Document checklist generator
Every document for your route and species, who issues it, and which ones are time-limited. Copy it as a checklist.
[ quick answer · 2 september 2026 ]
A relocation from Dubai needs between 9 and 15 documents depending on the route: the microchip record, the rabies certificate, the MOCCAE export certificate (valid 30 days), the destination certificate or form in its own window, lab reports where a titre is required, and the airline\u2019s acceptance paperwork. The generator lists them per route.
9 documents · 6 issuing steps
ISO microchip implanted and scanned
Your vet
- Microchip implantation certificate
ISO 11784/11785, 15 digits. It must be implanted before, or on the same day as, the rabies vaccination.
Rabies vaccination
Your vet · time-limited
- Rabies vaccination certificate
Given after the microchip. Great Britain requires at least 21 full days between the vaccination (or the last of a primary course) and entry. Validity follows the vaccine manufacturer; 365 days is the conservative assumption used here.
MOCCAE veterinary health certificate for export
MOCCAE · time-limited
- MOCCAE export health certificate
Applied for online through the MOCCAE digital services system, then the pet is examined at a MOCCAE quarantine centre. Fee AED 100 for up to 2 pets. Service time 1 working day. Valid 30 days.
Great Britain pet health certificate, issued and endorsed
Official veterinarian (MOCCAE) · time-limited
- Great Britain pet health certificate (original, signed and stamped by an official veterinarian)
- Declaration that the pet is not being sold or rehomed
Signed, stamped and dated by an official veterinarian with authority from the UAE government. Your clinic completes it; MOCCAE endorses it. The rabies certificate and microchip record are attached.
Manifest cargo booking confirmed with the airline
Airline cargo
- Air waybill
- Airline acceptance form
- Fit-to-fly statement
Pets flying into Great Britain must travel as cargo on an approved route unless on a private charter or an assistance dog. Emirates SkyCargo minimum age is 15 weeks. Snub-nosed breeds are refused outside November to April.
Tapeworm treatment (dogs), recorded by the vet
Your vet
- Tapeworm treatment entry on the health certificate (product, manufacturer, date and time, vet stamp)
Praziquantel or equivalent, no less than 24 hours and no more than 120 hours (5 days) before arrival in Great Britain. The vet records product, date and time on the certificate.
Templates for each document, and the date each one has to exist by, are in the Plan. The free timeline gives the dates for the first two.
Which documents expire fastest?
Do I get templates?
Last verified
2 September 2026
Every rule re-checked against the authority page at least quarterly.
Vet review
In progress
A UAE-licensed vet is reviewing these corridors. Until they have signed, every rule links to its official source so you can check it yourself.
Can my pet fly?
Breed plus destination gives a yes, no or conditional, with the airline and destination lists that decide it.
Is my timeline too tight?
Your flight date against the destination’s mandatory waits. The verdict, free, no email.
Titre test date calculator
The single step people get wrong. Enter the vaccine date and the flight; get the draw window for the USA or Australia.
Banned breed checker
The UAE list, the destination lists and the airline list, all three, one search.
Cost calculator
Line-by-line estimate for your route with published fees marked as published.
Crate size calculator
IATA Container Requirement 1 from four measurements, including the 10% snub-nosed uplift.
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