Importing an animal from UK to Bahrain guidelines ONLY

2197POSTS

13 years ago

Basics on how to import an animal from UK

You need to find a vet to issue your pet passport. You don't have to use your normal vet and prices differ a lot so shop around.

To get your pet passport your animal needs to have all his vaccinations up to date plus the rabies injection. The injections have to be MORE than 30 days old but less than 6 months old. The course of injections can take a month to 2 months to complete (especially for cats) so prepare well in advance.

You have to call DEFRA to get an export form - this needs to be filled out with your address in UK and Bahrain and your vets details (hence getting the vet first) you have to give Defra a date that your animal will be inspected by your vet prior to flying - this has to be done within 48 hours of your animal getting on the plane.

Defra will send your export documents to your vet a week prior to travel and your vet will sign and stamp them and give them to you on the last inspection.

You will need an export company based in the UK to handle the export of the animal etc. You cannot do this yourselves

You will need an import agent in Bahrain to meet your animal at customs, organise all the inspections and then deliver the animal to your house. Again you cannot do this yourself.

The export agent in the UK I used was..

Tim Hall
Pet Exports UK Ltd
0208 384 5020
www.petexports.co.uk

Not only was he the cheapest but he was the best. Organise all the above yourself as it is easy and will save you a lot of money.

My import agent in Bahrain was

Tim
Delmon Pets Relocators
Kingdom of Bahrain (CR74796)
Mobile: +973 39729868
Tel/Fax:+973 17691095

The good thing is that both "Tims" know each other, have worked together for years and know the system inside out.

The laws on importing an animal to Bahrain can change while your animal is in the air. Tim knows this and knows what to do. You would panic.

Just sit home, relax and wait for your animal to be delivered to you - best feeling ever!!

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Josnuggles ViP

2197POSTS

13 years ago

I did it myself as it was a very simple form and free. Agents charge for the service. We were on a tight budget so did a lot ourselves

brightonguy ViP

1591POSTS

13 years ago

Hello admins,

Can this post be made sticky? I think it would be useful for people who are looking to import their pets into Bahrain as I am sure as soon as the post falls into the second page, we will get questions about importing pets into Bahrain.

Alliecat ViP

8790POSTS

13 years ago

brightonguy wrote:
Hello admins,

Can this post be made sticky? I think it would be useful for people who are looking to import their pets into Bahrain as I am sure as soon as the post falls into the second page, we will get questions about importing pets into Bahrain.

Even better than a sticky, add it to the Bahrain GUIDE.

Josnuggles ViP

2197POSTS

13 years ago

Thanks. I have reported and asked for it to be put on the guide. See Allie this is why you should be an animator

Alliecat ViP

8790POSTS

13 years ago

If you check out the KSA guide, you'll see that I often post information I think will be useful. In fact, I often submit other people's posts (acknowledging they wrote it) that I recognize as being useful to many people in general.

Another reason for doing this is that you can then easily refer people to information, rather than send them off to scan threads (or you doing it for them).

Josnuggles ViP

2197POSTS

13 years ago

Alliecat wrote:
If you check out the KSA guide, you'll see that I often post information I think will be useful. In fact, I often submit other people's posts (acknowledging they wrote it) that I recognize as being useful to many people in general.

Another reason for doing this is that you can then easily refer people to information, rather than send them off to scan threads (or you doing it for them).

I have checked out the KSA forum but not the guide. I will look tomorrow thanks for the info

brightonguy ViP

1591POSTS

13 years ago

On a side note, flat-faced dogs such as Pugs cannot be imported between April and October as it is too hot for them to breathe properly. Also for many breeds, you sign a letter so that if your dog dies for whatever reason during transport, the company is not liable for it.