Great Britain certificate 6551: 48-hour examination and ten-day validity; current rabies branch and permit require confirmation.
Documents and permits
Dog / Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
Apply for EHC 6551 through APHA’s current service for England, Scotland or Wales, with an authorised official veterinarian signing/stamping the issued certificate. The downloadable specimen marked for application is not the certified travel document.
Selected official requirements for healthy adult personal pets. Departure selection does not establish residence history, eligibility, permit approval or airline acceptance. Confirm the actual permit and journey with the authority. Only Great Britain-origin adult personal dogs/cats. APHA’s page updated May 2025 lists 6551 active; specimen and guidance remain 2007. The actual Syrian requirements must be checked against the issued certificate. No other-origin or vaccination-exemption route is established.
Dog / Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
Complete identification: guidance allows tattoo/microchip number or a full description including coat, markings, weight, breed, sex and declared age. This is specific to the published British certificate and is not a general exemption for other origins.
Selected official requirements for healthy adult personal pets. Departure selection does not establish residence history, eligibility, permit approval or airline acceptance. Confirm the actual permit and journey with the authority. Only Great Britain-origin adult personal dogs/cats. APHA’s page updated May 2025 lists 6551 active; specimen and guidance remain 2007. The actual Syrian requirements must be checked against the issued certificate. No other-origin or vaccination-exemption route is established.
Dog / Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
The published EHC requires examination no more than forty-eight hours before the proposed export date, clinically free of infectious/contagious signs including rabies and external parasites and fit to travel.
Selected official requirements for healthy adult personal pets. Departure selection does not establish residence history, eligibility, permit approval or airline acceptance. Confirm the actual permit and journey with the authority. Only Great Britain-origin adult personal dogs/cats. APHA’s page updated May 2025 lists 6551 active; specimen and guidance remain 2007. The actual Syrian requirements must be checked against the issued certificate. No other-origin or vaccination-exemption route is established.
Dog / Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
The 6551 specimen is valid for ten days from signature. Use the issued official document and confirm that the actual Syrian permission and itinerary accept this timing; page-update date does not change the 2007 certificate text.
Selected official requirements for healthy adult personal pets. Departure selection does not establish residence history, eligibility, permit approval or airline acceptance. Confirm the actual permit and journey with the authority. Only Great Britain-origin adult personal dogs/cats. APHA’s page updated May 2025 lists 6551 active; specimen and guidance remain 2007. The actual Syrian requirements must be checked against the issued certificate. No other-origin or vaccination-exemption route is established.
Dog / Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
Rules depend on the route, animal and operating carrier. Confirm your own journey with the relevant authority and airline.
Applicable conditions
The 2007 EHC offers either vaccination thirty days to twelve months before export, or a declaration that no rabies vaccine was administered. Current acceptance of the second branch was not verified with Syria; the old UK rabies-free statement is not proof of a blanket exemption. Have the OV and Syrian authority confirm the correct branch.
Selected official requirements for healthy adult personal pets. Departure selection does not establish residence history, eligibility, permit approval or airline acceptance. Confirm the actual permit and journey with the authority. Only Great Britain-origin adult personal dogs/cats. APHA’s page updated May 2025 lists 6551 active; specimen and guidance remain 2007. The actual Syrian requirements must be checked against the issued certificate. No other-origin or vaccination-exemption route is established.
Dog / Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
Rules depend on the route, animal and operating carrier. Confirm your own journey with the relevant authority and airline.
Applicable conditions
The guidance explicitly asks exporters to check whether Syria requires an import permit and reconcile the certificate with current import conditions. Current origin eligibility, arrival procedures and quarantine terms were not obtained; an active British certificate alone does not establish admission.
Selected official requirements for healthy adult personal pets. Departure selection does not establish residence history, eligibility, permit approval or airline acceptance. Confirm the actual permit and journey with the authority. Only Great Britain-origin adult personal dogs/cats. APHA’s page updated May 2025 lists 6551 active; specimen and guidance remain 2007. The actual Syrian requirements must be checked against the issued certificate. No other-origin or vaccination-exemption route is established.
