The Microchip Registration Comes First
A Cornish Rex's most urgent post-move paperwork is his microchip registration, because the chip only points wherever the registry says it points. A cat who slips out in an unfamiliar street is scanned by a stranger, and the registry record is the whole conversation that follows — if it still carries your old address and a landline you no longer own, the conversation ends there. Log in or call the registry, set the new address and your current mobile number, and confirm the change has saved rather than assuming the form went through. While you are there, check the backup contact listed on the record; a move often coincides with the moment that person has moved too.
Move or Update the Veterinary File Properly
A Cornish Rex's vet paperwork needs a decision, not just an edit. If the move keeps you within reach of his current clinic, visit or call to update the address and phone on his file, and confirm his vaccination record still shows correctly under the new details. If distance means a new practice, register him there and ask the new clinic to request his full history from the old one — then follow up until the transfer is confirmed, because files genuinely do stall between practices. His slender, fine-coated build makes his weight and condition notes from past visits genuinely useful to a new vet, so a complete history, not a fresh start, is what you are aiming for.
Rewrite the Emergency Plan for the New House
A Cornish Rex's emergency contact plan describes a house that no longer exists, so it must be rewritten, not amended. The key holder may now live too far away; the out-of-hours clinic has certainly changed; even the hiding places are new. Walk the new home and rebuild the plan around it: who nearby can hold a key now, which emergency clinic covers the new address, where his carrier is stored, and which warm hiding spots — airing cupboards, sunlit corners, the top of the boiler cupboard in Rex logic — he has claimed. His thin coat makes warmth a welfare point in the new plan, especially if the new house is draughtier than the old one. Give the finished version to every person named in it and destroy the old copies.
Update the Everyday Paperwork People Actually Use
A Cornish Rex's move also reaches the smaller documents that surface month to month. Tell any regular sitter, groomer, or boarding host the new address and update the details on their intake forms at the next booking rather than assuming they will ask. Refresh his details anywhere they are held for bookings, deliveries of his food, or memberships and insurance if he has them, since a claim or a booking tied to an old address creates delays exactly when you can least use them. If he travels with you, check that the contact information attached to his carrier and any travel paperwork shows the new address and your mobile — the phone that will actually ring.
Use the Move to Gather Everything Into One Place
A Cornish Rex's paperwork fragments across clinics, registries, and kitchen drawers, and a house move — when every document passes through your hands anyway — is the one moment gathering it costs almost nothing. As each item is updated, file the new version into his single record set: microchip confirmation, vaccination certificates, vet summaries, emergency plan, and insurance or membership pages if they exist. Anything you cannot find during the move goes on a short chase list while the trail is warm. That gathered packet is precisely what KinsLe's Pet Passport holds for a Cornish Rex — his records together in one portable packet, so the next move, vet change, or sitter handover starts from one complete file instead of a search through boxes.