Lindsey73

Hi there
We moved to France in September 2020. Our dog has the EU passport. Can we move back to the U.K. with her on that passport or do we need to get her a french one? Don’t really want to get a french passport as we’re moving back to the U.K. permanently. I read somewhere that if we moved before brexit then her passport can still be used. Is this correct? Tia

excpomea

Your dog has a passport? I'm confused.

Since when did pets get issued passports?

durham_lad

They’ve been around for a quite a few years now.

https://www.gov.uk/taking-your-pet-abroad

brits1

They might mean a Pet Passport which has all the information about their pets vaccinations etc

dougal03

Pets Passports were a concession for British Nationals issued when we were in EU.

BEVS

We would need one if we moved with our pusscat from NewZealand back to the UK. She would need an anti rabies jab and the record to prove that along with the usual

dougal03

Bevs, I think Pets Passports were only in Europe not involved in our Commonwealth countries as it had to do with EU.But you will have to check that out.In any event I believe it is no longer valid,unless there has been yet another u-turn.Part of my business was shipping pets all over the world for any nationality but obviously,when the Pets Passport scheme started,British ex-pats.returning to or coming from UK could often do it themselves.Prior to that there was the 6months quarantine regulation on return.That needed some kind of business such as ours as it required a special licence to operate working between each country´s Min.of Ag.& the relevant airlines.Masses of paperwork which had to be absolutely spot on particularly regarding rabies jabs.
As you will know,UK does not have a rabies problem but it is a hot potato elsewhere.Good luck.