Overseas vaccination records, immunisation cards and immunisation history documents translated into English for customers across Australia. Where NAATI certification is required and available, the assignment is allocated to a practitioner holding the appropriate credential.
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PDFAn overseas vaccination card, booklet, certificate or history statement is the source record. If it is not in English, an English translation may assist an Australian vaccination provider in assessing it.
The Australian vaccination provider—not ATIS—assesses the record, compares relevant vaccination information and determines what can be entered in the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR). Once information is recorded in AIR, the individual may be able to obtain an AIR Immunisation History Statement.
A translation supplied by ATIS is not itself an AIR Immunisation History Statement. ATIS cannot update AIR or decide whether a dose will be accepted or recorded. Customers should ask their Australian vaccination provider what documents, translations and certification they require.
Services Australia explains that overseas immunisations can be added to AIR by a recognised vaccination provider when English-language documents are supplied. Some people may also be eligible for the Australian Government Free Translating Service. ATIS is a separate paid translation service and does not replace that government service or a prescribed visa health examination.
Childcare and school documentation requirements vary by jurisdiction and organisation. In some settings an AIR Immunisation History Statement is required rather than the overseas booklet or its translation alone. An Australian vaccination provider may need to assess overseas records before the information can be added to AIR.
In New South Wales, for example, overseas immunisation records are not accepted by childcare centres in place of an AIR Immunisation History Statement. That NSW rule does not apply identically throughout Australia. Confirm the current requirement with the childcare service, school or public-health authority in your state or territory.
Some universities, TAFE programs, healthcare training courses and clinical placements may ask for vaccination evidence. Employers, aged-care providers and occupational-health services may also request translated records. A translation alone does not satisfy enrolment, placement or employment requirements, and ATIS is not affiliated with any school, university, TAFE or healthcare provider. Confirm exact requirements with the institution, placement provider or employer.
Vaccination records are not routine requirements for all visa applications. Home Affairs generally uses prescribed health examinations for visa health requirements. A translation does not replace a prescribed visa health examination and does not establish compliance with an Australian immunisation schedule.
If a migration, health or other authority specifically asks for a vaccination document in English, confirm its translation and certification requirements before ordering. Travel-health certificates such as yellow fever documents or International Certificates of Vaccination or Prophylaxis can be translated where the visible record can be assessed. ATIS does not determine travel eligibility.
The groups below are commonly requested. This is not an exhaustive catalogue. ATIS translates vaccination documents into English. Some overseas records use the spelling immunization. Confirm with the receiving provider whether the overseas booklet, its translation, or an AIR Immunisation History Statement is required.
An overseas immunisation history statement is the source document issued abroad. It is not an Australian AIR Immunisation History Statement. Related pages include medical translation services and document translation services.
ATIS can assess vaccination and immunisation records issued in countries including China, Pakistan, India and Japan, subject to the source language, document legibility, required translation direction and appropriately credentialled practitioner availability.
Chinese vaccination certificates, childhood immunisation records, and hospital, clinic or public-health records can be assessed. Documents may be Chinese-only or bilingual Chinese/English, printed or handwritten, and may use Simplified or Traditional Chinese. Stamps, seals, vaccine labels and date formats vary. China does not use one uniform vaccination-card format. See also Chinese translation services.
Childhood immunisation and vaccination cards, hospital or public-health records, and polio vaccination certificates or cards can be assessed. An Expanded Programme on Immunization or EPI card is translated where that title appears on the document. Not every Pakistani vaccination record is an EPI card, is in Urdu, or follows one national layout. Records may be Urdu, English or bilingual. See also Urdu translation services.
Childhood immunisation cards, hospital and clinic records, government or local health records, and COVID-era digital certificates can be assessed where the visible document can be read. A Mother and Child Protection Card is translated where that is the actual document supplied. India is not one-language content: records may be English, Hindi or another Indian language, and layouts vary by state, hospital and issuer. See also Hindi translation services.
Japanese vaccination records, childhood vaccination histories, and clinic, municipal or medical-facility records can be assessed. A Maternal and Child Health Handbook (母子健康手帳) is translated where vaccination entries are present; handbook formats vary. Japanese-only and bilingual records, Japanese era dates and Gregorian dates, vertical or tabular layouts, stamps, handwritten annotations and stickers are taken from the visible page. See also Japanese translation services.
Additional records may include Portuguese-language vaccination cards from Brazil, Ukrainian, Russian and Vietnamese records, Indonesian or Korean documents, Middle Eastern certificates and European vaccination booklets. Availability is assignment-dependent. Related language pages include Portuguese, Arabic, Ukrainian, Russian and Vietnamese.
ATIS translates visible and legible information without assessing the clinical validity of a vaccine or dose. Vaccine names are reproduced exactly as shown. Antigen or disease names appear only where they are explicitly recorded. Brand and manufacturer names, dose numbers, administration dates, batch or lot numbers, and route of administration are included where shown.
Clinic, hospital, public-health unit or provider names, practitioner names and professional titles, registration numbers, stamps, seals, signatures, handwritten annotations, stickers, labels, tables and dose schedules are translated from the page. Front and reverse sides, multi-page booklets, digital records and visible QR-code text form part of the document when they can be read. Blank, crossed-out, amended and completed entries, and bilingual or multilingual pages, are treated as they appear.
ATIS does not decide whether two vaccine names are clinically equivalent, convert an overseas schedule into the Australian schedule, determine whether a dose is valid, confirm whether a person is fully immunised, or decide whether a dose can be entered in AIR. ATIS does not interpret medical significance, recommend vaccination or catch-up treatment, expand an unclear abbreviation as a guessed vaccine, authenticate the original record, validate a QR code, or certify that a record is genuine.
Dates may appear as day-month-year or year-month-day, in words or numerals, or on a non-Gregorian calendar. Japanese era dates are reproduced where encountered. Numeral systems can differ. Records may run right-to-left or left-to-right, mix languages, or use abbreviations and handwritten vaccine names.
Faded ink, stamps covering text, cropped photographs, folded booklet edges, low-resolution scans, missing reverse sides and detached labels or inserts can limit what can be translated. Illegible content may need to be marked as unclear or omitted from the translation. Perfect recovery of unclear text is not promised.
Upload every completed page, covers if they identify the document, both sides of every card, every stamp, seal and endorsement, clear colour scans or photographs, uncropped images showing every edge, attached labels and inserts, earlier translations where terminology consistency matters, and a passport-name spelling where personal-name consistency is required.
Send clear scans, photographs or a PDF of the complete vaccination or immunisation record through Get a Quote. For multi-page booklets, include all relevant pages before an accurate quote can be prepared.
A quote and turnaround are confirmed after the records have been assessed. Source language, page count, handwriting and image quality affect the assessment.
A quote is provided before work begins. Where NAATI certification is required and available for the source language and translation direction, the assignment is allocated to a practitioner holding the appropriate credential.
The completed translation is supplied using the available delivery method. Urgent requests may be considered subject to document complexity, language and practitioner availability.
Experience handling personal and official records, including vaccination cards, booklets and certificates.
Vaccine names, dates, dose entries, stamps and handwritten annotations are taken from the visible record.
A quote is provided before translation begins. Turnaround is confirmed after assessment.
Upload scans or photographs through the existing quote form from anywhere in Australia.
Practical guidance about missing pages, reverse sides and image quality is given before you send the file.
Country and format variations are assessed from the actual document, not from an assumed national template.
ATIS is not a healthcare provider or immunisation authority. Requirements vary by receiving organisation.
Customers can submit vaccination and immunisation records online from across Australia, including Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide and Canberra. ATIS does not claim a physical office in each of those cities.
City pages with local context are available for Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide and Canberra.
Upload the complete record and tell us its intended use. We will review it and provide a clear quote before translation begins.
