 Poster: A snowHead
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@Doccam, Once you have your EU issued pet passports only an EU vet may make entries - if your UK vet makes any entries in the passport I believe that it becomes invalid. Also, just in case there's any doubt about the legibility of the vet's handwriting in the PP, keep the dated invoice.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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All as Hells Bells says above.
Our French Vet copied all details from our AHC into the French Passport including the Rabies Jab - every time we went either way on the tunnel there was some niggly small query which meant they had to get a supervisor and he had to go into the back office to check, as equally bad in England as France. BUT once we had a French Rabies jab stamp (jab was due), magically absolutely no hold ups at all! French Rabies jab much cheaper than a UK vet as well!
Some French vets insist on you sending of the chip registration (only by post) and then you have to return show them the conformation letter and then they issue passport. Luckily our vet gave us the passport and simply emphasised we must send off the registration form. If the French chip registration database is readable at the Channel is debatable but we didn't want to risk it. Having a UK inserted chip on a French database isn't a problem.
For the AHC we used www.passpets.co.uk good service and £99.00
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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@Doccam, I think Hells Bells covered most of the points above but I'll add a few extra details.
The UK pet passport is no longer valid for travel to the EU post Brexit. Unless you have a EU passport you need an AHC which is only valid for one trip up to 10 days after issue. As you mentioned, return to UK needs to be within 4 months.
I've not used them but the 'on-line' vets in Portsmouth & Folkestone generally get good reviews for cheaper AHC's. You submit all the details online and then visit the vet to collect. They still need to check the dog before issue.
Worming for return needs to be done by a vet at least 24 hours and less than 5 days before return. This will need to be completed on the AHC (or EU passport)
EU passports are worth getting if you can. To get a French one, the dog will need to be registered in iCAD database. If you can get your local French vet to do this on your first visit, you may be able to arrange a passport on your next visit. That's how we obtained ours. I understand some vets in Belgium are more flexible in issuing passports. Most cases will require a new rabies vaccine. All additional boosters also need to be done in the EU to keep the passport valid.
Travel wise, we are in the south east and so use Eurotunnel. It is more expensive but for us it is easier, with the benefit of straight off the M20 motorway, a shorter/quicker crossing and staying in the car with the dog. That's just our preference. Eurotunnel have a pet reception centre that you visit just after check-in to validate your ticket/dog paperwork and scan their chip. The pet reception centre is just before check-in on the return. It's all usually efficient.
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
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The issue that we have seen is that you get a rabies jab in the UK, travel to the EU with your AHC, get an EU Pet Passport but don't get a new rabies jab.
Your EU Pet Passport has a start date of X but the rabies date is earlier. So you get stopped at Calais.
As Sno Trax says, you need a rabies jab date that is not earlier than the passport date.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| Hells Bells wrote: |
| we usually book for Wed or Thur evening but we do tend to stick to our departure plans. We usually book the week before . |
Cheers 
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You'll need to Register first of course.
You'll need to Register first of course.
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Absolutely brilliant info. Thanks all.
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And @Hells Bells for the answering of all the many questions succinctly!
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@Doccam, Not sure where you are going, but the vet in Abondance is very clued up about this.
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| Matt1959 wrote: |
| @Doccam, Not sure where you are going, but the vet in Abondance is very clued up about this. |
House still not purchased. Not wanting to Jinx it!
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| Matt1959 wrote: |
The issue that we have seen is that you get a rabies jab in the UK, travel to the EU with your AHC, get an EU Pet Passport but don't get a new rabies jab.
Your EU Pet Passport has a start date of X but the rabies date is earlier. So you get stopped at Calais.
As Sno Trax says, you need a rabies jab date that is not earlier than the passport date. |
This is not true it was discussed above. Just checked current German pet passport, issue date 01.2024 but rabies date 07.2024 (date which previous one ran out). No problems at either Calais or Folkestone. The issue is the "valid from" date which cant be earlier than the document "issue date" but this only needs to be filled in for the first vaccination ie if transferring from an AHC to an EU document and the "valid date" is then 21 days after the new vaccination. If the animal has a previous EU approved jab the "valid from" date must be left blank. Bureaucratic nonsense but the cause of a lot of stress!
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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But you seem to be saying the same as me. Your rabies jab was dated after the issue date.
Our vet told us that we had to have a new rabies jab and we have never had a problem, but have witnessed lots of people having problems at Calais.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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@Matt1959, I have put that badly. The issue has been that there are three dates, the "issue date" of the passport, the date of vaccination and the "valid from" date 21 days later. Folk were going to vets in France or wherever, getting new jabs and a passport, the vets were filling in all three fields with the issue date the same as the vaccination date. This is wrong, the issue date must not be before the valid from date and so the documents were being rejected by Eurotunnel. For the passport I mentioned the relevant jab was before the issue date of the passport for the first 6 months but was valid as it was a continuation passport and the "valid from" field is blank as the new jab was given before the previous one expired. If the vet had mistakenly filled in the "valid from" date rather than leaving it blank the passport would be invalid. We were told we had to make sure to keep the old document in case of queries but never an issue so far. There are often folk at Calais having stressful arguments with the Eurotunnel staff.
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Technically, it should be possible to transfer the details of the vaccination across. However, there have been so many stories of people having issues at the border when this has been done. For the cost of an additional booster, it doesn't seem worth the hassle trying to do it. An extra jab isn't necessarily a bad thing, as when we did the rabies antibody titration tests, it showed the first jab didn't give our girl the required protection.
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