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Have been an idiot - hoping for urgent help

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NeedASolution · 01/05/2022 14:18

Posting on here in a desperate attempt to find a solution!

I am due to travel to the US for work tomorrow, flying at 4pm with BA. Sorting out my documents today, I have realised that I have massively messed up the Covid vaccine passport. I didn't realise that you have to submit ID that can take 7 days to be verified.

I am flying to Atlanta in the US and do need to be vaccinated to go. I am (tripled-jabbed) but have only the paper card that they give you at the vaccine centre to prove it. I am an idiot because I thought that the cards WERE the passport or that I could just prove it using my online NHS profile. I haven't flown in 3 years and just had no idea! I have done the 24-hr lateral flow test so that part is fine.

I cannot miss this trip. It will cost me thousands of pounds and make a terrible impression in a new job. Does anyone have any ideas / knowledge that could help? I have submitted my online ID of course (NHS site has a 'we have not checked your ID' message). I have also tried calling BA but can't get through to their helpline.

Am even less hopeful because tomorrow is a bank holiday and I don't imagine anyone will be manning the NHS system... any ideas would be so gratefully received!!

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SeaToSki · 01/05/2022 17:24

Print out a paper copy of your covid negative test results, vaccine card and esta number, very occasionally they have people at immigration in the arrival airport checking your documents, they wouldnt know a real one from a fake one if it jumped up and down, but they do get shirty if you dont have print outs

SeaToSki · 01/05/2022 17:28

Oh, and glad I could help, traveling is a complete mind field at the moment. If you go to the US a lot, buy some Lucira or Ellume tests when you are here. They are rapid home self tests, results in 20 mins, you can get a travel certificate and the US recognizes them. Much easier than the fit to fly process in the UK and less expensive. I always take them with me when I travel outside the US.

TinaYouFatLard · 01/05/2022 17:31

If you have the okay from VeriFLY then BA won’t even ask to see anything. In fact you can usually check in online once VeriFLY have checked it all. Does your VeriFLY show the “ready to travel” screen?

carolinasm · 01/05/2022 17:52

SeaToSki · 01/05/2022 14:26

also the US arent bothered about if you have the official nhs international thingy, they just want something that looks official that has your name, dob, vaccine type, date and location. They have people arriving from all over the world with different bits of paper. More importantly do you have a negative covid test… thats more tricky

This.

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NeedASolution · 01/05/2022 21:17

Update: the NHS app eventually came through so I now have digital Covid passport, paper vaccine record on VeriFLY app and everything I could lay my hands on printed out. Am so over prepared and thoroughly relieved! Good night all, thanks again for the help Flowers

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