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Apply for Approved Importer status

The conditions you must meet to apply for and use Approved Importer status to commercially import dogs, cats and ferrets into England from Belarus, Poland, Romania or Ukraine.

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

Documents

Apply for Approved Importer status form

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Details

Fill in the Approved Importer status application form and send it to the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA). The address is on the form.

If APHA approves your application, they will email you to confirm.

If APHA reject your application, they will email you with the reason. You can contact APHA to discuss how to appeal the decision.

Find out more about the commercial import of dogs, cats and ferrets to England from Belarus, Poland, Romania or Ukraine

Updates to this page

Published 25 October 2022
Last updated 14 November 2022 + show all updates
  1. Documents that show proof of registration or approval of a premises must be issued within 6 months.

  2. Clarified that you only need to upload blood test results to IPAFFS for animals from Ukraine or animals travelling through Poland, Romania or Belarus from a country that is not listed.

  3. Updated the approval conditions for registered or approved premises.

  4. First published.

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