How to get a Pet Passport

To help with allowing pets into the UK and also letting them travel around the european union and never having to go into quarantine the costa rica government requires they have a pet passport. The passport is issued by a government-authorised doctor known as a nearby Veterinary Inspector (LVI) if your local veterinary surgery does not have a registered LVI working with them they should be able to give you the contact details for one in your area.

At the time of writing this article DEFRA the costa rica government department responsible for the supervising of pet passports does not charge a fee for the passport, although you should go here yourself as with all information it is susceptible to change with out earlier warning.

To get the passport your pet must have a microchip fitted, this is located under the skin and allows vets and government officials to scan youngster to check that it is the same one documented on the pet passport.
After the microchip has been fitted your pet must be vaccinated against rabies. There is no exemption to this requirement, even if your pet has a current rabies vaccination.
The final the main procedure is a blood test; the test is to be sure the vaccine has given your pet the correct level of protection against rabies.

Once you have the pet passport you can leave great britain for any European union country but you must wait for a few months after the blood sample that showed clear was taken which causes the area bring your pet back into great britain pet travel. This does not mean that you need to keep your pet out of the country for a few months it just means that you should plan ahead, if you know that you plan to go to England until the beginning of September you will have had the blood test cleared by the previous February, it is a case of preparing in advance.

Your vets should be able to help with all the points outlined above, but I hope that this has given which you clearer guide to what you ought to do, the passport is valid for just two years for entry back in the UK from the date of the vaccination however some other countries only give a year, therefore it is preferable to practice it at some point, to check for the latest details the DEFRA website is http: //www. defra. gov. uk and there contact details can be found there.