Travelling to the Netherlands: requirements for proof of vaccination
EU citizens who have been fully vaccinated can obtain an EU Digital COVID Certificate (DCC) and use it to enter the Netherlands. If you do not have a DCC and/or are a resident of a country outside the EU and the Schengen area, you can in most cases enter the Netherlands using paper proof of vaccination.
Travelling to the Netherlands from a very high risk area: proof of vaccination not enough
EU Digital COVID Certificate for Dutch and EU nationals
It has been agreed that each European country must have a system for issuing COVID certificates. This is known as the EU Digital COVID Certificate (EU DCC). You can obtain an EU DCC once you are fully vaccinated.
In the Netherlands, proof of vaccination can be generated via the CoronaCheck app or CoronaCheck.nl. Are you a Dutch national or living in the Netherlands? You can travel to the Netherlands using a CoronaCheck QR code. You can generate a QR code if you have valid proof of vaccination or proof of recovery. If you do not have proof of vaccination or recovery available in the CoronaCheck app or website, you can show a negative test result. This must meet certain requirements. If you test negative abroad, the result is valid for travel, but you cannot use it to generate a QR code via the CoronaCheck app or website.
You can travel to the Netherlands using proof of vaccination obtained via your own country’s system for issuing COVID certificates. You can also use proof of recovery or a negative test result obtained under this system. If you cannot access your country’s DCC system, you can show paper proof of vaccination, which must meet the requirements below. You can also show a negative test result. This must meet certain requirements.
Non-EU nationals: travellers with paper proof of vaccination exempt from entry ban, except if travelling from very high-risk area
Proof of recovery is only valid for travel to the Netherlands if it was issued in an EU member state. Please note: the United Kingdom (UK) is not an EU member state.
Validity of your proof of vaccination
After you get vaccinated, you will receive proof of vaccination. But the proof of vaccination does not become valid until:
14 days after you get your second dose of the BioNTech/Pfizer, Moderna or AstraZeneca vaccines, or
28 days after you get the single-dose Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) vaccine, or 14 days after you got the Janssen vaccine if the date of your vaccination was before 14 August 2021.
Requirements for proof of vaccination and vaccines
Your proof of vaccination will only be accepted if it meets the requirements and if you were vaccinated with an approved vaccine.
Your proof of vaccination must:
have been issued following vaccination with a vaccine that has been approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) or is on the Emergency Use Listing of the World Health Organization (WHO);
have been issued based on full vaccination. That means that:
the vaccination schedule consists of a single dose and this single dose has been administered (Janssen); or
the vaccination schedule consists of two doses and:
both doses have been administered, or
one dose has been administered and it has been confirmed that the person vaccinated had previously been infected with the virus SARS-CoV-2.
have been issued in one of the following languages:
Dutch
English
French
German
Italian
Portuguese
Spanish
include the following:
information identifying the person who has been vaccinated;
information demonstrating that the person in question has been fully vaccinated against the virus SARS-CoV-2;
the name of the vaccine and the name of the manufacturer or marketing authorisation holder of each dose of the vaccine administered;
the date on which each dose of the vaccine was administered;
the name of the country in which the vaccine was administered;
the name of the issuer of the proof of vaccination.
The vaccine you received must have been approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) or be on the Emergency Use Listing of the World Health Organization (WHO). This is currently the case for the following vaccines:
Astra Zeneca EU (Vaxzevria) ;
Astra Zeneca - Japan (Vaxzevria);
Astra Zeneca - Australia (Vaxzevria);
Astra Zeneca-SK Bio (Vaxzevria);
Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine - United States of America;
