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Latest post on 13 July 2011 - 18:23

One more thing. Your original documentation will travel with your animal so make sure you have photocopied everything and especially the vaccination card with the rabies shot info.

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Latest post on 13 July 2011 - 18:19

We travelled with emirates on same flight. So heres what we did. With luggage and dog crate you need to think how you will get from airport to where you are going. We booked a drivers through DH employer and made sure he had large car for us. Ok collect your luggage, then go to duty free and pick up alcohol! Proceed outside to your transport. They need to take you to the cargo village and find the emirates sky cargo building, it's easy to see. Then ask them to wait whilst you process your animal. Go in to Sky cargo and tell them you are collecting live animal. They will direct you upstairs where you will pay your£130 and wait to obtain customs clearance. This took 45 minutes. Then you will take paperwork to vet who will ask you for 400dhs. This should be paid by e card, but we paid cash dhs. He will check that all vaccinations are in order and send you on to another guy who needs a small payment 20dhs I think. Okay so now you will be sent to customs where there is more paperwork and finally you should get your dog. You must also make sure that you have gate pass issued. From landing to seeing dogs took us 3 hours, but I think you could do it quicker depending on queues etc. One other thing, the health check required by defra for your export licence. Defra state it has to be done within 7days of travel, but Emirates required the check to be carried out no more than 2 days before travel. This is an airline reqt and may not apply with other airlines. It nearly caught us out. Any other questions then shout!

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Latest post on 13 July 2011 - 16:55

Look on eBay for sky crate and you will find plenty. You must make sure that it meets the IATA regulations, especially with regard to door locks and air vents. We actually took our dogs and crate to airport a couple of weeks before and got travel approval . But this was because we had two dogs crated together and I couldn't find any info on space reqt for two animals. I just didn't want any problems on the day! Animals have to enter Dubai as cargo, no excess baggage or cabin travel is allowed. Rubberduck...I am so grateful to you. Your information has saved us a fortune. I would never have done this by myself without your help and advice, so thank you so much. One other thing. What happens when you get to dubai? where do you collect your dog from? What is the process?

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Latest post on 12 July 2011 - 22:19

Look on eBay for sky crate and you will find plenty. You must make sure that it meets the IATA regulations, especially with regard to door locks and air vents. We actually took our dogs and crate to airport a couple of weeks before and got travel approval . But this was because we had two dogs crated together and I couldn't find any info on space reqt for two animals. I just didn't want any problems on the day! Animals have to enter Dubai as cargo, no excess baggage or cabin travel is allowed.

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Latest post on 12 July 2011 - 22:15

Hi betti, Yes you will need a special crate which is airline IATA approved see the link below for details http://www.iata.org/whatwedo/cargo/live_animals/pages/pets.aspx The total cost of transporting your pet consists of the following elements. Vets fees for rabies inoculation and blood tests. These will obviously vary, but ours were around £150 per dog. Travel crate. These retail at £80 to £150 depending on size. Export certificate. Sent directly to your vet from defra. A charge made by vet to complete. Import fees. We paid 400dhs per pet at Dubai customs, this is a fixed charge. Plus£130 for import paperwork and another 30dhs for a stamp of some kind. Pet passport application fee £20 Airline cost. This is calculated by weight and volume. We had a large sky kennel plus two dogs in the same crate. The dogs weighed in total 15kg. We paid £9.22 per kg and the air fare was £723. Moew is the Dubai dept responsible for import certificate, see link below http://moew.gov.ae/En/onlineservice/AnimalWealth/permits/Pages/Animal-Permits27.aspx

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Latest post on 12 July 2011 - 22:14

Hi betti, Yes you will need a special crate which is airline IATA approved see the link below for details http://www.iata.org/whatwedo/cargo/live_animals/pages/pets.aspx The total cost of transporting your pet consists of the following elements. Microchip if not already done Vets fees for rabies inoculation and blood tests. These will obviously vary, but ours were around £150 per dog. Travel crate. These retail at £80 to £150 depending on size. Export certificate. Sent directly to your vet from defra. A charge made by vet to complete. Import fees. We paid 400dhs per pet at Dubai customs, this is a fixed charge. Plus£130 for import paperwork and another 30dhs for a stamp of some kind. Pet passport application fee £20 Airline cost. This is calculated by weight and volume. We had a large sky kennel plus two dogs in the same crate. The dogs weighed in total 15kg. We paid £9.22 per kg and the air fare was £723. Moew is the Dubai dept responsible for import certificate, see link below http://moew.gov.ae/En/onlineservice/AnimalWealth/permits/Pages/Animal-Permits27.aspx

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Latest post on 12 July 2011 - 13:08

Sadly there is no pm facility on here, you can only post your e mail address and let people make a note of it - not very satisfactory really, but that's how it is! Sorry to hijack the post but we are also moving to Dubai with our puppy. Have been quoted £1000 to relocate her. Would be much better if we could do it ourselves. What is MOEW? Haven't had any luck googling it. Also do you need a special crate to ship them in and if so where do you get it from? Thanks.

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Latest post on 11 July 2011 - 02:40

ah ok, i keep getting so many different bits of info so just wanted to ask you a few things as you have just done it if you don't mind? if not my email address is francesca_louise_evans @ hotmail.co.uk thanks very much i am planning to move with my 2 children in the next month or so and want to make sure my dog will be ok so i know all the bits of information is correct. thank you again

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Sadly there is no pm facility on here, you can only post your e mail address and let people make a note of it - not very satisfactory really, but that's how it is!

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Latest post on 10 July 2011 - 00:57

rubberduck can you pm me please new and don't know how to do it. thanks fran <em>edited by francescaevans on 10/07/2011</em>

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Latest post on 09 July 2011 - 22:29

thanks for all the replies will have a look round and see whether we can o it ourselves

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Latest post on 09 July 2011 - 21:07

Much will depend on whether you use an agency or do it yourself. If you want all the hassle and paperwork taken off your shoulders then you can ask for a quote from any of the uk based pet transport companies. We have just arrived in Dubai and we did all our own paperwork. The saving was around £500 for our dogs and it wasn't that difficult. You kitten needs to mor than 4 months old to travel You need to obtain rabies vaccination well in advance to allow for blood results and antibodies to be present. Then an export permit from defra which is how you obtain your health certificate- your vet completes this paperwork Finally you need an import permit from Dubai end MOEW is the dept dealing with this and can completed online from uk. Finally you should get a pet passport, again via your vet, which allows you to bring your cat back in to UK at the end of your stay without quarantine. Then notify your chosen airline about 1 month in advance, turn up at the airport on the day when cost will be calculated based on volume of crate and weight. Our airfare was£729 for 2 dogs travelling in same crate. It sounds complicated but isn't really you just need to get your head around the process and the timings. In total our 2 dogs cost around £1300 <em>edited by rubberduck on 09/07/2011</em>

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Latest post on 09 July 2011 - 21:04

We shipped 2 dogs over, we used Animal Airlines UK side and the. Dubai Kennels and Cattery Dubai side. All went quite smoothly and would use again if necessary.

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Latest post on 09 July 2011 - 20:50

If you ask you vet they may know of a company, or contact Defra they should be able to tell you. Has your kitten had its rabies bloods done??? and how old is the Kitten.

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Latest post on 09 July 2011 - 20:26

We maybe moving to dubai this year and was wondering on cost of exporting a kitten to dubai and if anyone can recommend a company from uk thanks

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