the concerned person from the drop-down menu and make all corrections and update details. Next, click on “Submit”.

After completing this process successfully, you need to show the hard copy of this linked certificate to the airport authority to prove that you are fully vaccinated.

The process to download this certificate from the CoWIN portal is discussed below.

You can download the linked vaccination certificate from CoWIN app and portal in the following steps after completing the process to link passport with vaccine certificate -

1. On the dashboard, you will find information on the first and second dose. Click on the applicable option to download this certificate.

2. You can find a PDF form of this certificate by clicking on a download link.

Follow the steps discussed above to link your passport with a vaccine certificate easily. 

This would again help you travel abroad without much hassle and adhere to COVID protocols at the same time.