If you visit the Facebook page, you will see that he has already answered that it is a 3-year rabies vaccine.
It doesn’t take them long to crawl out of the woodwork on Facebook - which is why I don’t bother posting anything on there anymore.
It is definitely not illegal but nor is it a loophole. There has never been any EU-wide requirement for residency in order to acquire a Pet Passport. All an EU Pet Passport does is certify that the animal in question has complied with EU rabies requirements. Before all this Br*x*t nonsense Americans, Canadians etc had been obtaining and using EU Pet Passports for years.
If you read the regulation, it definitely implies residency. It talks about citizens being able to move pets around. It explicitly talks about pets from non-member states as being able to travel with separate approved certification. It doesn't say vets are free to issue to foreigners' pets. It smells like it's an unintended loophole to me.
The only relevant legislation is EU Regulation 576/2013, which I have read many times. There is no mention of residency. In particular, Article 27 of that regulation permits entry into the EU from a third country with an EU-issued Pet Passport. I explained all of this at some length in the following thread:
There are a fair few of them on Facebook - I refer to them as ‘drawbridge expats’.
Amazing isn’t it?! An inaccurate and spiteful outburst from one Facebook poster, and a vet who is acting within the law feels obliged to remove his post.
Not that I want to incite a riot, but the group is just called Animal Health Certificate. There are a fair few rabid (pun intended) drawbridge expats on there, mostly in France. Have to admit that I had not noticed the name Sarah Morgan before, but perhaps she is based in Belgium? I only keep a watching brief on the group in order to pick up the details of French vets who have recently issued Pet Passports to Brits ( I keep a list of them to try and help other Funsters).What's the actual Facebook group? Let's all join and call her out for the miserable person she is. I think it's called a 'pile on' ?
PS I may have had a few Aperols so maybe not the best advice, but it sounds good to me
Aye and let's hope it stays that way or many stray animals will likely not find homes. I can honestly say if I had to fork out over 100 quid per dog every time I went to Europe I'd have probably not had them . Can't afford that nonsense
Once given how long do you have to stay before you can return to the UK thanks
There is no time period. We had ours issued when we went out then returned to the uk after staying for 29 days.Once given how long do you have to stay before you can return to the UK thanks
Good morning can I ask once the rabies vaccine has been given how long after it can we travel back to the Uk julesac85 is my sister and we’re looking to go and get her 2 doggies passports but due to work commitments wouldn’t be able to stay for more than a week if we got them this year. Couldn’t we used the AHC certificate to return with rather than the passport as with having the rabies vaccine done here in the Uk before travel know they would be safe to travel but how would this work with recording the worm treatment for coming home sorry for the long message just trying to get as much information as possible before we book vets and the euro tunnel so any information is very much appreciated
21 days for a PP with a new rabies vaccine, unless a previous rabies vaccine which was still in date was transferred to the PP. So wait 3 weeks or use the AHC to get back home.Good morning can I ask once the rabies vaccine has been given how long after it can we travel back to the Uk julesac85 is my sister and we’re looking to go and get her 2 doggies passports but due to work commitments wouldn’t be able to stay for more than a week if we got them this year. Couldn’t we used the AHC certificate to return with rather than the passport as with having the rabies vaccine done here in the Uk before travel know they would be safe to travel but how would this work with recording the worm treatment for coming home sorry for the long message just trying to get as much information as possible before we book vets and the euro tunnel so any information is very much appreciated
As with most things concerning EU Pet Passports since Br*x*t, the answer to your question is not straightforward. If your dogs already have in-date rabies vaccinations (which they will require to get into the EU in the first place) then there should be no time delay at all after receiving a booster. However, this will depend on what the EU vet has written as the ‘valid from’ date in the Pet Passport. Some will insist that, as it is the first rabies vaccination in a new Pet Passport, you must wait 21 days before using it.Good morning can I ask once the rabies vaccine has been given how long after it can we travel back to the Uk julesac85 is my sister and we’re looking to go and get her 2 doggies passports but due to work commitments wouldn’t be able to stay for more than a week if we got them this year. Couldn’t we used the AHC certificate to return with rather than the passport as with having the rabies vaccine done here in the Uk before travel know they would be safe to travel but how would this work with recording the worm treatment for coming home sorry for the long message just trying to get as much information as possible before we book vets and the euro tunnel so any information is very much appreciated
Thanks for the reply’s we’re reading as many of the threads as we can find the Uk rabies will be done a month before travel but very much doubt they will transfer this onto the new passports and will give them another one which they will record on it when having the passports done.
This is a non issue. The EU (except Malta and Finland) are not interested in tapeworm treatments. If you were going to Malta, Finland (or Norway) you could get tapeworm treatment in the UK before departure. There does not need to be any continuity in tapeworm treatments.My only concern is after obtaining the passports and then having the worming treatment recorded on the AHC and use that to return home the passports won’t show that they have had the worming treatments so would this cause any issues using the passports when wanting to come back into the eu Thankyou again for any info
There have been a few Funsters who have had existing rabies vaccinations transferred successfully into new EU Pet Passports. Minxy comes to mind but hers were done in Portugal which is too far for the one week that you have to spend.Thanks for the reply’s we’re reading as many of the threads as we can find the Uk rabies will be done a month before travel but very much doubt they will transfer this onto the new passports and will give them another one which they will record on it when having the passports done.
My only concern is after obtaining the passports and then having the worming treatment recorded on the AHC and use that to return home the passports won’t show that they have had the worming treatments so would this cause any issues using the passports when wanting to come back into the eu Thankyou again for any info
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Just intend at a later date in the future to take them to France/Spain but wanted to sort passports as soon as for her
The worming treatment has to be done each time that you return to the UK - between 1 and 5 days before return. The vet mentioned at the start of this thread administers 3-year rabies vaccinations.Another question we got our 3 doggies passports in spain at beginning of February this year and for return home the worming was done in March do you have to have them rewormed for every trip or is this renewed yearly like our rabies vaccinations for them. Thanks again
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