# Animal health certificate (AHC) · Great Britain — The dated, ordered steps for taking a dog, cat or ferret into the United States, the European Union or Great Britain — microchip, rabies vaccination, blood test and the waiting periods between them, quoted from the law itself

For Animal health certificate (AHC) · Great Britain, entering is Great Britain; provision is Animal health certificate (AHC); what is required is Your pet can enter Great Britain (England, Wales and Scotland) with an animal health certificate (AHC) if all the following apply; the clock is it’s less than 6 months since the date you entered the EU or a country that accepts AHCs; citation is GOV.UK, Bring your pet to Great Britain: Animal health certificate (AHC), recorded from its source on 2026-08-28; source re-checked 2026-09-15.

- **Entering:** Great Britain _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Provision:** Animal health certificate (AHC) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **What is required:** Your pet can enter Great Britain (England, Wales and Scotland) with an animal health certificate (AHC) if all the following apply _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **The clock:** it’s less than 6 months since the date you entered the EU or a country that accepts AHCs _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Citation:** GOV.UK, Bring your pet to Great Britain: Animal health certificate (AHC) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> Animal health certificate (AHC) Your pet can enter Great Britain (England, Wales and Scotland) with an animal health certificate (AHC) if all the following apply: the AHC was issued in Great Britain you’re travelling from the EU or another country where you can use an AHC it’s less than 6 months since the date you entered the EU or a country that accepts AHCs

## Source

- https://www.gov.uk/bring-pet-to-great-britain/animal-health-certificate-ahc

Last verified: 2026-09-15. Review by: 2026-12-26.
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