GCCFI Registration for Cats or Kittens born in the RoI

If your cat/kitten(s) was born in the RoI from parents showing GCCFI registered numbers (they begin with the letters NB while UK numbers commence with CS), you are required to complete an application to register form which may be downloaded here.  For your information please print both front and back pages.

 

On request the registrar will post you a form and you may request same from registrar@gccfi.com  Please send the completed form with the appropriate fee (shown on the back of the form) to the registrar at 23 Butterfield Avenue, Dublin 14.


GCCFI Registration for Cats or Kittens born in the Northern Ireland or Great Britain

If your cat/kitten was born in Northern Ireland or Great Britain and registered with GCCF we require the following in order to register with GCCFI.

1

Original 3 generation certified pedigree together with any attachments from GCCF, 5 King’s Castle Business Park, The Drove, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 4AG.   Phone 0044 1278 427575 or email info@gccfcats.org to check on the fee.   Breeder’s pedigree does not suffice.  Certified pedigrees will be retained, so if you require a copy please photocopy before sending the original

2Copy GCCF registration/transfer to your ownership
3

GCCF of Ireland Application to Register form completed together with fee either €15 or  £15.  The application form may be downloaded here.


GCCFI registration for Cats or Kittens born in any other country

If your cat/kitten was born and/or registered in any other country or with any other registering body we require:-

1

Original registration document which should show 4/5 generations of pedigree from other registering body, i.e. CFA, Fife, Tica.  When copied and recorded by GCCFI, this document will be returned to you.

2If not stated on the certified pedigree, please provide a copy of a document showing you as the registered owner. In the case of joint owners both names should be shown.
3

A GCCF of Ireland Application to Register form completed together with the €15 fee.   The application form may be downloaded here.

4

Details of Pet Passport scheme or quarantine details:

Cats imported from anywhere other than the UK must have either a Pet Passport which takes about 6 months to arrange, or be quarantined on arrival in RoI. 

Details from Department of Agriculture Pet Passports or phone +353 1 607 2827


Entering a GCCFI Show before registration paperwork is complete

If you wish to enter for a GCCFI licensed show and you have applied for but not received all the relevant registration papers, you may enter by complying with the following:-

1

Send in your Registration Application to the Registrar together with the registration fee and confirmation that you have applied for Certified Pedigrees to the appropriate registering body - DO NOT WAIT TO RECEIVE THESE DOCUMENTS

2

Send your show entry to the Show Manager of the show you intend to enter.  Where it says Reg.No. on the entry form put RAF (Registration Applied For). Please note that Show Managers are obliged to check with the Registrar that applications and the fee to register have actually been made and received.  

 

"Registration Applied For" (RAF) will apply to one show only, except where a second Show may follow within a two month period, in which case RAF may be accepted for the second Show at the discretion of the Registrar.

3

When you receive the Certified Pedigrees please forward them immediately to the Registrar so that your registration may be completed.


Additional detailed information about GCCFI registration can be downloaded here.