COVID Certificate: How to update the COVID Passport after the third vaccine?

The Covid passport has become a digital document that we will need to carry out all types of daily actions. In fact, in several Spanish communities it is required to show this document to access places such as bars, restaurants, nightclubs or gyms. Furthermore, another important detail why it is vitally important to have this passport is because we will need it to travel to some destinations, both nationally and internationally. It is important to clarify that in order to have this certificate it is necessary that we have received the first two doses of the vaccine, although in the case of the Janssen vaccine a single dose will be enough. Currently, the third dose is underway and many people have already been vaccinated for the third time.

Through this article we will explain everything you need to do to update the Covid passport after the third vaccine, this being information that will be very useful and helpful to you.

What is the Covid passport?

Before getting into the matter, it is necessary to answer this question, given that there are still many people who do not know the meaning as well as the details that appear reflected in this passport. Well, unlike what many believe, the covid passport is not an application but rather a document that we download and that reflects the vaccination we have received, with the particularity that it is not automatically updated when we get the vaccine. third dose.

Another detail that must be taken into account and why it is necessary to update this passport is that the duration of this document is only 9 months, so those people who were vaccinated before the summer have little time left before they expire. So... What can we do to update our passport?

How to update the Covid passport after the third dose?

The first thing we can say about this is that it is not possible to update the Covid passport, so the only solution we have at our disposal is to request a new certificate manually and following the same process that we used the first time we downloaded the certificate Covid, with the difference that this new certificate will show that we have had three doses and the expiration date of our passport will be automatically extended.

Finally, at the time of request the covid certificate We must know that we have the possibility of doing it in two ways; through the portal created by the Ministry of Health, being a web page with which we can access by proving the digital certificate or permanent key. Another option we have to request the covid certificate is by accessing the official health portal of our autonomous community, which is also a simple, fast and free process that will allow us to have the covid certificate.

It is clear that adapting to the new times we are living in due to the pandemic has become an obligation, in which requesting the covid certificate is one of the most representative examples. Although getting vaccinated is not mandatory, it is true that if we do not have the covid certificate, that is, if we are not vaccinated, we will be denied access to all types of places.

In short, if you have just had your third vaccine and do not know how to act regarding the covid certificate, the only solution available to you is to download the certificate again.