How do I prove that I’ve been vaccinated against COVID-19 when crossing the border?
You’ve been vaccinated in Estonia
- You can access your immunisation data and print them out or download them, if necessary, in the patient portal digilugu.ee.
- You can also prove that you’ve been vaccinated with an immunisation passport on paper.
- The vaccination certificates for adults, confirming the completion of the initial course of vaccinations, are valid for 9 months. After a booster dose, the period of validity of the vaccination certificate is extended by a year starting from the date of receiving the booster dose.
- The validity period of the vaccination certificate of children and youths under the age of 18 is valid without a term, including upon crossing the border within the European Union. If a youth is turning adult soon after vaccination, his vaccination certificate is valid for 270 days starting from his last dose of the vaccine.
You’ve been vaccinated abroad
People who’ve been vaccinated abroad can prove their vaccination by submitting:
- a vaccination passport, a copy of the passport or the respective certificate (incl. a digital COVID-19 vaccination certificate that meets the EU requirements);
- a printout from another country’s database that has been officially validated;
- a vaccination passport (the paper version of which can be requested from a healthcare provider).
A printout from another country’s database that has been officially validated can also be presented as a certificate.
The EU vaccination certificates for adults, confirming the completion of the initial course of vaccinations, are valid for 9 months. After a booster dose, the period of validity of the vaccination certificate is extended by a year starting from the date of receiving the booster dose.
The validity period of the vaccination certificate of children and youths under the age of 18 is valid without a term, including upon crossing the border within the European Union. If a youth is turning adult soon after vaccination, his vaccination certificate is valid for 270 days starting from his last dose of the vaccine.
Certificates issued abroad
Recovery certificate
People who had the disease in another country must submit an officially authenticated certificate in Latin or Cyrillic script in Estonian, Russian or English (that may be a printout from another country’s database) or an extract of a medical document. A positive antigen test is not enough to prove recovery from the disease.
The document must include the following data:
- personal data;
- time of illness;
- clinical basis on which you were declared healthy;
- if you were tested: method of analysis; the result; time and place of test; name and details of analyst.
Vaccination
The document certifying vaccination in another country must be in the Latin or Cyrillic script, in Estonian, Russian or English and include the following information:
- the disease or agent targeted;
- the date of vaccination;
- the vaccine medicinal product;
- the number of doses in a series of vaccinations;
- the details of the issuer of the certificate.
All vaccines approved by the European Medicines Agency as well as those that have not yet received an EU marketing authorisation but are recognised in the country of departure are accepted in Estonia.
Coming to Estonia with testing
Third-country nationals arriving from third countries who present a valid COVID-19 vaccination certificate; a valid COVID-19 recovery certificate; or a negative SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR test result performed by a health care professional or a SARS-CoV-2 antigen-RTD test approved by the European Union Health Safety Committee taken up to 48 hours before arrival in Estonia, can enter Estonia wihtout restrictions.
Last updated: 19.04.2022