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25/02/2014
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Document is not required, but can replace current certificate .
Some units across the country have not yet started the application .
The Ministry of Agriculture , Livestock and Supply began broadcasting on Monday ( 24 ) passport for dogs and cats .
The document will replace the current International Veterinary Certificate ( CVI ) and is not required - it will be up to the owner to decide if you prefer to join or not . According to veterinary Mirela Eidt , the tax ministry, taking advantage of the new document is that the information is all gathered in one place , and the passenger will spend less time waiting for the release of the animal for transport.
Before making the passport , the owner should seek a veterinarian specializing in property to implant a microchip in the animal for easy identification in any country . The object has the size of a grain of rice and gets under the skin of the animal .
To get the document, you must go to the units of the International Agricultural Monitoring System ( Vigiagro ) , located in airports , ports and border crossings in the states .
The G1 called for 10 units and seven of them ( Rio de Janeiro , Belo Horizonte , São Paulo , Porto Alegre , Fortaleza , Campinas , Campo Grande ) was informed by the clerk that the place was not making the application of the passport and awaiting guidance from the ministry to start the process . In Recife, Belem, Brasilia and was informed that the application may already be done .
According to the ministry , the passports have not been delivered to the units , but the application can now be done in all of them , since the period of issue of the document is 30 days .
Passport dogs and cats ( Photo: Playback / Official Gazette )
For now , the only countries that accept the Transit Passport for Dogs and Cats are the Mercosur : Uruguay, Paraguay , Venezuela and Argentina. But , according to the ministry , yet in March an update should occur with the inclusion of more countries like the European Union .
Among the information contained in the document are the name and address of the owner , a description of the animal , name , species , breed , sex, coat and estimated date of birth , number of electronic animal identification ( microchip ), vaccination and examination data provided by clinical veterinarian . It will be issued in Portuguese , English and Spanish .
You need to take , to make the application , a document of proof of application of the microchip , the animal health certificate and identification documents and proof of residence of the owner . The animal should go along with the owner for the request.
The passport is worth a whole life of the animal, but the health information must be validated for each new trip.
Source : G1
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