Recovery from Covid Letter/Certificate [merged thread]
May 28, 2022, 8:37 pm
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Okay , I'm late to the party and sorry if this was already asked but can I use the attestation form and therefore use my own unproctored antigen test? I believed I needed an official report of negative antigen, but the form seems to indicate I can just submit the form. Am I missing something? (recently fly back to the US and never saw an alternative to an "official" result)
May 31, 2022, 10:14 am
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I used https://www.kioassistance.com/. You fill out the form (Request doctor at home), tell them you need a certificate of recovery, and they send a message via Whatsapp, asking a few questions. You reply, pay via the link they provide, and then in an hour or two, the physician has a video chat with you. They email the certificate of recovery.
No.
No.
In fact, does anyone know of an outfit that will arrange a "COVID-19 recovery and fit to travel letter" letter (acceptable for return flights to USA) without requiring messaging? I'd like to sign up and pay by a website and use zoom for the telehealth visit. Email links are fine, but I don't want to transmit a credit card number by email. (I wouldn't be using health insurance.)
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May 31, 2022, 11:01 am
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If you have an established relationship with a doctor or clinic, keep it simple and contact them to get a letter of recovery. I was able to message my doctor's care team and get a recovery letter for free, no telehealth visit or payment required.
I'll be trying it out to fly back to the US on a KL/DL itinerary in two weeks.
I'll be trying it out to fly back to the US on a KL/DL itinerary in two weeks.
May 31, 2022, 12:01 pm
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Can you use this service if you don't use Whatsapp?
In fact, does anyone know of an outfit that will arrange a "COVID-19 recovery and fit to travel letter" letter (acceptable for return flights to USA) without requiring messaging? I'd like to sign up and pay by a website and use zoom for the telehealth visit. Email links are fine, but I don't want to transmit a credit card number by email. (I wouldn't be using health insurance.)
In fact, does anyone know of an outfit that will arrange a "COVID-19 recovery and fit to travel letter" letter (acceptable for return flights to USA) without requiring messaging? I'd like to sign up and pay by a website and use zoom for the telehealth visit. Email links are fine, but I don't want to transmit a credit card number by email. (I wouldn't be using health insurance.)
https://www.zoomdoc.com/product/covi...hoC_fQQAvD_BwE
May 31, 2022, 2:08 pm
#96
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Can you use this service if you don't use Whatsapp?
In fact, does anyone know of an outfit that will arrange a "COVID-19 recovery and fit to travel letter" letter (acceptable for return flights to USA) without requiring messaging? I'd like to sign up and pay by a website and use zoom for the telehealth visit. Email links are fine, but I don't want to transmit a credit card number by email. (I wouldn't be using health insurance.)
In fact, does anyone know of an outfit that will arrange a "COVID-19 recovery and fit to travel letter" letter (acceptable for return flights to USA) without requiring messaging? I'd like to sign up and pay by a website and use zoom for the telehealth visit. Email links are fine, but I don't want to transmit a credit card number by email. (I wouldn't be using health insurance.)
https://quick.md/documentation-of-recovery/
Jun 1, 2022, 8:08 pm
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Question. Who can write a certificate of recovery? What needs to be on a certificate of recovery for a trip to Spain and back to the US?
How much does the certificate of recovery cost?
How much does the certificate of recovery cost?
Jun 1, 2022, 9:57 pm
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Jun 1, 2022, 11:55 pm
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• From a licensed healthcare provider or a public health official
• Must be signed and on official letterhead that shows the name, address, and phone number of the healthcare provider or public health official
• Does not need to specify dates of travel
• Must be signed and on official letterhead that shows the name, address, and phone number of the healthcare provider or public health official
• Does not need to specify dates of travel
Jun 2, 2022, 12:10 am
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If you have had a positive viral test on a sample taken during the past 90 days, and you have met the criteria to travel, you may travel instead with your positive viral test results and a signed letter from a licensed healthcare provider or a public health official that states you have been cleared for travel according to CDC’s travel guidance. The positive test result and letter together are referred to as “documentation of recovery.”
My certificate of recovery was free from my doctor's office - I just requested one from them by email.
Jun 2, 2022, 12:12 am
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Signed Letter of Recovery for flying back to the US
I had COVID in April and will be taking my first flight back to the US since then in two weeks. The CDC requirements for a letter of recovery specifically mention a signed letter from a healthcare provider or public health official.
I got a letter of recovery from my primary care clinic and it is "Electronically signed" and doesn't have a hand-signed signature:
Am I over-analyzing the requirements here or should I ask for a hand-signed letter? I'm flying back to the US on a KL/DL itinerary.
I now have a new appreciation for countries where you upload your necessary COVID documents and they give you positive confirmation you are allowed to enter, versus the US's offloading of COVID document checks to airline check-in agents.
I got a letter of recovery from my primary care clinic and it is "Electronically signed" and doesn't have a hand-signed signature:
Sincerely,
Electronically signed by
Name, ARNP
Clinic name and location
Clinic phone number
Electronically signed by
Name, ARNP
Clinic name and location
Clinic phone number
I now have a new appreciation for countries where you upload your necessary COVID documents and they give you positive confirmation you are allowed to enter, versus the US's offloading of COVID document checks to airline check-in agents.
Jun 2, 2022, 8:53 am
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I have seen travel party members use EU digital covid certificates of recovery from Denmark that have no identified doctor signature on them. And during May, they’ve been accepted at airport check-in and/or at the gate by each airline flying LHR-US routes, AMS-US, BRU-US, and also by each airline on ARN/CPH-US routes.
That said, going also with a hand-signed letter — and avoiding those online/offsite verification thing with the airlines — is the lowest risk way to do it. But my travel party members in such situations have done it without issue without having or presenting such letter.
That said, going also with a hand-signed letter — and avoiding those online/offsite verification thing with the airlines — is the lowest risk way to do it. But my travel party members in such situations have done it without issue without having or presenting such letter.
Last edited by GUWonder; Jun 2, 2022 at 8:59 am
Jun 2, 2022, 9:55 am
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My auditor brain focuses more on the latter requirement: Must be signed and on official letterhead that shows the name, address, and phone number of the healthcare provider or public health official. Whether it’s signed by hand or electronically, if I’m concerned about the validity, I’m picking up the phone and calling the provider to confirm. Electronic signatures are used so frequently now that if they really want a hand-signed document, it should specify that.
Jun 2, 2022, 10:53 am
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Jun 2, 2022, 12:31 pm
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You all are over-thinking this. Use your "Airline ticket agent with 5 seconds per passenger to review a document" brain. They will check the name, date, look for the general wording, and that it doesn't look like an obvious forgery. I wouldn't worry about it, personally.