Add verifiable COVID-19 vaccination information to Apple Wallet and Health

Add verifiable COVID-19 vaccination information as a vaccination card in Wallet, and download and store verifiable vaccination and test result records in the Health app.

About verifiable vaccination and test result records

You can securely store verifiable versions of your COVID-19 vaccination, test result and recovery certificate records in the Health app on your iPhone or iPod touch. Vaccination and test result records that are downloaded in this verifiable format are signed digitally by a provider or health authority. This is similar to providing paper documents with an official seal. Verifiable health records are indicated by a tick in the Health app. This means that the record has not been changed since it was created originally.

You can download verifiable vaccination and test result records if your vaccine or test result provider supports this format. Check with your provider to see whether they support verifiable health records.

In iOS 15.4 and later, the EU Digital COVID Certificate (EU DCC)1 Find out more about the supported technology for verifiable health records.

Add a vaccination card to Apple Wallet

With iOS 15.1, you can securely download and store your verifiable COVID-19 vaccination information in the Health app and add a vaccination card to Wallet.2

If you've received a QR code

You can scan a QR code given to you by your COVID-19 vaccination or test provider to add your verifiable health records to the Health app.

  1. Open the Camera app from the Home Screen, Control Centre or Lock Screen on your iPhone or iPod touch.

  2. Select the rear-facing camera.

  3. Hold your device so that the QR code appears in the viewfinder in the Camera app. Your device will recognise the QR code and display a Health app notification.

  4. Tap the Health app notification.

  5. For verifiable vaccination records, tap Add to Wallet & Health to add the record to the Health app and Wallet app.

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  6. Tap Done.

If a change occurs to your vaccination record, such as receiving an additional dose, you'll need to add a new QR code.

If you've saved an image of a QR code

You can use Live Text in the Photos app to add your verifiable health records to the Health app.

  1. Open the Photos app.

  2. Tap the image of your QR code.

  3. Touch and hold the QR code in the image, then tap Open in Health.

  4. For verifiable vaccination records, tap Add to Wallet & Health to add the record to the Health app and Wallet app.

  5. Tap Done.

If a change occurs to your vaccination record, such as receiving an additional dose, you'll need to add a new QR code.

If you've received a downloadable file

You can download a verifiable health record given to you by your COVID-19 vaccination or test provider to add the records to the Health app.

  1. Tap the download link on your iPhone or iPod touch.

  2. For verifiable vaccination records, tap Add to Wallet & Health to add the record to the Health app and Wallet app.

  3. Tap Done.

If you have an existing verifiable vaccination record stored in the Health app

If you've previously scanned a QR code, downloaded a file or connected with your healthcare provider to add your health records on your iPhone or iPod touch, you can add your stored verifiable COVID-19 vaccination record to Wallet.

  1. Open the Health app.

  2. Tap Summary to the bottom left.

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  3. Under Vaccination Record, tap Add to Wallet.

If you can't see the Add to Wallet option:

  1. Tap Browse to the bottom right, then Immunisations.

  2. Tap the immunisation record type.

  3. Tap the verifiable vaccination record that has a tick.

  4. Tap Add to Wallet.

About vaccination cards in Wallet

After you've added your vaccination card in the Wallet app, you can view and present it at any time. The front of the card displays your name, the vaccine type, the dates of the doses administered, the issuer and the QR code.

The full details of your vaccination card won't be visible until you've authenticated with Face ID, Touch ID or passcode.

Your vaccination card can't be shared with other iPhone, iPod touch or Apple Watch users.

iPhone screen showing a Vaccination Card in the Wallet app

Add your verifiable health records

Depending on where you received your COVID-19 vaccinations and tests, you can securely download and store your verifiable health records in the Health app using a QR code or downloadable file.

If you received your COVID-19 vaccinations and tests through a healthcare provider that supports Health Records on iPhone and verifiable health records, you can connect to your provider in the Health app. After you connect, your available verifiable health records will be downloaded automatically.

Find out more about how to add your health records.

View a verifiable health record

After you've downloaded and stored a verifiable health record in the Health app, you can view it at any time.

  1. Open the Health app, then tap Browse.

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  2. Tap Immunisations or Lab Results.

  3. Tap the verifiable health record you want to view.

Your verifiable health record in the Health app contains information such as your first name and surname, date of birth, and vaccine or test administered, as well as the QR code associated with that verifiable health record.

Share a verifiable health record

You can choose to share verifiable health records with third-party apps when an approved app requests access to this information. When apps request access to verifiable health records, you can select which specific records to share, and those records will only be shared with the app once. Third-party apps do not have continuous access to verifiable health records that you share.

Because these records are in a verifiable format, if you choose to share these lab result and immunisation records with third-party apps – such as businesses or event venues – the third-party apps can confirm that the record was issued by the lab test or vaccine provider and that it has not been altered since it was issued.

Apple is not a part of the third party’s verification process and will not have access to this data when imported or shared.

1. The ability to add verifiable vaccination, test result and recovery certificate records is available wherever the technology is supported.

2. You can't store test result or recovery certificate records in Wallet.

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