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Uganda - Apply for Veterinary Health Certificate.

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ProcedureEdit

  1. An importer/Exporter of Animal products must obtain a veterinary health certificate for every consignment.These are issued by the Department of animal health at Ministry of agriculture, animal industry and Fisheries.
  2. Every application for a Veterinary health Certificate under this rule shall be in writing and shall contain such particulars as the commissioner may require.
  3. Before you start the process, you will need to know the type of animal traveling, the country of destination, the date of departure from Uganda, and whether or not the consignment will be traveling alone, as cargo, or with a person in the cabin of the plane.
  4. The applicant should determine when the consignment will be traveling and what country of destination will be.
  5. The Applicant should work with the veterinary Officer to determine the destination country’s requirements, including any necessary vaccinations, tests, and/ or treatments.
  6. The applicant should create a schedule to make sure all requirements are met within the specified time frames.
  7. The applicant should make sure that the veterinary officer issues the health certificate within the validity period set by the destination country.
  8. The Veterinary Health certificate validity period (time frame a certificate can be used during the travel) will be stated in the health certificate.
  9. Once the Veterinary health certificate has been issued by the veterinary officer in charge and endorsed by the relevant authorities as required,then the consignment may be allowed to be dispatched.

Note:Airlines may have separate and additional requirements. It would be important to Check with your airline to determine what requirements they may have, if any.

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Required DocumentsEdit

  • Application letter for veterinary health certificate (original)
  • Recommendation letter from Department Veterinary Officer.
  • Consignment inspection report from Department Veterinary Officer/MAAIF Inspector.
  • Export/Import permit
  • Firm Records
  • Certificate of analysis
  • Certificate of fumigation
  • Bio security measures
  • Proof of payment from Uganda Revenue Authority payment slip
  • National Identification Card.


Office Locations & ContactsEdit

Department of Animal Health - Head Office,
Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries
Entebbe Plot 16-18,Lugard Avenue,
Entebbe Uganda.
P.O Box 102,
Entebbe Uganda.
Tel: 041 4320004
Email: [email protected],
Website:Link

EligibilityEdit

Any person carrying out Veterinary Health business in Uganda jurisdiction except those who are exempted under Veterinary law License Act are eligible to obtain Veterinary Health Certificate.


FeesEdit

Certificate fees UGX 40,000 for veterinary health certificate

ValidityEdit

Valid for 6 months

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Sample DocumentsEdit

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Processing TimeEdit

Maximum time 2-3 days

Related VideosEdit

Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications. 
Attach videos using the following tag <&video type='website'>video ID|width|height<&/video&> from external websites. 	
Please remove the '&' inside the tags during implementation.
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver, 
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
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InstructionsEdit

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e.g. The state office holds birth records since january 1908.

Required InformationEdit

  • Name of the customer
  • Destination of the consignment
  • Port of exit
  • Quantity of the export
  • Information on Package
  • Signature
  • Date.

Need for the DocumentEdit

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Other uses of the Document/CertificateEdit

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