Bringing your pet to the UK from Ukraine

If you are from Ukraine and are seeking refuge in the UK, you can bring your pet dog, cat or ferret without it going into quarantine or isolation if it has:

• been microchipped
• been vaccinated against rabies and had a blood test 30 days later to confirm the vaccine worked, and waited 3 months after the blood test to travel to the UK
• a GB pet health certificate
• had tapeworm treatment (dogs only) between 24 hours (one day) and 120 hours (5 days) before travel

If your pet does not have a GB pet health certificate but does have an EU pet passport, call the Animal and Plant Health Agency on +44 3000 200 301 for advice.

You will need a licence to bring your pet to the UK if your pet:

• does not meet all these requirements
• meets these requirements, but you do not have proof that it does

You can get a single licence covering up to 5 of your own pets that are travelling with you.

You cannot bring more than 5 pets with you to England, Scotland and Wales. This would be classed as a commercial import which is currently banned for pets from Ukraine, Poland, Belarus and Romania.

You cannot get a licence to import pets commercially, including rescue animals, or to bring pets to the UK using a third party or courier.

Your pet may have to quarantine or isolate for up to 4 months. You will not have to pay to quarantine or isolate your pet in kennels.

Your pet may be able to isolate at home on arrival in England and Scotland if it has been:

• microchipped
• vaccinated against rabies and had a blood test 30 days later by an approved laboratory to confirm the vaccine worked

Find an approved laboratory inside the EU, outside the EU or an APHA laboratory in the UK.

APHA will tell you if your pet may be able to isolate at home or if it needs to go into quarantine for up to 4 months.

Your pet cannot isolate at home if you are travelling to Wales. Your pet must isolate in an authorised quarantine facility. Read the pet travel rules for Wales.

There are different rules for pet birds, rodents, rabbits and other small mammals.

Before you travel to the UK

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Where to arrive in the UK

You must arrive at an approved port or airport and follow your carrier’s rules for travelling with pets. Your pet must travel with you.

If possible,APHA has given you a licence for your pet to isolate at home, you should arrive by Eurotunnel (Calais to Folkestone) or at Dover. If you arrive at another entry point, your pet will have to go into quarantine before they can isolate at home.

If APHA has told you that your pet is going into quarantine, you should arrive at one of the UK’s main entry points for animals:

• Eurotunnel (Calais to Folkestone)
• Port of Dover (Eastern Docks)
• London Heathrow airport

You can also arrive at one of these other approved entry points.

Ports

These are the approved ports:

• Harwich International Port
• Hull
• Portsmouth

Airports

These are the approved airports:

• Belfast
• Edinburgh
• Glasgow
• Leeds Bradford
• London Gatwick
• Manchester

When you arrive in the UK

If your pet is going into quarantine, APHA will collect your pet. If you travel by:

• ferry, your pet will be collected from you before leaving the ferry
• Eurotunnel, your pet will be collected from you in Coquelles (Calais), France
• air, your pet will be collected from the plane when you land in the UK

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At the quarantine facility

If your pet goes into quarantine on arrival in the UK, a vet will assess your pet and give it appropriate healthcare.

You will not have to pay for any essential healthcare that your pet needs while in quarantine.

Your pet will be:

• microchipped if necessary
• given a blood test to check if your pet has enough immunity against rabies - results of the blood test should take 3 days, but may take longer when large numbers of animals are entering the UK
• vaccinated for other diseases such as kennel cough and parvovirus
• given tapeworm treatment if it is a dog and the treatment is necessary

If the blood test shows that your pet does not have enough immunity against rabies

If your pet has not had a rabies vaccination, or does not have enough immunity, the vet will vaccinate your pet and keep it under observation in an authorised quarantine facility.

After 30 days your pet will have another blood test to check if the vaccine has worked.

Your pet will then move to isolation.

If the blood test shows that your pet has enough rabies immunity

If the blood test shows that your pet has enough rabies immunity, APHA will arrange for your pet to go into isolation.

Isolation after quarantine

APHA will tell you where your pet will need to go for isolation and how long your pet will need to be in isolation. This may be for up to 3 months.

Your pet may isolate:

• at isolation kennels if APHA still need to monitor it for signs of rabies or if your accommodation is not suitable for home isolation - you will not have to pay to isolate your pet in kennels
• at the home where you are staying in England or Scotland if APHA assess that your pet and home are suitable - they will send you a form for you and your host to fill in and return

At the Pet Vet Check Centre (Dover or Folkestone)

If APHA has given you a licence for your pet to isolate at home in England or Scotland, take your pet to the Pet Vet Check Centre for its appointment.

At the appointment, the vet will give your pet:

• a physical examination and check vaccination or blood test records you have brought with youyou. They will give your pet:
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  • a microchip, if they aren’t already microchipped
  • a blood test to check your pet’s immunity against rabies, or give them a vaccination if they haven’t already been vaccinated
  • tick and tapeworm treatment (tapeworm for dogs only)
  • a routine vaccination against common pet diseases

  If the vet has any concerns, your pet may not be allowed to isolate at home. The vet will take your pet to a quarantine facility for more checks and assessments. This is to prevent diseases spreading in the UK.

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  You must follow the home isolation conditions until the end of the isolation period. Your pet may have to go into quarantine if you do not follow the conditions.

  You must tell APHA immediately if you move, or intend to move, to another location during the isolation period.

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     Telephone: (APHA) on +44 3000 200 301 (option 2)
     Email: or email ukrainepettravel@apha.gov.uk