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Subject Topic: Brexit Pet Passport Advice DEFRA
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01/4/2019 at 7:38pm
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Quote: Originally posted by lidds0 on 01/4/2019
I've just been speaking to a really helpful lady at DEFRA, and this is the advice she gave me regarding Brexit:

Anyone leaving for Europe before 12th April can go out on the current passport, and can return on tha current passport at any time after that (with usual tapeworm treatments etc).

STOP PRESS:
She recommended that anyone who visits France regularly should obtain a French pet passport, says cost is around £12.00, and that will ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR AN ANIMAL HEALTH CERTIFICATE at any point in the future! She told me these certificates, which last for just 4 months, will cost in the region of £90.00 a time, so it makes financial sense to obtain a French passport for our pets.

This could potentially save pet owners a fortune!



If you go down this road then remember that pets in France have to be given a rabies injection annually.


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via mobile 01/4/2019 at 7:59pm
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We are going to France on 26 April and will follow advice on government website - written advice. Booster done, blood test done and appointment for health certificate 10 days before travel date. I would be very wary of any verbal advice/opinions from Defra staff

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01/4/2019 at 8:03pm
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Friends in France have confirmed that the actual cost of the Pet Passport is 15 euros, on top of the cost of the vaccinations, microchipping, etc.

However, if your pet has already been 'done' then it does seem to be a way of cutting costs especially for poeple like us travelling regularly backwards and forwards between our houses in the Uk and France.


01/4/2019 at 8:41pm
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Just wondering whether you can get a French Pet Passport without an address in France?


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01/4/2019 at 9:09pm
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Yes, apparently so but if not I could be persuaded to 'share' our address with friends on here for a small glass of wine should we meet!

Some other friends have mentioned that their passport was free when they paid for the rabies injections etc.


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via mobile 01/4/2019 at 10:07pm
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Quote: Originally posted by Val A on 01/4/2019
Friends in France have confirmed that the actual cost of the Pet Passport is 15 euros, on top of the cost of the vaccinations, microchipping, etc.

However, if your pet has already been 'done' then it does seem to be a way of cutting costs especially for poeple like us travelling regularly backwards and forwards between our houses in the Uk and France.



Yes, that's what was advised. She said they've consulted with French vets on this and info and results on current passports can just be transferred across.

And yes again, a French passport would mean annual rabies boosters, which we're less than thrilled about. But then again, that ruling might ultimately be applied to passports or certificates issued here.

We're still weighing things up, but will have to decide shortly if we travel this weekend. I think we'll go, then decide about the French passport on or after 12th!

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Quote: Originally posted by bofs on 01/4/2019
Just wondering whether you can get a French Pet Passport without an address in France?



That's a question I asked, and was told it won't be a problem. I'm going to contact some vets in France tomorrow, to confirm.


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via mobile 01/4/2019 at 10:11pm
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Quote: Originally posted by Val A on 01/4/2019
Yes, apparently so but if not I could be persuaded to 'share' our address with friends on here for a small glass of wine should we meet!

Some other friends have mentioned that their passport was free when they paid for the rabies injections etc.



Then we might have to refer to you as 'the drunk lady owner of the animal sanctuary'!


01/4/2019 at 10:14pm
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I think we’ll talk about it with the French vet we generally visit, before we come home in May, and decide then. Does anyone know whether the annual rabies jab will need to be done in France or could we get it done here?


02/4/2019 at 7:18am
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Quote: Originally posted by bofs on 01/4/2019
I think we’ll talk about it with the French vet we generally visit, before we come home in May, and decide then. Does anyone know whether the annual rabies jab will need to be done in France or could we get it done here?



You'll need to get it done in France - but if the rabies vaccination is still within date and your pet blood test shows a positive status this will only need to be a booster.


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Where do we get the French pets passport from.


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02/4/2019 at 9:27am
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Quote: Originally posted by RDS123 on 02/4/2019
Where do we get the French pets passport from.



A French vet. We no longer have a dog but about 3 years ago, when we did, we went to a vet in France for the tapeworm treatment and the relevant page in the passport was full so she just issued a new passport, there was no question of having a French address.


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Possibly the latest from DEFRA.

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Looks like a French pet passport is the way forward for us. Even with an annual rabies booster (which “our” French vet said can be done in the U.K. or France) it will be cheaper and less hassle than a Health Certificate each time we travel (currently 3 or 4 times a year).


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Yep that's the road we're going down.

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