For PEI cars looking to travel off Island for the July 24th meet in Amherst (or NS &NB folks looking to cruise to PEI), here's some clipped details and links for the paperwork to ease entry into PEI. As of this morning there are approximately 28,500 applications in the queue, with approx. 2000 already approved.
From the PEI COVID website:
Additional temporary public health measures are in effect. Applicable additional measures override guidance on this page. Find out more here. If you are now fully vaccinated (+ 14 days) but your PEI Pass was issued when you were partially vaccinated (e.g. your PEI Pass code ends with the letter...
www.princeedwardisland.ca
Eligibility for a PEI Pass as of June 27
The following populations are eligible for a PEI Pass as of June 27:
- age 16 years and older and vaccinated at least one dose (+21 days) of a COVID-19 vaccine approved for use(link is external) in Canada,
- age 12-15 years and vaccinated with at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine approved for use in Canada (until July 31, 2021, when 1st dose + 21 days are required for eligibility),
and who are either:
- Permanent residents of PEI, NS, NB, NL or the Magdalen Islands,
- Visitors to NS, NB or NL – i.e. individuals (other than permanent residents) who have been in an Atlantic province for a minimum of 14 consecutive days (such as seasonal residents of NS, NB, or NL); does not include visitors to the Magdalen Islands,
- Non-PEI residents who came to PEI through a Pre-Travel Approval and are currently in PEI
Children under 12 years of age, or turning 12 within 14 days of their scheduled travel date, who are travelling with their vaccinated parents/families are not required to self-isolate and. do not need a pass or other travel registration.
If you are a registered PEI rotational worker or registered PEI truck driver and have already provided your vaccine record to CPHO, you will receive a PEI Pass automatically; if you have not yet provided your vaccine record to CPHO, please contact
[email protected](link sends e-mail) to apply for your PEI Pass.
You must bring your PEI Pass with you on entry to PEI, along with matching government issued Photo ID (minors age 12-17
see below for acceptable ID).
Required documentation to apply for a PEI Pass
To apply for a PEI Pass, you will need:
- Permanent PEI residents:
- If you were vaccinated in PEI, you will have two options
- Provide consent to allow a public health official to confirm your vaccination in the PEI COVID Immunization Registry or;
- uploading your own vaccine record in the PEI Pass application form.
- If you were vaccinated somewhere other than PEI, then you will need to upload the proof of vaccination
- When you arrive at the point of entry, ensure you have with you Proof of PEI permanent residency
- Permanent residents of NS, NB, NL or the Magdalen Islands
- Other individuals (other than permanent residents) who have been in an Atlantic province for a minimum of 14 consecutive days (such as seasonal residents of NS, NB, or NL) - does not include visitors to the Magdalen Islands.
- Non-PEI residents who came to PEI through a Pre-Travel Approvaland are currently in PEI
- Approval code from your most recent pre-travel approval letter
- If it has been more than 28 days since you last arrived in PEI, upload accepted documentation to prove you were physically present in PEI during the past 14 consecutive days (see below)
- Vaccine record
Vaccine record
A vaccine record is an official record, issued by a government, a health authority or a licensed health care provider (e.g. pharmacist, physician).
It contains at minimum: the name of the person vaccinated, the date they were vaccinated and the type of vaccine they received (e.g. Pfizer, Moderna).
Some jurisdictions also have online registries of people who are vaccinated.
Photos or pdfs of vaccine records or online records of vaccination that contain at minimum the above noted information may be submitted with your PEI Pass application. PEI residents can opt to consent to a public health official to verify their vaccination in the PEI COVID Immunization Registry as part of their application for a PEI Pass. PEI residents who choose not to give this permission, will have the option to upload a copy of their own vaccine record with their PEI Pass application.
For general reference, for
PEI residents, more information on requesting your vaccination record is
available here.
It is an offence to knowingly provide false or misleading information to a public health official under the
Public Health Act. Individuals may be ticketed $1,000 per offence.
Proof of permanent residency in NS, NB, or NL
Proof of permanent residency is a valid province’s driver’s license or government issued voluntary identification card containing your address of principal residence in the province, plus any one (1) of the following:
- Valid provincial Health card;
- Valid provincial Motor vehicle registration certificate; or
- 2019 or 2020 CRA Notice of Assessment identifying the province as your Province of residency (line 42800 of NOE indicating jurisdiction of taxation).
If you do not possess a valid license or voluntary identification card for the Atlantic province/Magdalen Islands where you permanently reside, you must present a valid driver’s license or government-issued photo identification card from another jurisdiction; plus any two (2) of the following:
- Valid provincial health card;
- Valid provincial motor vehicle registration certificate; or
- 2019 or 2020 CRA Notice of Assessment identifying the province as your Province of residency (see line 428 of Notice indicating jurisdiction of taxation).
Other secondary pieces of identification to demonstrate residency in the Atlantic province, which include the travelers name and address, can also include:
- Utility bill (phone, Internet, electricity, cable, water/sewer or a home heating fuel invoice);
- Bank statement, cancelled or void cheque with address;
- Mortgage document;
- Property Tax bill;
- Residential lease (completed and signed by landlord & tenant);
- Federal or Provincial benefit confirmation (Employment Insurance, Social Assistance, Canada Child Benefit , etc); or
- Employment confirmation or pay stub, with proof of employment location.
PEI PASS application link:
services.princeedwardisland.ca