Overview

You can enter or return to the UK with your pet cat, dog or ferret if it:

• has been microchipped

• has a pet passport or third-country official veterinary certificate

• has been vaccinated against rabies - it will also need a blood test if you’re travelling from an ‘unlisted country’

Dogs must also usually have a tapeworm treatment.

​

Your pet may be put into quarantine for up to 4 months if you do not follow these rules - or refused entry if you travelled by sea. You’re responsible for any fees or charges.

You must follow extra rules if the animals will be:

• sold in the UK from outside the EU or inside the EU

• rehomed in the UK from inside or outside the EU

• ​

• Your pet must arrive in the UK no more than 5 days before or after you, or you’ll have to follow different rules.

• You must use an approved transport company and route unless you’re travelling between the UK and Ireland.

•  

• Before you travel

• Check if the company you’re travelling with:

• will accept your pet for travel - and how many they’ll accept if you have more than one

• needs any proof that your pet is fit and healthy to travel, for example a letter from a vet or certain information in your pet passport