Considering Antigua

Hi Scott,

I don't understand your point: "After the holidays I plan to get in touch with an agent as we have questions and apparently Antiguan government officials are not allowed (?) to answer them."

Of course the government' civil servants are allowed to answer questions. The only problem is finding one to talk to, and the best way is always in person since you won't get any answers by email, and it's just as difficult to reach people by phone.

As for the birds, that's quite unusual! We've helped people bring dogs or cats, but not birds yet ;-)

We're close to government veterinarians, so I could look into it for you.

Otherwise, I've just started a blog about life in Antigua (3 posts for now but more coming). With the aim of being objective (because there are good things but also disadvantages to setlle in Antigua). Feel free to check it out (I don't know if I am allowed to put the link here, but it's easy enough to find the .com and then the blog with  my signature). You can contact me by private message or through our website.

Best regards,

Erika & Jerome

Haven Antigua

Good morning and thank you for your response!

My wife phoned an individual within the Antiguan Department of Agriculture (I believe it was).  When my wife posed the question this individual informed her that she was not able to answer the question and that we should speak with our immigration/CBI agent who would be able to answer our question.

If you can conveniently get information regarding bringing our pet birds ( one Congo African Gray Parrot, one medium Sulfur Crested Cockatoo and one standard gray Cockatiel) I would be most grateful

Our avian vet here informs that typically a certificate of health that is dated less than two weeks prior to arrival is generally sufficient for most countries.

We would be planning on going the CBI route with a property purchase in the $1M area and ultimately expatriating the U.S.

Thank you again for your help.

Scott   

Hi Scott

I sent you a private email here!