collecting pets at Vancouver airport?
May 29th 2012, 3:39 am
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Re: collecting pets at Vancouver airport?
Hi Glynis,
There wasn't a vet check for us, he didn't really look at her, just took the DEFRA certificate and stamped it and told me to go a couple of windows down to the cashier to pay the fee. I was expecting a lot more since Air Transat didn't look at any paper work at all when we checked her in.
We didn't take her out until we left the airport and I don't think we could do that until we had been through the landing process.
I can't comment on how long it normally takes but we were out of the airport around three hours after landing. The guy at immigration said it was a busy day so the wait would be long. There were about 12 people in the queue in front of us and only 2 immigration officers working (that may help you gauge the wait time when you get there?!?).
We stayed in Vancouver so I can't help with connecting flights I'm afraid.
Hope it all goes smoothly for you!
Lisa
There wasn't a vet check for us, he didn't really look at her, just took the DEFRA certificate and stamped it and told me to go a couple of windows down to the cashier to pay the fee. I was expecting a lot more since Air Transat didn't look at any paper work at all when we checked her in.
We didn't take her out until we left the airport and I don't think we could do that until we had been through the landing process.
I can't comment on how long it normally takes but we were out of the airport around three hours after landing. The guy at immigration said it was a busy day so the wait would be long. There were about 12 people in the queue in front of us and only 2 immigration officers working (that may help you gauge the wait time when you get there?!?).
We stayed in Vancouver so I can't help with connecting flights I'm afraid.
Hope it all goes smoothly for you!
Lisa
