To bring your Pets into the UK from a ‘qualifying country’, the rules applied are now inline with EU legislation bringing an end to the need for quarantine or a long waiting period prior to arrival.
Your Pets are only required to have done is to be micro-chipped followed by a Rabies Vaccination, then simply wait 21 days and you are able to enter the UK. Don’t forget, they will still need a worm treatment no more the five days prior to travel along with a Health Certificate from your vet showing they are ‘fit and healthy to Travel’
Qualifying countries include the EU, Canada and the USA, if you are not sure, the DEFRA website gives a full list or simply contact us and we will let you know.
To bring your dog or cat into the UK under PETS from the NON approved countries you must follow the procedures below, there are no exceptions to this order of preparation.
Micro chip
Before anything else is completed your pet must have a micro chip implanted. If your pet already has a micro chip, please ensure this is in full working order.
Rabies Vaccination:
After the micro chip has been implanted a rabies vaccination will need to be given, ensure your vet checks your pets micro chip before the vaccination is given
There are NO exceptions to this rules, the micro chip must be in full working order before the vaccination is given.
Rabies Blood test:
There MUST be a minimum of 30 days between the rabies vaccination and the rabies blood test being drawn.
Entry to the UK will be permitted 3 months from the date of the blood test providing the test has been passed. A tapeworm treatment for dogs ONLY will also need to be completed 1 to 5 days before entry to the UK and recorded in the third country certificate.
Pets entering the UK with 3rd Country certificates must arrive with the original rabies vaccination and Blood test report.
If the original documents are not available on request, delays will be incurred at the Airport.
Blood tests must be sent to an approved Government vet.
Ladyhaye are able to arrange flights from the below list of airports to the UK, this is constantly changing, so please do not worry if you can not see a particular airport, please give us a call and one of our trained members of staff will be able to assist you: :
Click here for Special Information on Pet Travel to the UK from Turkey and Northern Cyprus
DEPARTURE AIRPORTS...TO ARRIVE AT LONDON GATWICK, MANCHESTER and DONCASTER
| Alicante | Heraklion | Naples | Thessaloniki |
| Arrecife | Kafalonia | Palma | Toronto |
| Calgary | Kos | Paphos | Vancouver |
| Cancun | Larnaca | Pisa | Zakynthos |
| Corfu | Las Palmas (GC) | Puerta | Zurich |
| Dalaman | Mahon | Pula | Budapest |
| Faro | Malaga | Rhodes | Prague |
| Fuertaventura | Mallorca | Sanford | Rome |
| Funchal | Malta | Santorini | Halifax |
| Ibiza | Montreal | Tenerife | Talin |
| Geneva | Barcelona | Bridgetown | Banjul |
| Gibralta | Antalya | Cape Verdi |
Ladyhaye International Pet Travel Agents LLP
Hare Lane, Blindley Heath
Surrey RH7 6JB. UK
Tel: +44 (0)1342 832161
Fax: +44 (0)1342 834778
Manchester office
44 (0)161 332 7021