Moving to US with pets
Apr 6th 2011, 11:23 pm
#31
Misses Los Angeles
Joined: Dec 2010
Location: London
Posts: 436
Re: Moving to US with pets
As long as you're okay with being sent home almost the moment you arrive in the US with your family, pets, and personal effects... I say, go for it. Oh... if there is no flight immediately available, you'll likely all be held in detention until they can ship you home. Your pets will likely be quarantined. Also, at some point in the future when your children want to visit the US, you'll get the opportunity to explain to them why they must apply for a visa.
I haven't laughed so much since someone back home asked 'are you ABSOLUTELY sure you need a visa for America, love? Can't you explain you're only staying two years?'
Apr 6th 2011, 11:58 pm
#32
@matthewb76
Joined: Jul 2003
Location: Missouri
Posts: 21,886
Re: Moving to US with pets
I moved from the UK to the US with two dogs. Very very easy process. All I had to do was get a letter from my vet within ten days of flying to say that my dogs were healthy to fly and we were on our way! I got airline approved crates for both of them, checked in at the BA counter at Heathrow with the dogs in tow and then they were put in the hold of the plane. When we arrived in LAX I picked up my luggage and then picked up my dogs in their crates and that was it! Of course, the UK is a rabies free country so it means that I could never take them back there unless I wanted them to endure quarantine (which I wouldnt for the world!). Good Luck!
