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Travel certificates for people who are fully vaccinated are beginning to be sent out in the post.
The announcement comes just days after CCA Chairman Peter Ferrache told the States that fully vaccinated islanders should start to receive digital certificates in early July.
Once islanders have received two doses of vaccine and two weeks have passed since their second dose, a letter of confirmation will be sent out providing the dates, vaccine name and batch number.
These letters are being sent out in batches of 10,000, starting on Friday 18 June. It is expected to take up to five working days for islanders to receive their certificates.
A spokesperson for HSC said: "The certificate has been developed to closely align in format, content and security features to those being issued in the UK and the other Crown Dependencies, but with our own clear branding.
"This approach has been taken to ensure that the certificates issued in Guernsey are easily recognised and accepted when used beyond our borders."
Pictured: CCA Chairman Peter Ferbrache said the certificates have a range of security features embedded in them, including, holographs, microtext, a unique ISO country code, and visible and invisible water-marking - similar to bank notes - to avoid forgery.
"We have also used the more recognisable term of ‘Government’ instead of ‘States’ in our logo so that it clear to those reviewing the letter outside of the Common Travel Area, who may not have heard of Guernsey, that it is an official document issued by a government authority."
The certificates will have a range of security features embedded in them, including holograms, the use of a Pantograph to prevent copying, microtext, a unique reference visible using the ISO Alpha-3 country code which is also coded into the barcode and visible and hidden watermarking.
The approach is similar to that used for bank notes to mitigate the risk of forgery.
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