diff --git a/nbri_ehr/resources/queries/study/arrival.js b/nbri_ehr/resources/queries/study/arrival.js
index 9ca4acf..71a3a3b 100644
--- a/nbri_ehr/resources/queries/study/arrival.js
+++ b/nbri_ehr/resources/queries/study/arrival.js
@@ -62,6 +62,49 @@ EHR.Server.TriggerManager.registerHandlerForQuery(EHR.Server.TriggerManager.Even
 
     helper.registerArrival(row.Id, row.date);
 
+    // These records are created for rearrivals too: the animal's departure closed the ones it had.
+    if (!helper.isETL() && !helper.isGeneratedByServer() && !helper.isValidateOnly()) {
+
+        if (row.QCStateLabel) {
+            row.qcstate = helper.getJavaHelper().getQCStateForLabel(row.QCStateLabel).getRowId();
+        }
+
+        // A rearrival reuses the existing demographics record, so its status is written directly; drafts get the same interim status an arrival draft does.
+        // The update refreshes the server-side animal cache, so the records opened below validate against this status rather than the departure's.
+        if (row.rearrival && row.Id && row.QCStateLabel) {
+            row.calculated_status = (row.QCStateLabel.toUpperCase() === 'IN PROGRESS' || row.QCStateLabel.toUpperCase() === 'REVIEW REQUIRED') ? 'Alive - In Progress' : 'Alive';
+            helper.getJavaHelper().updateDemographicsRecord([{
+                Id: row.Id,
+                calculated_status: row.calculated_status
+            }]);
+        }
+
+        // an animal arrives already assigned to a project, a protocol and a group, all entered on the arrival row
+        if (row.Id && row.date) {
+            createAssignment(scriptErrors, 'assignment', 'project', row.project, row);
+            createAssignment(scriptErrors, 'protocolAssignment', 'protocol', row.arrivalProtocol, row);
+            createAssignment(scriptErrors, 'animal_group_members', 'groupId', row.groupId, row);
+        }
+
+        // if 'cage', labeled as "Initial Location" is provided, then insert into housing.
+        if (row.cage && row.Id && row.date) {
+            var housingRec = {
+                Id: row.Id,
+                date: row.date,
+                cage: row.cage,
+                taskid: row.taskid,
+                qcstate: row.qcstate,
+                reason: row.arrivalType,
+                performedby: row.performedby
+            }
+
+            var housingErrors = triggerHelper.createHousingRecord(row.Id, housingRec, "arrival");
+            if (housingErrors) {
+                EHR.Server.Utils.addError(scriptErrors, 'Id', housingErrors, 'ERROR');
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     //Insert or update demographic and birth records
     if (!row.rearrival && !helper.isETL() && !helper.isGeneratedByServer() && !helper.isValidateOnly()) {
 
@@ -81,10 +124,6 @@ EHR.Server.TriggerManager.registerHandlerForQuery(EHR.Server.TriggerManager.Even
         row.socialCode = row['Id/demographics/socialCode'] || null;
         row.generation = isBlankGeneration(row['Id/demographics/generation']) ? null : parseInt(row['Id/demographics/generation'], 10);
 
-        if (row.QCStateLabel) {
-            row.qcstate = helper.getJavaHelper().getQCStateForLabel(row.QCStateLabel).getRowId();
-        }
-
         if (row.birth) {
             var birthInfo = {
                 Id: row.Id,
@@ -100,31 +139,6 @@ EHR.Server.TriggerManager.registerHandlerForQuery(EHR.Server.TriggerManager.Even
             }
         }
 
-        // an animal arrives already assigned to a project, a protocol and a group, all entered on the arrival row
-        if (row.Id && row.date) {
-            createAssignment(scriptErrors, 'assignment', 'project', row.project, row);
-            createAssignment(scriptErrors, 'protocolAssignment', 'protocol', row.arrivalProtocol, row);
-            createAssignment(scriptErrors, 'animal_group_members', 'groupId', row.groupId, row);
-        }
-
-        // if 'cage', labeled as "Initial Location" is provided, then insert into housing.
-        if (row.cage && row.Id && row.date) {
-            var housingRec = {
-                Id: row.Id,
-                date: row.date,
-                cage: row.cage,
-                taskid: row.taskid,
-                qcstate: row.qcstate,
-                reason: row.arrivalType,
-                performedby: row.performedby
-            }
-
-            var housingErrors = triggerHelper.createHousingRecord(row.Id, housingRec, "arrival");
-            if (housingErrors) {
-                EHR.Server.Utils.addError(scriptErrors, 'Id', housingErrors, 'ERROR');
-            }
-        }
-
         row.calculated_status = (row.QCStateLabel.toUpperCase() === 'IN PROGRESS' || row.QCStateLabel.toUpperCase() === 'REVIEW REQUIRED') ? 'Alive - In Progress' : 'Alive';
 
         if(!oldRow) {
diff --git a/nbri_ehr/resources/web/nbri_ehr/model/sources/Rearrival.js b/nbri_ehr/resources/web/nbri_ehr/model/sources/Rearrival.js
index c9b83ea..3b3a575 100644
--- a/nbri_ehr/resources/web/nbri_ehr/model/sources/Rearrival.js
+++ b/nbri_ehr/resources/web/nbri_ehr/model/sources/Rearrival.js
@@ -29,12 +29,16 @@ EHR.model.DataModelManager.registerMetadata('Rearrival', {
                     width: 150
                 },
             },
+            // a rearrival is a return, not a fresh acquisition, so neither field applies to it
             acquisitionType: {
-                allowBlank: false,
-                columnConfig: {
-                    fixed: true,
-                    width: 150
-                },
+                allowBlank: true,
+                hidden: true,
+                showInGrid: false
+            },
+            CITES: {
+                allowBlank: true,
+                hidden: true,
+                showInGrid: false
             },
             arrivalType: {
                 allowBlank: false,
@@ -43,26 +47,60 @@ EHR.model.DataModelManager.registerMetadata('Rearrival', {
                 }
             },
             'cage': {
-                allowBlank: true,
-                hidden: true,
-                showInGrid: false
+                allowBlank: false,
+                nullable: false,
+                columnConfig: {
+                    fixed: true,
+                    width: 200
+                },
             },
+            // the animal's departure closed its project, protocol and group assignments, so each is opened again here
             project: {
-                allowBlank: true,
-                hidden: true,
-                showInGrid: false
+                xtype: 'combo',
+                allowBlank: false,
+                nullable: false,
+                columnConfig: {
+                    fixed: true,
+                    width: 150
+                },
+                lookup: {
+                    schemaName: 'ehr',
+                    queryName: 'project',
+                    keyColumn: 'project',
+                    columns: 'project,name',
+                    filterArray: [
+                        LABKEY.Filter.create('isActive', true, LABKEY.Filter.Types.EQUAL),
+                    ]
+                }
             },
             arrivalProtocol: {
-                allowBlank: true,
-                hidden: true,
-                showInGrid: false
+                xtype: 'combo',
+                allowBlank: false,
+                nullable: false,
+                columnConfig: {
+                    fixed: true,
+                    width: 150
+                },
+                // set displayColumn: ehr.protocol's title column (displayName) is not returned by this query
+                lookup: {
+                    schemaName: 'ehr',
+                    queryName: 'activeProtocols',
+                    keyColumn: 'protocol',
+                    displayColumn: 'protocol',
+                    columns: 'protocol,title'
+                }
             },
-            // a rearriving animal keeps the assignments it already had; new ones are made on the Assignment forms
             groupId: {
-                allowBlank: true,
-                hidden: true,
-                showInGrid: false
+                allowBlank: false,
+                nullable: false,
+                columnConfig: {
+                    width: 200
+                },
+                lookup: {
+                    // the shared default filters on a date column that the breeding type lookup does not have
+                    filterArray: []
+                }
             },
         }
     }
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+});