After receiving two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine in India, the government issues a vaccine certificate as official documentation that you have been vaccinated. You will receive a provisional vaccine certificate when you receive your first dose and a final vaccine certificate when you receive your second dose. These certificates have a unique 13-digit beneficiary reference ID that allows you to access all of your vaccine details such as dose date, vaccine name, name of the health official who administered the vaccine to you, and where the vaccine was administered. However, if your vaccine certificate shows the wrong name, year of birth, gender, or photo ID number, you can now edit your certificate and download a new one.
Previously, there was no way to correct errors on the certificate, but now the Center has launched a much-needed feature on the COWIN website that will allow you to edit your vaccine certificate. However, you can only edit it once, and when you make changes, your old certificate will be deleted and you will get a revised final vaccine certificate. So make sure you enter the correct details this time as you won’t be able to correct these errors again.
Now let’s see how to edit the vaccine certificate on the COWIN website.
How to change vaccine certificate
1. Open COWIN.gov.in and click on Self-register/login at the top.
2. Now enter the mobile number you used to register for vaccination and click Get one-time password.
3. Enter the OTP you received and click Verify and continue. Then, click ask questions Top Options > Select Members > Select Certificate correction.
4. Under Self-Correction, select the details you want to edit on the vaccine certificate. However, it should be noted that you can edit only two items of the name: date of birth, gender and Aadhaar card number/PAN card/passport number.
5. Enter the correct information > Click continue > Click submit.