Your vaccination history — childhood shots, school requirements, COVID-19 doses, travel vaccines — sits inside the Dubai Health Authority system, and you can get an official record of it without visiting a clinic in most cases. The record lives in your DHA account and the Alhosn app, and pulling it up takes a few minutes once your accounts are linked to your Emirates ID. Here is the step-by-step, including what to do when a dose you definitely received is missing.
Where Your Records Actually Live
Three places hold overlapping versions of your vaccination history. The Alhosn app shows COVID-19 vaccinations and test history tied to your Emirates ID or passport. The DHA app and the DHA smart portal hold your broader medical file if you have a DHA health card or have been treated at DHA facilities — government hospitals and clinics such as Rashid, Latifa and Dubai Hospital and the DHA primary health centres. Your MRN (medical record number) is the key that ties your DHA file together. Private hospital records are separate: if you were vaccinated at a private facility, that clinic’s own portal may be the source, though COVID-19 doses given anywhere in the UAE were reported into the national system and usually appear in Alhosn.
What You Need
- Your Emirates ID number (vaccination records are indexed to it).
- Your DHA MRN, if you have one — it is on past DHA receipts, prescriptions and your health card.
- The mobile number registered with your Emirates ID, for one-time passwords.
- UAE Pass, which makes logging into DHA services far simpler.
- For children’s records: the child’s Emirates ID and your own, as the parent linked on the file.
Step-by-Step: Getting Your Record From DHA
- Try Alhosn first for COVID-19 records. Log in with your Emirates ID; your doses, dates and vaccine types appear under your profile, and you can download the official vaccination report as a PDF.
- For the full DHA record, open the DHA app or dha.gov.ae. Sign in with UAE Pass or your DHA account credentials.
- Find your medical record or vaccination section. Inside your profile, look for immunisation/vaccination history; DHA patients can view and download a vaccination certificate or report from their file.
- Download and save the PDF. Keep a copy in your files and a printed copy if it is for a school, employer or embassy.
- If you have no DHA file yet, visit any DHA primary health centre with your Emirates ID to have your health card and MRN created — there is typically a modest fee for the health card, as a guide in the low hundreds of dirhams for adults and less for children; check current fees on the DHA portal.
Costs to Expect
Viewing and downloading your own record through the apps is free. Costs appear at the edges: creating a DHA health card if you have never had one, requesting a stamped or attested certificate for official use abroad, or asking a facility to print and certify copies. As a guide, attestation-type services typically run from around AED 50 to a few hundred dirhams depending on the document and the authority. Always confirm the current fee on the DHA website or by calling the DHA contact centre before you visit, and remember that a school or employer usually accepts the plain downloaded report.
When a Dose Is Missing
Gaps are common for older childhood vaccines given outside the UAE, doses received at private clinics before digital reporting, or records split across two MRNs after a name or ID change. Fix it by gathering proof — the paper vaccination booklet, a stamped record from the clinic, or a certificate from your home country — and taking it to a DHA primary health centre. Staff can transcribe verified historical doses into your file. Bring the original documents, and allow that transcription may take a few days to appear in the app. If you have two MRNs, ask the facility to merge them; duplicate files are the most common hidden cause of “missing” records.
FAQ
Can I get records for my child?
Yes. Parents can access children’s records through their own DHA/Alhosn accounts where the child is linked, or at a DHA health centre with both Emirates IDs.
I was vaccinated before moving to Dubai. Will it show?
Not automatically. Foreign doses appear only after you present the records to a DHA facility and have them transcribed into your file.
Is the Alhosn report accepted as official proof?
The Alhosn vaccination report is the UAE’s official COVID-19 vaccination record and is widely accepted; for other uses, the DHA-issued certificate from your medical file is the document to present.
Start with Alhosn and your DHA account, and only visit a health centre if something is missing or you need a stamped copy. For more health paperwork guides, visit dxbtalk.com and browse the How-To archive.
