UK certificate 2909 preparation, import licence and separate dog/cat conditions; actual routing remains to confirm.
Documents and permits
Dog / Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
Obtain the current Falkland Agriculture import licence. The written application gives number, microchip, species, breed, age, sex/pregnancy, transport method, route and proposed import date.
Selected official requirements for healthy adult personal pets. Departure selection does not establish residence history, eligibility, permit approval or airline acceptance. Confirm the actual permit and journey with the authority. Only UK-origin adult personal pets resident there for six months or since birth, under the published 2022 certificate and 2023 guidance. Other residency alternatives are outside this selection. UK APHA lists the certificate as active, but it must match the Falkland import licence; no specific flight, guaranteed admission or fixed post-arrival quarantine is asserted.
Dog / Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
Use an implanted microchip recorded in the certificate and give the official vet the owner/exporter’s written declaration of the selected six-month or since-birth UK residence.
Selected official requirements for healthy adult personal pets. Departure selection does not establish residence history, eligibility, permit approval or airline acceptance. Confirm the actual permit and journey with the authority. Only UK-origin adult personal pets resident there for six months or since birth, under the published 2022 certificate and 2023 guidance. Other residency alternatives are outside this selection. UK APHA lists the certificate as active, but it must match the Falkland import licence; no specific flight, guaranteed admission or fixed post-arrival quarantine is asserted.
Dog / Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
The official vet examines the pet within seventy-two hours before export and certifies clinical health and fitness to travel. The signed 2909 certificate is valid for embarkation for seventy-two hours; voyage duration extends it thereafter.
Selected official requirements for healthy adult personal pets. Departure selection does not establish residence history, eligibility, permit approval or airline acceptance. Confirm the actual permit and journey with the authority. Only UK-origin adult personal pets resident there for six months or since birth, under the published 2022 certificate and 2023 guidance. Other residency alternatives are outside this selection. UK APHA lists the certificate as active, but it must match the Falkland import licence; no specific flight, guaranteed admission or fixed post-arrival quarantine is asserted.
Dog / Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
At the pre-export examination, apply the licensed spray/topical tick and flea treatment specified by the certificate under veterinary supervision and record product, ingredient and date.
Selected official requirements for healthy adult personal pets. Departure selection does not establish residence history, eligibility, permit approval or airline acceptance. Confirm the actual permit and journey with the authority. Only UK-origin adult personal pets resident there for six months or since birth, under the published 2022 certificate and 2023 guidance. Other residency alternatives are outside this selection. UK APHA lists the certificate as active, but it must match the Falkland import licence; no specific flight, guaranteed admission or fixed post-arrival quarantine is asserted.
Dog · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
Dogs: full distemper, hepatitis, leptospirosis, parvovirus, kennel cough (parainfluenza/Bordetella) and rabies vaccination thirty days to twelve months before export, or the manufacturer’s longer validity where allowed by the certificate. Complete any two-dose primary course accordingly.
Selected official requirements for healthy adult personal pets. Departure selection does not establish residence history, eligibility, permit approval or airline acceptance. Confirm the actual permit and journey with the authority. Only UK-origin adult personal pets resident there for six months or since birth, under the published 2022 certificate and 2023 guidance. Other residency alternatives are outside this selection. UK APHA lists the certificate as active, but it must match the Falkland import licence; no specific flight, guaranteed admission or fixed post-arrival quarantine is asserted.
Dog · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
Within seventy-two hours before export, the vet administers the certificate’s praziquantel, febantel and pyrantel treatment at its specified veterinary doses; record the product and date.
Selected official requirements for healthy adult personal pets. Departure selection does not establish residence history, eligibility, permit approval or airline acceptance. Confirm the actual permit and journey with the authority. Only UK-origin adult personal pets resident there for six months or since birth, under the published 2022 certificate and 2023 guidance. Other residency alternatives are outside this selection. UK APHA lists the certificate as active, but it must match the Falkland import licence; no specific flight, guaranteed admission or fixed post-arrival quarantine is asserted.
Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
Cats: full panleukopenia, calicivirus, herpesvirus and rabies vaccination thirty days to twelve months before export, or manufacturer’s longer validity allowed by the certificate.
Selected official requirements for healthy adult personal pets. Departure selection does not establish residence history, eligibility, permit approval or airline acceptance. Confirm the actual permit and journey with the authority. Only UK-origin adult personal pets resident there for six months or since birth, under the published 2022 certificate and 2023 guidance. Other residency alternatives are outside this selection. UK APHA lists the certificate as active, but it must match the Falkland import licence; no specific flight, guaranteed admission or fixed post-arrival quarantine is asserted.
Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
Cats need blood sampled within thirty days before export, tested at a government-approved laboratory: negative feline leukaemia virus PCR and negative coronavirus antibody test described in the certificate for feline infectious peritonitis. This is the certificate’s named test, not a diagnostic guarantee.
Selected official requirements for healthy adult personal pets. Departure selection does not establish residence history, eligibility, permit approval or airline acceptance. Confirm the actual permit and journey with the authority. Only UK-origin adult personal pets resident there for six months or since birth, under the published 2022 certificate and 2023 guidance. Other residency alternatives are outside this selection. UK APHA lists the certificate as active, but it must match the Falkland import licence; no specific flight, guaranteed admission or fixed post-arrival quarantine is asserted.
Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
Within seventy-two hours before export, the vet administers the certificate’s praziquantel and pyrantel treatment at its cat-specific veterinary doses; the dog febantel course is not substituted.
Selected official requirements for healthy adult personal pets. Departure selection does not establish residence history, eligibility, permit approval or airline acceptance. Confirm the actual permit and journey with the authority. Only UK-origin adult personal pets resident there for six months or since birth, under the published 2022 certificate and 2023 guidance. Other residency alternatives are outside this selection. UK APHA lists the certificate as active, but it must match the Falkland import licence; no specific flight, guaranteed admission or fixed post-arrival quarantine is asserted.
Dog / Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
For air transport, comply with IATA standards and applicable animal-welfare requirements. This necessary transport standard does not prove a particular airline or flight accepts the pet.
Selected official requirements for healthy adult personal pets. Departure selection does not establish residence history, eligibility, permit approval or airline acceptance. Confirm the actual permit and journey with the authority. Only UK-origin adult personal pets resident there for six months or since birth, under the published 2022 certificate and 2023 guidance. Other residency alternatives are outside this selection. UK APHA lists the certificate as active, but it must match the Falkland import licence; no specific flight, guaranteed admission or fixed post-arrival quarantine is asserted.
Dog / Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
Rules depend on the route, animal and operating carrier. Confirm your own journey with the relevant authority and airline.
Applicable conditions
The 2023 notes say a minimum fourteen-day house quarantine may be required on arrival. Obtain the actual licence’s quarantine instructions; do not make fourteen days universally compulsory or promise no quarantine.
Selected official requirements for healthy adult personal pets. Departure selection does not establish residence history, eligibility, permit approval or airline acceptance. Confirm the actual permit and journey with the authority. Only UK-origin adult personal pets resident there for six months or since birth, under the published 2022 certificate and 2023 guidance. Other residency alternatives are outside this selection. UK APHA lists the certificate as active, but it must match the Falkland import licence; no specific flight, guaranteed admission or fixed post-arrival quarantine is asserted.
Dog / Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
Rules depend on the route, animal and operating carrier. Confirm your own journey with the relevant authority and airline.
Applicable conditions
The guidance requires direct UK sea transport and a Master’s certificate for that vessel branch, and also discusses IATA air transport. Current air routing, transit acceptance and permit/certificate compatibility need confirmation with Falkland Veterinary Services; sea-only paperwork is not imposed on an airline passenger.
Selected official requirements for healthy adult personal pets. Departure selection does not establish residence history, eligibility, permit approval or airline acceptance. Confirm the actual permit and journey with the authority. Only UK-origin adult personal pets resident there for six months or since birth, under the published 2022 certificate and 2023 guidance. Other residency alternatives are outside this selection. UK APHA lists the certificate as active, but it must match the Falkland import licence; no specific flight, guaranteed admission or fixed post-arrival quarantine is asserted.
