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Post by limousinlady on Jul 28, 2021 7:35:37 GMT 1
Has anyone managed to change or add their married name to their Covid certificate yet? I've been reading that UK may soon recognise fully vaxed visitors from EU on production of the EU certificate, but in a pilot scheme, a potential visitor was turned away /did not escape quarantine because their name on the certificate didn't match their passport. I do have the Titre de Sejour with both married name and jeune fille name as back up proof, but want to make things as simple as possible when the time comes.
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Post by plog on Jul 28, 2021 7:44:48 GMT 1
Answer from old forum when this was first raised, and it also got asked here a few days ago, is that a change it is not easy, indeed it may not be possible and ATM Ameli don’t seem interested. It’s causing a lot of from people of many nationalities..best bet might be the CDS/copies of other relevant certificates but I’m not sure how this work out at UK Border and/or with the likes if airlines if they need to see proof prior to travel. As you say hopefully the rules are about to change so will be interesting see and hear what happens when somebody finally gets to “press to test”… edit to add:just heard about the pilot scheme and it seems was the airline who screened the passenger out…
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Post by limousinlady on Jul 28, 2021 8:14:58 GMT 1
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Post by plog on Jul 28, 2021 12:35:52 GMT 1
FWIW the Guardian carried pretty the same comment this morning.. Guardian Link
Problem with a lot of these “news reports” .is that if you track them back they all originate from the same press release(s) so it’s hard to get an independent account. There no doubt there’s a lot of scope for a mismatch between passport name and name on any covid paperwork to cause major problems, at least initially. Transport operator staff will be working to a script/template and if they are told passport name must match name on covid certificate …I’m not sure how many will recognize and understand the significance of the names on a Titre and even if they do they may have no room for flexibility if their instructions from head office are that it’s the passport name only that counts (scope for the same issue at UK Border as well).
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Post by limousinlady on Jul 29, 2021 6:58:21 GMT 1
FWIW the Guardian carried pretty the same comment this morning.. Guardian Link
Problem with a lot of these “news reports” .is that if you track them back they all originate from the same press release(s) so it’s hard to get an independent account. There no doubt there’s a lot of scope for a mismatch between passport name and name on any covid paperwork to cause major problems, at least initially. Transport operator staff will be working to a script/template and if they are told passport name must match name on covid certificate …I’m not sure how many will recognize and understand the significance of the names on a Titre and even if they do they may have no room for flexibility if their instructions from head office are that it’s the passport name only that counts (scope for the same issue at UK Border as well).
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Post by limousinlady on Jul 29, 2021 6:59:54 GMT 1
Could be tricky then! Well, after UK opening up to European certs and travellers except France, I suppose I won't be putting it to the test next week.
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Post by rabbit on Aug 3, 2021 8:38:26 GMT 1
Following advice published in Connexion that the centre where one was vaccinated could change the Maiden name to married name my wife contacted our MT who did our jabs. He tried but was unable to change it. But he did write on the certificate my wife’s married name, signed it and put his stamp.
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Post by plog on Sept 14, 2021 7:34:59 GMT 1
Just bumping this to see if anybody who actually lives and was vaccinated here in France has actually tried to travel to/from the UK with a certificate/passport surname/maiden mismatch and if so how did they get on?
FWIW I travelled back from UK> France solo yesterday and for the benefit of Mrs Plog raised the question with check in staff of a certain airline
The instructions that airlines’s staff have for travel UK>France quite clearly state that the details on the vaccination certificate and passport details must be an exact match, and they won’t accept any other documentation as a alternative (e.g. marriage certificates)….
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Post by amandaj on Sept 14, 2021 7:44:51 GMT 1
Not sure about at the airports but it hasn't been a problem at the ports of Dieppe or Newhaven.
I didn't change my name when I married so it isn't a problem for me. Last time I travelled one of my friends came with me and one of the officials at Dieppe queried the difference in name between passport and covid vax certificate, she had also brought her 1st covid vax certificate which showed both her married and maiden name and that was sufficient proof.
I appreciate the paperwork checking might be more stringent at an airport.
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Post by plog on Sept 14, 2021 8:33:19 GMT 1
Thanks for that..can I confirm if that was northbound, southbound or both.. Northbound at the French airport all they wanted was a check of the QR code at the gate and I’m not sure the mismatch would have been flagged up…it wasn’t checked at all on arrival in the UK since I went through e-gates. Southbound(LHR) it was a manual process for everybody checking in for the flight and the check-in agent kindly showed me her script which was quite prescriptive on the issue…..then again it was an airline that likes scripts and doesn’t allow staff much if any discretion. If Mrs Plog had been traveling as part of the family group she would have been denied boarding…the workaround that was suggested if she wanted to travel in the future was a Covid test done in the UK <24 hours before the flight southbound with that test certificate matching the passport…. On arrival Border police at the French airport weren’t interested in vaccination status (but did check for TdSs)…
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Post by amandaj on Sept 14, 2021 13:29:31 GMT 1
I think it was Northbound, I don't remember them asking on the return journey.
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Post by amandaj on Sept 14, 2021 13:39:25 GMT 1
I've just had a look on a F/book group 'covid 19 travel test help and advice' Quite a few people worried because names on passport and vaccine cert don't match (most of them are in the UK so the problem is the other way round c/w France - women who haven't updated their passport from the maiden name but have had the vaccine done using married name). Apparently in UK the gp will change the name on the vax cert for you but there were a few people who weren't able to get this done and they were taking marriage and birth certificates with them as proof. One post I read suggested that easyjet were ok with this as proof. So pleased that I didn't change my name, it's made my life much simpler
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Post by leclairon on Sept 14, 2021 18:21:07 GMT 1
Thank you for that update. Has anyone travelled BF? My vaccination cert is in my maiden name. My passport in married name. I am due to travel to UK at end September. I will check with BF but wondered if anyone has gone through with marriage/birth certificates?
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Post by plog on Sept 14, 2021 19:28:58 GMT 1
I think it was Northbound, I don't remember them asking on the return journey. Thanks for the updates….Easyjet is an option for us so it would be interesting to see if anybody has any experience of this issue with them.
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Post by limousinlady on Sept 14, 2021 19:51:47 GMT 1
Sorry, I started the thread and should have updated following my visit to the UK last week. I took with me both the final certificate and the initial documentation (received following first jab) which showed both names. I had them side by side in a plastic wallet. We travelled from France to UK by P & O Ferries. The certs. were looked at but not queried.
Return journey by Eurotunnel and I don't think they were even looked at. We were just asked if we were vaccinated.
Will be flying Easyjet Bordeaux to Berlin in a couple of weeks for a family visit. I hope it won't be a problem then.
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