RogueStorm
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- Jan 8, 2015
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- Peugeot Boxer Compass 740
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- Three years, Western West Europe 2015, Eastern West Europe (and some Western East Europe) 2016.
We will shortly be travelling to Greece via, among other places, Serbia. Has anyone any information about what is required when transiting that country.
A brief history of our saga:
I contacted our vet three months ago and told them about our travel plans. Our vet told us we needed to contact DEFRA (APHA) who would have all of the information. Through DEFRA I originally spent some time going through the Pet Travel scheme which was the wrong course of action as Pet Travel is only for pets in the EU. Our vet then pointed me in the correct direction only to meet with the most convoluted numbered telephone response but I eventually got through. They sent me forms to fill out and I could see that these forms were not suitable as they were concerned with Pet Export but they did have a bit which asked for Transit Countries. So, I filled it out and sent it off by eMail. I got a phone call three days later to say they couldn't authorise the form as the final destination country was the UK, not Greece. I was advised to contact the respective embassies to find out what information I needed. Over time, all but two of the Balkan countries replied that a Pet Passport was sufficient. Serbia and Montenegro being the two that, in addition to the pet passport, required a Vet Certificate to be signed by, well, a vet. My vet is refusing to sign the certificate because it is not an official DEFRA document or has not been approved by them. I've been doing this Magic Roundabout for about three weeks now, we leave on the 10th April and it's still not sorted.
A brief history of our saga:
I contacted our vet three months ago and told them about our travel plans. Our vet told us we needed to contact DEFRA (APHA) who would have all of the information. Through DEFRA I originally spent some time going through the Pet Travel scheme which was the wrong course of action as Pet Travel is only for pets in the EU. Our vet then pointed me in the correct direction only to meet with the most convoluted numbered telephone response but I eventually got through. They sent me forms to fill out and I could see that these forms were not suitable as they were concerned with Pet Export but they did have a bit which asked for Transit Countries. So, I filled it out and sent it off by eMail. I got a phone call three days later to say they couldn't authorise the form as the final destination country was the UK, not Greece. I was advised to contact the respective embassies to find out what information I needed. Over time, all but two of the Balkan countries replied that a Pet Passport was sufficient. Serbia and Montenegro being the two that, in addition to the pet passport, required a Vet Certificate to be signed by, well, a vet. My vet is refusing to sign the certificate because it is not an official DEFRA document or has not been approved by them. I've been doing this Magic Roundabout for about three weeks now, we leave on the 10th April and it's still not sorted.