EU Pet Passports no longer valid for UK residents

[alcam]

Yes. The legal position is more complex than most people are interpreting, and people with a lot more expertise than me are arguing whether existing passports are still valid (the issue of new passports seems clear, they are not to be issued non-EU residents). As of today, the French douane website still says EU passports are accepted for entry, without any mention of conditions.

Travel: coming to France with your pet

www.douane.gouv.fr

The tunnel seems to still be accepting passports but other carriers aren't.

There is some scaremongering about whether EU vets can enter the return-to-UK worming details on passports; but since there is no doubt that they are valid for entry into the UK (the controversy is about entry into the EU) I can't see any basis for this, and nobody so far has shown me anything other than anecdotes.

Honestly, if I were going over next week I'd probably get a cheap AHC. I would be spitting feathers, but for the sake of £99 I would probably not risk the hassle.

Jo that link is from 2022 !
Have , again , contacted DFDS . No joy . Rechecked Irish ferries , same as DFDS .
Should change the title of this thread to Vets for AHC .
Can't remember the one I used previously . Pretty sure there will be some on here with good info

 

[Jo001]

that link is from 2022

It is - but it hasn't been updated, even as of earlier today. So I think I'd be prepared to argue that if the French Government says they will accept the passport, the travel company has little grounds to refuse it.

 

[Sharon the Cat]

Jo that link is from 2022 !
Have , again , contacted DFDS . No joy . Rechecked Irish ferries , same as DFDS .
Should change the title of this thread to Vets for AHC .
Can't remember the one I used previously . Pretty sure there will be some on here with good info

Prices look like they are coming down.

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[number14]

+1 for AHC Direct. First time we met and collected from an M4 service area. Second time we went to the vet's house in Llanelli on a Sunday afternoon on the way to the Fishguard ferry.