Removals and pet relocation to Spain

No — and we’d be wary of any law firm that claimed to. The lorry, the packing crew and the crates are handled by vetted removals partners who do this every week. Our part is the paperwork and the coordination: the customs inventory, the Transfer of Residence relief where you qualify, and making sure the move lines up with your residence steps. It’s a referral to people we trust, with us covering the official side.

When you move to Spain from outside the EU and bring your own used household belongings, you may be able to import them without paying customs duty under Transfer of Residence relief. It generally applies to people genuinely relocating their main home, with conditions on ownership and how long you’ve had the goods. Eligibility and the exact requirements are set by the customs authorities, so we confirm your situation and prepare the inventory and forms rather than assume it applies.

Usually, yes. If you’re not shipping a full house, many removals partners offer part-loads or groupage — your belongings share space with other consignments heading the same way, which brings the cost down in exchange for a little less control over exact dates. We’ll help you weigh a part-load against a dedicated load for your volume and timeline.

That depends on volume, distance, whether it’s a full or part load, and access at both ends — so we won’t pretend a single figure exists. What we can do is get you honest quotes from vetted partners and make sure the customs side is handled so a duty bill doesn’t land on top. Ask us to point you in the right direction before you book anything.

As a general guide: an ISO-standard microchip, an up-to-date rabies vaccination given after the chip, and the correct travel document — an EU pet passport if you’re moving within the EU, or an Animal Health Certificate (AHC) if you’re coming from outside it. Some routes also need a rabies antibody (titre) test and, for dogs, a tapeworm treatment. Exact requirements depend on where you’re travelling from and can change, so we confirm your list with the vet before anyone books a flight.

Further than most people expect. Where a rabies titre test is required it has to be done a set time after vaccination, followed by a waiting period before travel — which can mean planning several months ahead. Even without a titre test, microchip and vaccination timing has to line up. The single biggest cause of last-minute stress is starting late, so the honest advice is to talk to a vet early.

Yes. Since Brexit the UK is treated as a country outside the EU for pet travel, so the old UK pet passports issued in Great Britain no longer work for entry. Instead you generally need an Animal Health Certificate (AHC) issued by an official vet close to your travel date. The precise rules are set by the authorities and do change, so we coordinate with a pet-travel vet rather than rely on old information.

This is a partner service. The clinical steps — microchipping, vaccinations, the AHC, any titre test — are carried out by trusted vets and pet-travel specialists we work alongside. What we do is coordinate the paperwork and the timeline so it slots into your wider move, and make sure nothing is left until it’s too late to fix.