Certificate of Recovery

For Cruises Departing U.S. Homeports, Puerto Rico and Canada

Certificate of Recovery will not be accepted in lieu of a vaccination record card by ports of call that require all guests of vaccine-eligible age to be vaccinated. In these ports, all travellers age 12 and older must be fully vaccinated with the final dose of their vaccine administered at least 14 days before sailing.

We kindly ask all guests to take a COVID-19 test if required. However, certain ports (listed below) will not permit guests to go ashore using a Certificate of Recovery. The following two documents must be presented:

1. A certified medical health certificate from a doctor stating that you have fully recovered from COVID-19. It must meet the following requirements:

Official letterhead from a healthcare provider, public health official or telehealth provider showing:
Their name
Their address
Their phone number
Confirmation of your recovery and completion of isolation
- Must be typed (not handwritten) and signed by the provider
- Must confirm the sample collection date of the positive PCR test, which must be a minimum of 11 days and a maximum of 90 days before the departure date of your cruise

2. A positive result document for a COVID-19 PCR test taken a minimum of 11 days and a maximum of 90 days before the departure date of your cruise. The test results document from your test provider must include the name of the lab that processed the test, the lab’s CLIA Lab Number or Certification Number, the address of the lab, your name, the date the test was taken, type of test, and your positive result. This can be a printed document, email, or telehealth app notification. Fully handwritten doctor’s notes (such as those written on a prescription pad) will not be accepted. Minimal handwritten components (such as a check mark on a “positive” box) are acceptable as long as the other required information is printed on the document.

NOTE: Though Silversea will accept documentation meeting these requirements to board, many countries are not currently accepting Certificates of Recovery. In these ports, guests who provided certificates would not be allowed to debark.

The following require a Certificate of Recovery to be presented with a negative test result, in order to go ashore:

St. Kitts
Panama
Panama Canal
St. Lucia
Guatemala
Colombia
Trinidad & Tobago
St. Vincent
the Grenadines
Haiti
Cayman Islands
Bermuda

For Cruises Departing from Europe

We kindly ask all guests to take a COVID-19 test if required. The following two documents must be presented:

1. A certified medical health certificate from a doctor stating that you have fully recovered from COVID-19. It must meet the following requirements:

Official letterhead from a healthcare provider, public health official or telehealth provider showing:
Their name
Their address
Their phone number
Confirmation of your recovery and completion of isolation
- Must be typed (not handwritten) and signed by the provider
- Must confirm the sample collection date of the positive PCR test, which must be a minimum of 11 days and a maximum of 180 days before the departure date of your cruise

2. A positive result document for a COVID-19 PCR test taken a minimum of 11 days and a maximum of 180 days before the departure date of your cruise. The test results document from your test provider must include the name of the lab that processed the test, the lab’s CLIA Lab Number or Certification Number, the address of the lab, your name, the date the test was taken, type of test, and your positive result. This can be a printed document, email, or telehealth app notification. Fully handwritten doctor’s notes (such as those written on a prescription pad) will not be accepted. Minimal handwritten components (such as a check mark on a “positive” box) are acceptable as long as the other required information is printed on the document.