Does anyone realize how difficult they make it to change your name on your Manitoba Health Card and Immunization Record / Proof of Vaccination?!! This is insane!
I am going through a divorce and I need my photo id to match my proof of vaccination in order to fly to Edmonton to visit my family at Christmas. I have been trying to make this change for months! The insured benefits office is not open due to the pandemic so I’ve been forced to spend countless hours waiting on hold, receiving conflicting information from different people, and composing email after email that go unanswered.
Today I finally got them to change my name in the Manitoba Health system (they said there were still about 600 people in line for name changes ahead of me 😲 but they were able to bump me and get it changed due to the urgency of my situation), however I was warned (for the first time) that there is some type of “tech issue” between the Manitoba Health Card system and the Immunization Record system which causes significant delays. I was told that the name on my Immunization Record might not change for a minimum of 2 to 14 days. The round-trip flight I booked months ago is in 11 days.
My photo id has always been in my maiden name, however, when my exhusband and I moved from another province to Manitoba in 2009 we were issued a Manitoba Health Card for the two of us with his last name. I was legally allowed to assume that name so it seemed like no big deal (until now).
When my exhusband and I initially separated I was still entitled to receive health benefits from his company in my married name, so it made sense to wait to change my name until those benefits ceased.
Manitoba Health received all of the information/documentation they required to make this change months ago… there is no excuse for this level of incompetence.
Now I have to try to figure out whether I need to cancel my flights due to lack of proof of vaccination, even though I have been fully vaccinated since June 21st and have my 3rd dose booked for next Tuesday.
We will go to the airport tomorrow to try to speak to a WestJet agent there rather than wait on hold for 4+ hours… I don’t know what else to do…..
https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/golden-record/whats-on-the-record/sounds/
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