How can a non-EU vaccinated person receive a Covid-19 certificate in Latvia, and how to get a certificate without the Internet? / Script

How to get a Covid-19 digital certificate if there is no internet banking? How do vaccinated or Covid-19 patients enter without restrictions from third countries outside the European Union? Can they get a digital certificate? LTV viewers ask such and many other questions related to travel.

How can a person who does not use the Internet get a digital certificate?

Currently, everyone can obtain their certificate by proving their identity online through Internet banking. However, if a resident does not use the Internet and Internet banking, then he or she can apply for a certificate and receive it in one of the state and municipal unified customer service centers.

Before going to the center, you should contact it to find out the customer service procedures in Covid-19 conditions. If necessary, you must sign up for a specific day and time. You must bring an identity document (passport or identity card).

Will I have a valid certificate after the mixed vaccination?

(The sender of this question received the first vaccine with an AstraZeneca product, but the doctor recommended the Pfizer & BioNTech vaccine as the second vaccine.)

The National Health Service explains that the certificate will be valid after the second vaccine with the Pfizer vaccine.

Can the Covid-19 certificate created in Latvia be used when traveling within the European Union?

Yes. Certificates issued in Latvia are recognized in the European Union member states and can be used when moving within the European Union.

Is it possible for a Latvian citizen who has been vaccinated in a third country outside the European Union to receive a digital certificate?

(LTV viewer writes that she is a Latvian citizen, but lives in the United States, where she has also been vaccinated, but there is no exchange of information with third countries.)

If a person has been vaccinated in one of the countries outside the European Union, he or she must apply to one of the institutions in Latvia that carries out the vaccination and present a document certifying that he or she has been vaccinated in another country. The vaccine must be recognized in Latvia. Then the medical institution will enter the data in E-health and will be able to create a certificate, but it only works if the person is socially insured in Latvia.

This procedure may still change.

Is it possible to obtain a digital certificate if Covid-19 is ill in a third country?

(Question from an ATV viewer who contracted Covid-19 in India. The person has both a positive Covid-19 test result and a certificate from a hospital in India confirming the fact of the disease.)

The National Health Service (NSS) explains that this is unfortunately not possible. And in this case, the NSA calls for vaccination and a certificate of vaccination.

CONTEXT:

In mid-May, EU Member States and the European Parliament agreed that the Covid-19 digital certificate would be operational from 1 July. This will confirm that the owner has either been vaccinated or has contracted Covid-19, or has just taken a Covid-19 test.

Covid-19 certificates in Latvia began use on June 1. Citizens can create Covid-19 certificates on the website “covid19sertifikats.lv“by connecting to a secure access device. It is recommended that you save the generated certificate to your smart device or print it on paper.

Citizens who do not use the Internet or cannot authenticate on the website must apply for a certificate from 15 June 2021 in one of the state and local government unified customer service centers.

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