EU pet passport (1 Viewer)

[SimonBuckley]

Hi
I got one of the above on my last visit to Belgium. Can anyone tell me what documents I need with it? Do I need evidence of worming etc
Many thanks
Simon

 

[Mick and Ruth]

With a pet passport to leave UK to Europe you dont need to do anything. On return you need to visit a European vet and get the dog wormed and must cross within 24-120 hours.
If going to Finland or Norway you must get an additional Foxworm tablet administered (we had ours done in Sweden) before you enter either country again and cross 24-120 hours.
The vet should endorse the passport with type of wormimg tablet and date and time administered its as simple as that.
There is a facebook page that has a map populated of vets in Europe who will do it https://www.facebook.com/groups/247367519467456/
I have found any vets I've contacted in Europe are happy to do it.

 

[Figaro]

Hi
I got one of the above on my last visit to Belgium. Can anyone tell me what documents I need with it? Do I need evidence of worming etc
Many thanks
Simon

It carries the rabies vaccine information and all future rabies vaccines have to be done in the EU.
Don't let a UK vet near it for rabies.
As Mick and Ruth said, worming treatment between 1-5 days prior to return to UK.
That's down to the minute, worming done 23hr and 50 minutes before you're at the pet desk you'll be sent to the back of the queue for 10 minutes

 

[jdk62]

Is it easy to get a European pet passport if you are a UK resident?

 

[Figaro]

Is it easy to get a European pet passport if you are a UK resident?

Yes, except in France where they seem to have volunteered to require details be entered on a national database called icad (?) I think.
This excluded UK residents without a french address.
So just pop over to Belgium or Germany.
Dr Christine Jacout in Mons is very helpful and speaks good English.
Plenty of others around who will do it also.

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[Shrimp]

As said above don’t let a UK Vet near that EU Passport, if they write anything in it that makes the passport invalid.
The Rabies ‘top-ups’ 1 or 3 yearly must be done in the EU, France or wherever.
You need to take it and dog with you when checking in, to go to France.
When returning you need a French Vet to worm and check dog and fill in 2 relevant parts in the Passport-check Passport. This must be done 1-5 days prior to return to UK..
We went just into Belgium to get ours.

 

[DBK]

A UK vet can write in an EU passport if they are recording worming treatment given before the dog leaves the UK, which is allowable and indeed the only way it can be done for a day trip to France.

 

[jdk62]

Yes, except in France where they seem to have volunteered to require details be entered on a national database called icad (?) I think.
This excluded UK residents without a french address.
So just pop over to Belgium or Germany.
Dr Christine Jacout in Mons is very helpful and speaks good English.
Plenty of others around who will do it also.

Thanks for that…

What about Ireland? Now the silly question - do you have to have the dogs with you when you visit the vet when applying for a passport?

 

[rb62]

Thanks for that…

What about Ireland? Now the silly question - do you have to have the dogs with you when you visit the vet when applying for a passport?

Yes,so the chip can be checked

 

[Figaro]

Thanks for that…

What about Ireland? Now the silly question - do you have to have the dogs with you when you visit the vet when applying for a passport?

Yes the vet needs to see the dog to do a health check and confirm identity by scanning the microchip

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[SimonBuckley]

Thanks so much everyone. I was getting a bit nervous about it so feel much better now
Cheers Simon

 

[InvictaMoto]

Have seen some posts on a few forums today that at Europoort they are demanding that the stickers on the PP for the rabies and worming are "laminated" in a similar manner to the details page that has the chip number.

My boy's Belgian PP has only 1 sticker for the rabies the rest is handwriting.

Anyone have any ideas about this?

 

[varaizian]

Our girl's original UK passport had a whole page of those lamination strips included in it. Her current French one does not but the vet usually puts a strip of sellotape over it. If they don't then I use one of the strips from the old passport myself.

 

[maz]

Have seen some posts on a few forums today that at Europoort they are demanding that the stickers on the PP for the rabies and worming are "laminated" in a similar manner to the details page that has the chip number.

My boy's Belgian PP has only 1 sticker for the rabies the rest is handwriting.

Anyone have any ideas about this?

This is in line with the EU Regulation 577/2013 which details how Pet Passports are to be completed. Handwritten rabies and worming entries are fine on their own. It is only when stickers are used that they should be laminated. Technically, stickers that are cut so that they break apart when moved do not need laminating but it's no big deal to just stick a piece of Sellotape over any sticker.

 

[jdk62]

Forgive another stupid question…….

If you have a European Pet Passport, do you still need an AHC for travelling from UK?

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[15edward]

No

 

[15edward]

It’s very straightforward as long as your rabies is up to date and the chip in the passport matches the number on your dog - that’s all they check and away you go

 

[varaizian]

Or the number in the passport matches the chip in your dog!

 

[HKF]

Yes, except in France where they seem to have volunteered to require details be entered on a national database called icad (?) I think.
This excluded UK residents without a french address.
So just pop over to Belgium or Germany.
Dr Christine Jacout in Mons is very helpful and speaks good English.
Plenty of others around who will do it also.

Just to say that a UK resident can still get a French pet passport by giving a French address. The pet will be registered on the database at that address. The only thing to bear in mind is that if the pet goes missing and is found, no one will know where to find you, as they'll be contacting the French address you gave. It's up to you, of course, whether or not you want to guarantee that you won't lose your pet!

It's also worth bearing in mind that the registration process can take up to two weeks, when you will need to revisit the vet to collect your passport.

So it is doable but not without the risk of losing your pet.

 

[Figaro]

The trouble is few UK residents will have a French address they could use

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[varaizian]

Just to say that a UK resident can still get a French pet passport by giving a French address. The pet will be registered on the database at that address. The only thing to bear in mind is that if the pet goes missing and is found, no one will know where to find you, as they'll be contacting the French address you gave. It's up to you, of course, whether or not you want to guarantee that you won't lose your pet!

It's also worth bearing in mind that the registration process can take up to two weeks, when you will need to revisit the vet to collect your passport.

So it is doable but not without the risk of losing your pet.

We are doing this at the moment with our son. I-cad did only take 2 weeks to process the application but that was 36hrs too late for him! The contact detail they are principally interested in is your mobile phone number; and we used one of ours but also his UK one. He will have to come out on yet another AHC (at £220 a pop!) at Xmas and finalise the passport then

 

[Spriddler]

The trouble is few UK residents will have a French address they could use

A couple of posters said they used a camp site address.
It seems that some French vets' attitude is more flexible than others.

 

[Speve]

Don’t forget that a UK vet cannot make any entries on you pets passport so you need to get your rabies boosters don in the EU

 

[Minxy]

We are doing this at the moment with our son. I-cad did only take 2 weeks to process the application but that was 36hrs too late for him! The contact detail they are principally interested in is your mobile phone number; and we used one of ours but also his UK one. He will have to come out on yet another AHC (at £220 a pop!) at Xmas and finalise the passport then

Where on earth does he go for that extortionate AHC! You can get them a lot cheaper than that - where does he leave the UK from/is located.

 

[Spriddler]

Where on earth does he go for that extortionate AHC! You can get them a lot cheaper than that - where does he leave the UK from/is located.

My son paid £110 to a vet here in Sussex for an AHC for his dog and we thought that was dear.

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[Minxy]

My son paid £110 to a vet here in Sussex for an AHC for his dog and we thought that was dear.

There's Abbeywell at Folkestone who charge £99 and another one at one of the other ports, can't remember which one, who does them for the same price.

The best price I've heard of though is of one at Castle Douglas who only charges £57, we were told by a couple we met in Scotland last month but I forgot to ask for the name of the flipping vet.

 

[varaizian]

Where on earth does he go for that extortionate AHC! You can get them a lot cheaper than that - where does he leave the UK from/is located.

Truro. It has gone up from £175 three years ago, £200 last year and the £220 last July. I can't comment but I think it is their usual vet.

 

[varaizian]

A couple of posters said they used a camp site address.
It seems that some French vets' attitude is more flexible than others.

Yes, quite possibly you can, but you have to still be there when the post eventually arrives 2 or 3 weeks later.

 

[varaizian]

I do hope that there is a special circle of hell reserved for the cabal who casually inflicted this on ordinary travellers.

 

[Minxy]

Truro. It has gone up from £175 three years ago, £200 last year and the £220 last July. I can't comment but I think it is their usual vet.

Where do they travel from, eg airport, port etc?