AOS APPROVED November 21, 2007

[zqt3344 21]

Hi all! Just wanted to check in and tell you that my wife is now in the USA with me and we are VERY happy! We even were able to bring her cat and dog (not easy, but somehow we got it done)! I couldn't believe it because we flew in through Atlanta, and got the bags (4 huge bags at 23+ kg each), cat, dog, and through all the immigration stuff in about 15 minutes. It usually takes me an hour with just one bag, so we were really lucky this day. They didn't ask us any questions at all. So everything is good and finally we are together. Good luck to everyone else and thanks for all the great help and support you have all provided to us here!

Amazing how did you get the cat and dog through? Good for you.

Thanks all! Really we got the cat and dog through just on my wife's persistence! There were so many complications and so much bad info it was hard to know what the right steps were. Essentially, we got some sort of pet passports from her local vet in Lviv. We got their rabies shots, tick treatment, etc. Finally, we got some type of form known as "form 1" from her vet. We made reservations for them with the airline...1 pet under my name and 1 under hers since they only allow 1 pet per person. Then in Kyiv, at the Borispol airport, there was someone who's job it is to take the "form 1" and make some international version of it. We also had the pet passports translated appropriately. Also, when my wife went to her medical exam in Kyiv she bought the kennels we used to transport them. I might add that the person in Borispol airport was really nasty and made up a bunch of stuff saying we had done the forms wrong, etc. etc. Had to unofficially pay him about $100. The airline charged about $130 for the pets to be transported. Also, to get them to Kyiv, we unoffically paid Aerosvit to let us take them in the cabin since the plane didn't have a temperature controlled area. So overall it was a little bit tricky getting everything done, but my wife really wanted them and was willing to do the running around to make it happen. It was only about an extra 2 minutes in Atlanta airport...someone examined the documentation we brought, took a look at the pets, and that was it.

Sounds so typical of Ukraine. HAHA and why is it I knew that somewhere in this process there would be a "tip" er well unofficial bribe that would have to be paid to some Ukrainian government worker along the way. Well just think you made that worker their salary for one month or at least 2-3 weeks right then. Maybe he or she went out and got hopped up on vodka to celebrate! Only in Ukraine.

[zqt3344 21]

Hi all! Just wanted to check in and tell you that my wife is now in the USA with me and we are VERY happy! We even were able to bring her cat and dog (not easy, but somehow we got it done)! I couldn't believe it because we flew in through Atlanta, and got the bags (4 huge bags at 23+ kg each), cat, dog, and through all the immigration stuff in about 15 minutes. It usually takes me an hour with just one bag, so we were really lucky this day. They didn't ask us any questions at all. So everything is good and finally we are together. Good luck to everyone else and thanks for all the great help and support you have all provided to us here!

Amazing how did you get the cat and dog through? Good for you.

Thanks all! Really we got the cat and dog through just on my wife's persistence! There were so many complications and so much bad info it was hard to know what the right steps were. Essentially, we got some sort of pet passports from her local vet in Lviv. We got their rabies shots, tick treatment, etc. Finally, we got some type of form known as "form 1" from her vet. We made reservations for them with the airline...1 pet under my name and 1 under hers since they only allow 1 pet per person. Then in Kyiv, at the Borispol airport, there was someone who's job it is to take the "form 1" and make some international version of it. We also had the pet passports translated appropriately. Also, when my wife went to her medical exam in Kyiv she bought the kennels we used to transport them. I might add that the person in Borispol airport was really nasty and made up a bunch of stuff saying we had done the forms wrong, etc. etc. Had to unofficially pay him about $100. The airline charged about $130 for the pets to be transported. Also, to get them to Kyiv, we unoffically paid Aerosvit to let us take them in the cabin since the plane didn't have a temperature controlled area. So overall it was a little bit tricky getting everything done, but my wife really wanted them and was willing to do the running around to make it happen. It was only about an extra 2 minutes in Atlanta airport...someone examined the documentation we brought, took a look at the pets, and that was it.

Sounds so typical of Ukraine. HAHA and why is it I knew that somewhere in this process there would be a "tip" er well unofficial bribe that would have to be paid to some Ukrainian government worker along the way. Well just think you made that worker their salary for one month or at least 2-3 weeks right then. Maybe he or she went out and got hopped up on vodka to celebrate! Only in Ukraine.

Sorry wrong place for this, how the heck did it end up out here in this forum I have no idea, ignore it, I thought I answered and added in Ukraine Kiev threads.