Virginia Vaccination Records 2026: How to Request & Download

What Virginia Vaccination Records Mean in 2026

Virginia vaccination records are immunization history documents showing vaccine names, vaccine dates, and other details reported by doctors, clinics, pharmacies, public health programs, schools, or other approved sources. These records may be needed for child care, public school, private school, college, healthcare training, employment, military paperwork, travel clinics, immigration medical exams, camp, sports, or personal health files.

A Virginia vaccine record is not always a complete lifetime archive. Older doses, out-of-state vaccines, mismatched phone numbers, name changes, pharmacy records, military vaccines, or paper-only provider charts may not appear in the first online result. Use the online portal first, then check backup sources before guessing dates or repeating shots.

What Is VIIS?

VIIS stands for Virginia Immunization Information System. VDH describes VIIS as a free statewide registry that combines immunization histories for people of all ages from both public and private sector sources. CDC also identifies VIIS as Virginia’s IIS and states that it includes immunization records for vaccine recipients of all ages.

VDH says the new Virginia Immunization Information System platform launched on June 24, 2025. For residents, the practical benefit is easier access to official records through VDH-managed portals. For providers, VIIS helps with reporting, forecasting, reminder notices, vaccine inventory, and record management.

MyIR Mobile vs Virginia COVID/MMR Portal

Virginia has more than one official record access route, and using the wrong one wastes time. MyIR Mobile is the main route VDH points to for official immunization record access. The Virginia COVID/MMR portal is narrower and searches VIIS only for COVID-19 and Measles, Mumps, and Rubella records.

The COVID/MMR portal warns that other vaccine records are not yet available through that specific portal. It also warns that vaccines administered outside Virginia are unlikely to be in VIIS, vaccines before 2017 are less likely to be in VIIS, and a phone number associated with the vaccine record needs to be in VIIS to pull down the record.

How to Request, Download and Print Virginia Vaccination Records

Use this process when you need a copy of your Virginia vaccination record for school, child care, college, work, healthcare training, travel, immigration paperwork, military files, or personal records.

1. Open the official VDH record page. Start from Virginia Department of Health’s Request Immunization Record page so you choose the current official route and avoid retired or fake portals.
2. Choose MyIR Mobile for broad record access. Register or sign in, then enter the requested identity details. MyIR Mobile uses your registration information to look for an exact match in the immunization registry.
3. Use the COVID/MMR portal only for COVID-19 or MMR proof. Select the vaccine type, enter name, date of birth, and ZIP code, then follow the portal instructions.
4. Review the record carefully before submitting it. Check the person’s name, date of birth, vaccine names, dose dates, and whether the record matches the organization’s requested format.
5. Download, print, and save a secure copy. Keep a PDF and a printed copy. Use a clear filename such as “Virginia-Vaccination-Record-2026.pdf.”
6. If no record appears, check backup sources. Contact the doctor, clinic, pharmacy, school, college, employer health office, military source, local health department, or previous state registry.
7. Confirm the accepted format. Before uploading to a school, college, employer, civil surgeon, or travel clinic, ask whether they accept MyIR, VDH portal output, provider printout, lab titers, or a specific form.

Details You May Need Before Searching

Most portal problems happen because the search details do not match the record. A small difference in name, date of birth, ZIP code, phone number, old address, or parent/guardian details can block a match.

Virginia School, Child Care and College Vaccination Records

VDH says documentary proof of adequate age-appropriate immunization is required for attendance at public or private elementary, middle, or secondary school, child care center, nursery school, family day care home, or developmental center. The school, district, child care program, or college decides what record format it will accept.

Virginia school paperwork may involve the Commonwealth of Virginia School Entrance Health Form MCH 213G, a provider record, a health department record, or a school-accepted immunization document. For religious exemption, VDH links to a Certificate of Religious Exemption form. Medical exemptions should be handled through licensed medical professionals and the school’s official process.

Adult, Pharmacy, College, Work and Travel Virginia Vaccination Records

Adults often need Virginia vaccination records for healthcare jobs, nursing school, college, caregiver work, travel clinics, immigration medical exams, military paperwork, public safety roles, or personal medical history. Adult records may be split between VIIS, MyIR Mobile, pharmacy accounts, patient portals, old schools, previous employers, military systems, and other states.

What If Virginia Vaccination Records Are Missing or Wrong?

A missing online match does not prove that you were never vaccinated. The record may be under an old name, old phone number, old ZIP code, parent phone number, pharmacy profile, school record, provider chart, military file, or another state registry. The COVID/MMR portal also warns that out-of-state vaccines are unlikely to be in VIIS and vaccines before 2017 are less likely to be in VIIS.

1. Check identity details first. Try previous names, old ZIP codes, old phone numbers, parent phone numbers, and the exact date of birth.
2. Call the vaccine provider. The original provider or pharmacy may have the administration record even when the portal does not match.
3. Ask the school or college. Schools often retain vaccine records submitted during enrollment.
4. Use the local health department. Local health departments may help with school questions, clinic records, or record navigation.
5. Check other states. Use CDC’s IIS directory for vaccines given in Maryland, DC, North Carolina, Tennessee, West Virginia, or another state.
6. Ask about titers or catch-up vaccination. If no record can be found, ask a licensed clinician what proof or next step is acceptable.

Virginia Local Health Department Help: Northern Virginia, Richmond, Hampton Roads, Roanoke and More

Local health departments can help when a record is missing, school proof is due, a public health clinic gave the vaccine, or you need local instructions. VDH provides a Health Department Locator where users can search by address or ZIP code.

Titer Tests When Virginia Vaccination Records Are Lost

A titer test is a blood test that checks for immunity to certain diseases. It may help when adult childhood vaccine records are lost, especially for healthcare jobs, nursing school, medical school, college programs, or immigration medical exams. But the organization requesting proof decides whether titers are accepted.

Official Virginia Sources and Related Live Guides

Use official sources first for private health details. This page is an independent guide and is not VDH, VIIS, MyIR Mobile, CDC, a school district, a pharmacy, a provider, a local health department, or a federal Veterans Affairs record service.

Related live guides on ImmunizationRecord.org

These internal links were selected because they were live-checked and match Virginia record intent. They are included to help users move between closely related record searches, not as random link stuffing.

Virginia Vaccination Records FAQs