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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 Great Britain from Belarus, Poland, Romania or Ukraine.

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 25 October 2022
• Last updated: 30 May 2025
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  1. 30 May 2025

     Updated the application form with a new privacy notice link. Welsh language version added.

  2. 14 November 2022

     Documents that show proof of registration or approval of a premises must be issued within 6 months.

  3. 1 November 2022

     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.

  4. 27 October 2022

     Updated the approval conditions for registered or approved premises.

  5. 25 October 2022

     First published.

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

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IV71: Apply for Approved Importer status form

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Approved Importer status: approval conditions

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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 Great Britain from Belarus, Poland, Romania or Ukraine.