International COVID-19 Vaccination Certificates (ICVC) 011-22031026
FAQs
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Information displayed on ICVCs
Table 1
Item |
Field |
Description |
1 |
Visible Digital Seal (VDS) |
QR code containing individual's personal and vaccination details. Assists authorities to verify document is unaltered. Is scanned by a QR reader and checked against Australia's ePassport Country Signing Certificate Authority public key. |
2 |
Issued by [country] |
3 digit country code - defaults to Australia (AUS) |
3 |
Version [numeral] |
Version control indicates number of requested to date |
4 |
UCVI number/code |
Document code |
5 |
Name of the holder |
Customer's name. Format is LAST NAME, FIRST NAME |
6 |
Date of birth |
Customer's date of birth. Format is YYYY-MM-DD |
7 |
Gender |
Customer's gender. Options are M, F or X |
8 |
Passport number |
Document number of passport customer has provided |
9 |
Vaccine or prophylaxis |
Vaccine code - COVID-19 |
10 |
Vaccine brand |
Vaccine brand name/s given |
11 |
Disease or agent targeted |
Disease - COVID-19 |
12 |
Date of vaccination |
Date/s vaccine given |
13 |
Dose number |
Vaccine dose number |
14 |
Country of vaccination |
Country vaccinations were given. This is a mandatory field. If the country is missing, the vaccination provider must update the AIR. |
15 |
Administering centre |
The vaccination provider type |
16 |
Vaccine batch number |
The batch number of the vaccine given. This is a mandatory field. If the batch number is missing it will show as 'not recorded' and the vaccination provider must update the AIR |
Action additional messages when requesting an ICVC in AIR site
Table 2
Code |
Reason |
Action/Error message |
IDS.001 |
Operator does not have 'production-standard' or 'production-advanced' access |
Operator does not have sufficient access. Refer to Team Leader to request access. |
IDS.002 |
Operator has 'production-standard' access and customer details do not pass Document Verification System (DVS) check |
Details provided do not match existing Australian passport or foreign passport linked to an Australian visa details. Confirm details and try again. If customer has a foreign passport not linked to an Australian visa, escalate to operator with 'DVS bypass' access. |
IDS.003: IDS-E-1091, IDS-E-1092, IDS-E-1093 |
Operator has 'production-advanced' access and customer details do not pass Document Verification System (DVS) check. |
Details provided do not match existing passport information. Confirm details with customer. Confirm details and try again. If customer has a foreign passport not linked to an Australian Visa, confirm details via VEVO report if required and select 'Bypass'. Error message: Details provided do not match existing passport information. Confirm details with customer. If information is correct, verify another Australian issued document using the Document Verification System, as per OB 011-22031026, and then select 'Bypass'. (%CODE%, Reference: %REFERENCE) |
IDS.004: IDS-E-1090, IDS-E-1300, IDS-E-1301 |
Customer details do not pass Australian Passport Office (APO) check |
Details provided do not match information held by the Australian Passport Office (APO). Confirm customer details and try again. If customer details are correct, escalate to LPS. Error message: An error has occurred. See Resources on OB 011-22031026 for further information about troubleshooting. (%CODE%, Reference: %REFERENCE%) |
IDS.005: IDS-E-1100, IDS-E-1101 |
Customer details are not returned from Customer Directory Maintenance System (CDMS) |
Customer AIR record not found in CDMS/Customer has an end date applied/restricted flag. Escalate to LPS. Error message: An error has occurred. See Resources on OB 011-22031026 for further information about troubleshooting. (%CODE%, Reference: %REFERENCE%) |
IDS.006: IDS-E-1200, IDS-E-1201 |
Customer has no COVID-19 vaccines recorded |
Customer has no COVID-19 vaccines recorded on the Australian Immunisation Register. Customer to contact their vaccination provider to update the Australian Immunisation Register. Error message: The individual has no COVID-19 vaccinations recorded in AIR or an error occurred when retrieving their COVID-19 vaccination details from AIR. Please check their COVID-19 vaccination details in AIR. See OB 011-22031026 for further information about troubleshooting (%CODE%, Reference: %REFERENCE%) |
IDS.007 |
Customer has a COVID-19 vaccine that does not have a country of vaccination recorded |
COVID-19 vaccine(s) cannot be recorded on certificate as no 'country of vaccination' recorded. Customer to contact their vaccination provider to record the country on the Australian Immunisation Register. |
IDS.008 |
VDS certificate feature has been turned off in the reference data |
Application is not currently available. Try again later. |
IDS.009 |
The Document Expiry date is in the past |
Passport provided has expired. Customer to renew their passport to request an ICVC. |
IDS.010 |
Document ID does not meet passport number standards |
Document ID is not valid. Confirm details and try again. |
IDS.011 |
Date of birth is greater than the current date |
Date of birth cannot be a future date |
IDS.012 |
Date of birth is not a valid date. For example 99/99/9999 |
Date must be a valid date. |
IDS.013 |
Date of birth is more than 130 years |
Enter correct date of birth. |
IDS.014 |
Input field contains invalid characters |
Invalid character(s). |
IDS.015 |
Only name flag |
If customer has only one name, name must be entered into the Family Name field. If the customer does not have a family name, all given names must be entered into the Family Name field and Given Names field must be left blank. |
IDS-E-1090 See IDS.004 |
The certificate for this individual cannot be generated or viewed at this time DVS service call unsuccessful |
Possible DVS outage. Check Newsflash Messages for information and try again. |
IDS-E-1091 See IDS.003 |
Details provided do not match existing Australian passport linked to an Australian visa. Please confirm details and try again. Alternatively, if the customer has a foreign passport, not link to an Australian visa. DVS service call successful but passport/visa not matched. DVS Verification Result is 'N'. |
The details entered do not match with DVS. Check the details and try again. |
IDS-E-1092 See IDS.003 |
Details provided do not match existing Australian passport linked to an Australian visa. Please confirm details and try again. Alternatively, if the customer has a foreign passport, not link to an Australian visa. DVS service call successful. DVS Verification Result is 'D'. |
The document entered is invalid or expired or the customer is offshore.
|
IDS-E-1093 See IDS.003 |
The certificate for this individual cannot be generated or viewed at this time DVS service call successful. DVS Verification Result is 'S'. |
DVS system availability error. Try again later. |
IDS-E-1201 See IDS.006 |
The individual has no COVID-19 vaccinations recorded in AIR or an error occurred when retrieving their COVID-19 vaccination details from AIR. Please check their COVID-19 vaccination details in AIR. If necessary contact AIR.PROGRAM.SUPPORT The customer does not have any COVID vaccinations recorded. |
Check the customer record for COVID-19 vaccinations If vaccinations are recorded, clear the request and try again. |
DVS results
Table 3: details for Service Officers who verify a document in the Document Verification Service (DVS) and get a Y, N, D or S result.
Result |
Description |
Y - Matched |
Yes, the document is verified. |
N - Not matched |
Not verified. Check the coding to make sure there are no typos. If this cannot be verified, escalate to LPS. |
D - Data out of range (document is not able to be electronically verified or is invalid) |
The details input are recorded with the issuer but the document cannot be verified. |
S - System availability error |
System issues. Try again in a few minutes. If there is a system outage a Network News Update (NNU) Newsflash will be published. |