Any recent experiences of flying dog from UK to Kota Kinabalu?
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I am considering Kota Kinabalu as a place to live. I will be taking my pet dog with me from the UK where I am at the moment. I am hoping to fly him on the same aircraft as myself. I am just about to make enquiries with a couple of airlines. I have looked at the Dept of Veterinary Services website for the Import Regulations. I have 2 questions
1. Has anyone any recent experience of flying their pet from the UK to Kota Kinabalu?
2. Does anyone know where to send the Import Permit application form to. The site is not in English and unfortunately I cannot read it?
U can obtain the forms from there and it's in English.
U cant apply for it online. It's very troublemsome if u're in the UK and u have no friends here to do it for u. As there is no online application. U have to get the form printed out, filled it up and somehow either attach a RM5 note to it or purchase a bank draft/money order/postal order of RM5 and send it to the address given. Then when it's approved, SOMEBODY has to go and pick it up from them. They will not have it send to u. Well one year ago was like that, maybe now they have improved their service a little. U can always try ur luck.
So when I was in the US, I had to get my friends here to do it for me and have that approved import permit fedexed to me in 2 days. The courier fees for a small piece of A4 paper was 50times more expensive than the application fees of the import permit.
Or u can try arranging something with MasKargo. Since they provide the animal hotel service, u can try asking them. But be prepared to pay a high price.
Re: [steffy1811] Any recent experiences of flying dog from UK to Kota Kinabalu?
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Thank you for the reply. I have just received an email back from the Department of Veterinary Services regarding the Import Permit and they have said that I can send the form and documents by email/ or post and they will send the permit back to me by fax. I will probaly send everything by special registered delivery so that I can send the payment at the same time.
Re: [Georgy] Any recent experiences of flying dog from UK to Kota Kinabalu?
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looks like they upgraded their service. Either that it's DOUBLE STANDARD! Cos u're a foreigner and they have to treat u better. I am Malaysian and hence they expected me to have family members around to do all the paper work for me.
It was exactly 1 year ago that I had to go thru that. Now they fax over? Last year they told me I gotta get a friend to go and pick it up.
Anyway have a safe journey here ok. Keep us updated then
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Re: [steffy1811] Any recent experiences of flying dog from UK to Kota Kinabalu?
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I don't know the reason why I just asked and thats the answer that I received. I don't see how they would know what nationality I was from sending an email message. It would be a bit difficult for me to pick it up myself and I don't have any family or friends to do it for me. I was going to pay a company to sort it out for me if I could not get it any other way.
Re: [marco] Any recent experiences of flying dog from UK to Kota Kinabalu?
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hahaha from the way u word ur email, maybe u didnt sound Malaysian enough. Hahahaha
Oh well i called them. Maybe that's why.
I guess for ur case, it's better u get a local freight company to have everything settled for u once ur dog is here. At least you have that part settled while u settle into the new home.
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Any recent experiences of flying dog from UK to Kota Kinabalu?
Last year they told me I gotta get a friend to go and pick it up. 