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To verify COVID -19 vaccination status you must cite their International Vaccine Certificate
(details on the requirements for a valid certificate below)
– together with an ATD Australian Traveller Declaration or a COVID 19 Vaccination and Testing Declaration for travel to Australia.
Links to government websites with information about international travellers: Victorian Government here: Federal Government here
All travellers to Australia are required to complete an ATD (Australian Traveller Declaration), the ATD documents evidence of vaccination. All travellers are also required to have evidence of a negative test 72hours prior to departure ( COVID 19 Vaccination and Testing Declaration).
Travellers vaccinated in Australia will need to present an Australian International COVID-19 Vaccination Certificate (ICVC). Australians can have this document added to medicare for a digital certificate. An ICVC can be issued by the Australian immunisation register once a foreign vaccination certificate is validated by an Australian medical professional
Travellers vaccinated in other countries will be able to present certificates in formats that meet the following criteria:
Paper and digital certificates are equally acceptable. Full details on acceptable vaccines below.
Medically exempt international travellers can be verified by citing their certification of exemption
All international travellers are required to carry and present on arrival to an authorised officer at the airport one of the following forms of acceptable certification issued by a medical practitioner:
A certificate issued by an overseas authority, or an overseas medical practitioner is only valid for six months from the date of issue and cannot be used as evidence to work on site in Victoria or enter certain premises (for example restaurants) as a fully vaccinated person.
Requirements for fully vaccinated international passengers arriving in Victoria: link here
Commonwealth information on international travellers: link here
For travellers to qualify as fully vaccinated, their vaccine certificate must show vaccines approved or recognised by Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA). Current approved and recognised vaccines and dosages are:
Seven days must have passed since the final dose of vaccine in a course of immunisation. Mixed doses count towards being fully vaccinated as long as all vaccines are approved or recognised by the TGA. Doses of Sinopharm (BBIBP-CorV) only count towards being fully vaccinated if administered when the traveller was aged from 18 to 60 years.
For more information, please see Services Australia – Overseas immunisations.