orchid1331 Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 Hi, We are shipping 2 cats from London to Melbourne. My vet provided me with an original (signed and stamped) RNATT declaration so all good here. The problem is with the attached Lab Diagnostic Report which is just a fax copy (not original) which he didn't sign or stamp. To make matters worse the Lab Report has one of those black lines down one side (when fax is running out of toner) so some of the writing is not legible. However, it is obvious that the RNATT declaration is relating to this lab report. Will this "bad" Lab Report fax copy be sufficient as the official document at the airport to send with the cats? Will this be sufficient for the Aus import permit? The original vet who made the RNATT declaration for me has now left the vet practice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobPetairUK Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 The full lab diagnostic report is ok as a copy as it has to be signed off by the vet who completes the docs. if some of the writing is not legible then that is a problem as the Australians will cross check it with the RNATT declaration. Thing to do is to send it to DAFF to apply for a permit and if they turn it back to you then it is not ok and if it is then it is ok. Without seeing them, i cant really advise. For anyone reading this, Petair are the only company to do the RNATT decs for you (which saves you paying the vets for it) and includes the DAFF fees in the permit application, so it is probably the same cost to get us to do it as it is doing it yourself by the time you have paid the vets. Sorry for the shameless plug, but us pet shippers may seem "expensive" but we hope we will save you stacks of time and you dont really save that much doing it all on your own at a time when you have a million other things to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orchid1331 Posted June 5, 2014 Author Share Posted June 5, 2014 Thanks Bob. We had the RNATT Declaration done about a year ago and yes we did it ourselves with our vet. However, this is due to not being certain when we were going to move to Aus which was determined by our property sale in the UK. But since the RNATT declaration is valid for 2 years, it meant that we could organise the rest for the cats relatively quickly once we sold. I'll report back on what happens with the import permits. You are right though - I definately will be using a "pet mover" company for the actual transport part of the animals. Much less stress! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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