It's 'Freedom Day' and you're fully vaccinated in NSW.
But how do you prove it?
There's a few ways you can get your COVID-19 vaccination certificate onto your phone and there are a few different apps you'll need to navigate as the state begins to re-open.
By now you've probably already got the Service NSW app on your mobile and were using it for checking in.
If not, you'll want to download it as that's how NSW Health will let you know if a place you've checked into as a COVID-19 positive case going forward.
It's also much faster than filling out the web form.
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How to use the Service NSW app
When you have the Service NSW app on your phone and use it to check in, you just scan the QR code with the phone camera, and the app's check-in page automatically opens. The app can remember your details for an even faster check-in next time. You can also use it to check out of a venue, for more accurate contact tracing.
How to check in
- Scan the QR code with your phone camera - the app's check-in page will automatically open.
- Enter your contact details.
- Add dependants (if applicable).
- Select 'Check in'.
- A confirmation will appear on your screen when you've successfully checked in.
How to get your vaccination certificate
There are a bunch of ways to get your COVID-19 vaccination certificate or immunisation history statement.
The Express Plus Medicare app, and your Medicare online account in your MyGov are the best ways though.
Fair warning - if you are yet to join your Medicare to your MyGov you'll need to do that first. And that takes a bit of doing. The steps are outlined here on the Services Australia website. You'll need to know things such as the last date you visited a doctor, the location of that practice and the name of your doctor.
There is a tool here to help you set up your online accounts if you haven't established them already.
If you've already got a MyGov account and you've linked your Medicare account to it. It's all pretty straight forward, you just need to download and set up the Medicare app on your phone.
How to set up the Medicare app
To download the app, head to your app store and find the Express Plus Medicare app and download it.
To set up the app:
- Select Sign in.
- Read and accept the Express Plus Medicare mobile app Terms of use.
- Enter your myGov sign in details.
- Create or use your myGov PIN.
- You'll use your myGov PIN every time you sign in to your app.
- Keep in mind, the app will log you out if you haven't used it for 15 minutes.
How to download the vaccination certificate
Using the Medicare app:
- Sign into the Medicare app
- Click 'Proof of vaccinations' under 'Services'
- Click 'View history'
- Scroll down and select 'View COVID-19 digital certificate' (you can also see that you've had the jab by clicking 'view immunisation history statement'
- Select 'save to phone' OR go to the share button in the top right-hand corner and email the document to yourself.
If you're using your Medicare online account through myGov:
- Sign in to your myGov account using a browser on your device.
- Select Medicare.
- Select View proof in Proof of vaccination.
- Select View history.
- Select your name.
- Select either Add to Apple Wallet or Save to phone for Google Pay.
If you're using an iOS device, you can use the Safari or Chrome browsers. If you're using an Android device, you need to use the Chrome browser.
If you're not eligible for Medicare
You can add your COVID-19 digital certificate to your digital wallet using the Individual Healthcare Identifiers service (IHI service) through myGov.
If you're using the IHI service through myGov:
- Sign in to your myGov account using a browser on your device.
- Select Individual Healthcare Identifiers service.
- Select View immunisation history on the Immunisation history tile.
- Select either Add to Apple Wallet or Save to phone for Google Pay.
If you're using an iOS device, you can use either the Safari or Chrome browsers. If you're using an Android device, you need to use the Chrome browser.
Kim Chappell
As Senior Producer - Digital for ACM's regional titles I assist newsrooms in digital best practice. Before this role, I was the digital journalist with ACM's national team and prior to that, the digital specialist with ACM's Agricultural division. I started as a general rounds journalist with The Land in 2006, moving up to hold the title of chief of staff before switching to digital reporting in 2015.
As Senior Producer - Digital for ACM's regional titles I assist newsrooms in digital best practice. Before this role, I was the digital journalist with ACM's national team and prior to that, the digital specialist with ACM's Agricultural division. I started as a general rounds journalist with The Land in 2006, moving up to hold the title of chief of staff before switching to digital reporting in 2015.
