No worries, they or another pharmacy will happily issue a new one and bill the German government for another €18 ;)

Yes, it makes sense, but the official website and news reports only talk about the certificate (singular).

https://digitaler-impfnachweis-app.de

I found a pharmacy newsletter that mentioned that it is one QR code for each shot. And in the meantime I validated my app’s QR codes with the official German check app, and the digital pass is valid. Scanning the QR code for shot 1 of 2 results in an error indicating that it isn’t proof of full vaccination.

I also used the digital code via app IRL, at a hospital. Seems I was there first one ever to show up with it judging by the looks on their faces. And they just looked at the QR code and the name and DOB shown in the app. No validation via a scan app. No ID check. Oh well ;)

Sure but I discovered it just this evening and I am leaving for Spain tomorrow morning. This would have been convenient if working, I will redo it once I am back.

Crap, that is inconvenient. Are you going via a major airport like FRA or MUC that has a pharmacy?

And yes, I did make sure the data on the paper looked correct before leaving the pharmacy, With US documents there is always the chance they mess up the dates (reading 3/1/2021 as January 1, 2021).

Enjoy your trip!

FRA has a pharmacy in Squaire and I will pass there so maybe I will try again tomorrow there.

The link supplied also provides indications on how to deal with some of the common problems in getting the pass to work with CDC cards.

It wasn’t too many months ago when the pace of vaccinations for US personnel in Germany was frustratingly slow, but the latest frustration turned to how to get us CDC card users in Europe to be accommodated on the basis of the CDC card. Amusingly, I’m still working out for how to deal with this for my personal purposes without going to Germany to get it done reliably and without any risk of frustration. :D

I tried this last Friday at a participating pharmacy in a small town in southeastern Bavaria. I had just arrived that day and needed to go into town anyway so I thought I'd give it a quick try before the stores were closing without worrying too much about the outcome. I provided my CDC card and passport. The lady working in the front took both documents and said she'd have to check with the owner/boss who'd make the decision on whether to accept the CDC card as sufficient proof of vaccination. After a few minutes she came back, apologized, and said he'd told her that they'd only accept documents issued in other EU countries, not the US. I'm sure that I could have either pressed my case or tried other pharmacies and eventually been successful, but I didn't want to spend any more time on this during my short trip. I'll probably try again during a longer trip in August, though the only time I needed to show proof of vaccination during this past trip was to check into a hotel, and the CDC card was readily accepted for that.

T1 and T2 have branches, too:

https://metropolitan-pharmacy.com/frankfurt/?lang=en

Note that due to the current low case numbers no one really checks your status anywhere, so getting a covpass thingie to show may be nice but there is no imminent urgent need. Lufthansa will only be able to scan it to check your status in mid July, so it is also of limited use for travel.

I haven’t seen the actual UI the pharmacies use to capture the data, but the pharmacist who issued my digital certificates told me something along the lines of “I couldn’t choose the US as the vaccination country, so I entered Germany”.

The certs have a field “Member state of vaccination” - see picture at

https://user-images.githubuserconten...ef4a74719b.jpg

My certs show DE for that field, so I assume that’s what she was referring to.

If you look at the manual for pharmacies here: https://digitaler-impfnachweis-app.d...sanleitung.pdf

Its literally 6 fields they have to fill out: first/last name, dob, type of vaccine, second or first shot, date of vaccination. Thats it. No country, no nothing.

Yeah, I posted about the manual/screenshots earlier in this thread.

I have not seen the actual UI, and it wouldn’t surprise me if the screenshots are mock-ups created by product management that aren’t in sync with the actual implementation. And I may have misunderstood the pharmacist handing me the certs - German with a Russian accent through an FFP2 mask can be tricky. But my best interpretation and recollection of what I heard is what I said above.

In any case, if rejected by one pharmacy, I would just try it at another one. There seem to be plenty offering the service.

Just a data point :

I had one vaccine done in the US (CDC card), and the 2nd dose done at my local doctor in Germany (WHO/OMS yellow booklet, with CDC stapled in by my doctor).

Went to the pharmacie and the person issued the two certificates, in and out in 3 minutes.

Where is this ?
Frankfurt ?

It seems like only the Apotheke in Berlin and Munich are familiar ?
I've emailed a few Apotheke in Frankfurt and they said that it's only for EU citizens or people vaccinated in the EU.
Perhaps if I just go in person once I've arrived in DE, it'll be different ?

I got vaccinated 2x in Canada with Pfizer.

I got my own digital certificate done in a small town pharmacy hundreds of kilometers from Berlin or Munich. See earlier post.

I happened to visit another pharmacy in a different town nearby just yesterday and asked “for a friend who got his shots on the US” if they would issue the certificate based on the US vaccine card. No, they said, they only issue certificates for people who got vaccinated in this area. Not even someone from a Munich would get it from them, they said. Makes no sense, but clearly this is very much a case of HUCA (or walk out, try again).

I'm located in the suburbs of Frankfurt/Main. The pharmacist took a cursory glance at my national ID card (I have primary residency in Germany) to make sure it matched the passport, but that's it.

My hunch it that each country participating in the scheme is responsible and allows just its residents and citizens. Its main purpose wasn't directed for non-Schengen/particpating citizens or residents, although I'm sure down the road the CE might try and do reciprocity agreements. It could be more difficult for an outside tourist who got both doses outside the EU, because the pharmacist essentially has the burden of verifying the authenticity of the vaccination record, something risk-averse Germans don't willingly do.