If you are from Ukraine and are looking for haven in the UK, you can bring your animal dog, cat or ferret without it entering into quarantine or seclusion if it has:
- been microchipped
- been immunized versus rabies and had a blood test 1 month later on to verify the vaccine worked, and waited 3 months after the blood test to take a trip to the UK
- a GB animal health certificate
- had tapeworm treatment (dogs just) in between 24 hr (one day) and 120 hours (5 days) prior to travel
If your animal does not have a GB animal health certificate however does have an EU animal passport, call the Animal and Plant Health Company on +44 3000 200 301 for suggestions.
You will require a licence to bring your animal to the UK if your animal:
- does not satisfy all these requirements
- satisfies these requirements, however you do not have evidence that it does
You can get a single licence covering to 5 of your own family pets that are taking a trip with you.
If you wish to bring more than 5 family pets with you to England, Scotland and Wales, this would be classified as a business import. This needs Authorized Importer status for family pets from Ukraine, Poland, Belarus and Romania.
You cannot get a licence to import family pets commercially, consisting of rescue animals, or to bring family pets to the UK utilizing a 3rd party or carrier.
Do not take a trip to the UK with your animal prior to you have actually a licence and you have organized with the Animal and Plant Health Company (APHA) when to take a trip.
There are various guidelines for pet birds, rodents, rabbits and other small mammals.
Prior to you take a trip to the UK
You should have a visa to get in the UK.
Follow these actions to use to raise to 5 family pets with you to the UK from Ukraine.
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Prior to you take a trip to the UK, apply to bring your pets to Great Britain from Ukraine. You will require a Google or Facebook account.
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If you do not have a Google or Facebook account, call the Animal and Plant Health Company (APHA) on +44 3000 200 301 (choice 2) or email [email protected]
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APHA will evaluate your licence application and the vaccines and health care your animal has actually had.
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APHA will call you to talk about a date, time and entry point into the UK and if your animal requires to enter into quarantine or home seclusion when it shows up in the UK.
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You should schedule your travel to show up on the date and time concurred with APHA.
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If you are taking a trip to England or Scotland and your animal might have the ability to separate at home, a veterinarian will check out the home where you will be remaining to inspect if it appropriates.
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APHA will email you a licence.
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If APHA has actually provided you a licence for your animal to separate at home, book an appointment at the Animal Veterinarian Examine Centre for when you show up by Eurotunnel or at Dover. Your licence will describe how to book.
Animals that can enter into home seclusion
APHA will inform you if your animal might have the ability to separate at home or if it requires to enter into quarantine for as much as 4 months. You will not need to pay to quarantine or separate your animal in kennels.
Your animal might have the ability to separate at home on arrival in England and Scotland if you have files to reveal it has actually been:
- microchipped
- immunized versus rabies and had a blood test 1 month later on by an authorized lab to verify the vaccine worked
Discover an authorized lab inside the EU, outside the EU or an APHA lab in the UK.
You should have access to transportation (such as a car) to take your animal to the home where you will be remaining. You cannot take a trip on public transportation.
Your animal cannot separate at home if you are taking a trip to Wales. Your animal should separate in an authorised quarantine center. Check out the pet travel rules for Wales.
Where to show up in the UK
You should get to an authorized port or airport and follow your provider’s guidelines for taking a trip with family pets. Your animal should take a trip with you.
If APHA has actually provided you a licence for your animal to separate at home, you need to show up by Eurotunnel (Calais to Folkestone) or at Dover. If you get to another entry point, your animal will need to go into quarantine prior to they can separate at home.
If APHA has actually informed you that your animal is entering into quarantine, you need to get to among the UK’s primary entry points for animals:
- Eurotunnel (Calais to Folkestone)
- Port of Dover
- London Heathrow airport
You can likewise get to among these other authorized entry points.
Ports
These are the authorized ports:
- Harwich International Port
- Hull
- Portsmouth
Airports
These are the authorized airports:
- Belfast
- Edinburgh
- Glasgow
- Leeds Bradford
- London Gatwick
- Manchester
When you show up in the UK
If your animal is entering into quarantine, APHA will gather your animal. If you take a trip by:
- ferryboat, your animal will be gathered from you prior to leaving the ferryboat
- Eurotunnel, your animal will be gathered from you in Coquelles (Calais), France
- air, your animal will be gathered from the aircraft when you land in the UK
If APHA has actually provided you a licence for your animal to separate at home, take your animal to the Animal Veterinarian Examine Centre in Dover or Folkestone for its appointment.
At the quarantine center
If your animal enters into quarantine on arrival in the UK, a veterinarian will evaluate your animal and provide it suitable health care.
You will not need to spend for any necessary health care that your animal requires while in quarantine.
Your animal will be:
- microchipped if needed
- provided a blood test to inspect if your animal has enough resistance versus rabies – outcomes of the blood test need to take 3 days, however might take longer when great deals of animals are going into the UK
- immunized for other illness such as kennel cough and parvovirus
- provided tapeworm treatment if it is a dog and the treatment is needed
If the blood test reveals that your animal does not have adequate resistance versus rabies
If your animal has actually not had a rabies vaccination, or does not have adequate resistance, the veterinarian will immunize your animal and keep it under observation in an authorised quarantine center.
After 1 month your animal will have another blood test to inspect if the vaccine has actually worked.
Your animal will then relocate to seclusion.
If the blood test reveals that your animal has enough rabies resistance
If the blood test reveals that your animal has enough rabies resistance, APHA will schedule your animal to enter into seclusion.
Seclusion after quarantine
APHA will inform you where your animal will require to opt for seclusion and for how long your animal will require to be in seclusion. This might be for as much as 3 months.
Your animal might separate:
- at seclusion kennels if APHA still require to monitor it for indications of rabies or if your accommodation is not ideal for home seclusion – you will not need to pay to separate your animal in kennels
- at the home where you are remaining in England or Scotland if APHA evaluate that your animal and home appropriate
At the Family Pet Veterinarian Examine Centre (Dover or Folkestone)
If APHA has actually provided you a licence for your animal to separate at home in England or Scotland, take your animal to the Animal Veterinarian Examine Centre for its appointment.
At the appointment, the veterinarian will inspect vaccination or blood test records you have actually brought with you. They will provide your animal:
- a health examination
- a microchip, if they aren’t currently microchipped
- a blood test to inspect your animal’s resistance versus rabies, or provide a vaccination if they haven’t currently been immunized
- tick and tapeworm treatment (tapeworm for dogs just)
- a regular vaccination versus typical animal illness
If the veterinarian has any issues, your animal might not be enabled to separate at home. The veterinarian will take your animal to a quarantine center for more checks and evaluations. This is to avoid illness spreading out in the UK.
Following an effective animal veterinarian check
You will take your animal to the home where you will be remaining to separate.
You should have access to transportation (such as a car) to take your animal to the home where you will be remaining. You cannot take a trip on public transportation.
APHA will appoint a veterinarian to your animal while it is separating at home in England or Scotland. If your animal is weak you need to call this veterinarian. You will not need to spend for any necessary health care for your animal while it is separating.
You should follow the home seclusion conditions till completion of the seclusion duration. Your animal might need to go into quarantine if you do not follow the conditions.
You should inform APHA right away if you move, or mean to move, to another area throughout the seclusion duration.
Bringing a family pet bird, rodent, bunny or other little mammal to the UK from Ukraine
You require a licence from APHA to bring your animal bird, rodent, bunny or other little mammal to the UK from Ukraine.
Follow these actions to use to raise to 5 family pets with you to the UK from Ukraine.
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Prior to you take a trip to the UK, apply to bring your pets to Great Britain from Ukraine. You will require a Google or Facebook account.
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If you don’t have a Google or Facebook account, call the Animal and Plant Health Company (APHA) on +44 3000 200 301 (choice 2) or email [email protected]
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APHA will call you to discuss your animal. You will concur a date, time and entry point into the UK with APHA. You should schedule your travel to show up on the date and time concurred with APHA.
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APHA will email you a licence.
When you have a licence you can take a trip to the UK with your animal. For 1 month after your animal shows up in the UK it should:
- be kept at home inside your home in an enclosure
- not have any contact with any other family pets or wildlife
- not utilize a garden or an outside run
If your animal is weak throughout its very first 1 month in the UK, do not take it to a veterinarian. You should call APHA, they will inform you what to do.
