Selected requirements under Cuba’s 2026 veterinary regulation, with Argentina-specific paperwork kept separate.
Vaccination and health
Dog / Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
Article 18 lists rabies vaccination and other vaccines specified in the applicable import requirements for domestic dogs/cats. It gives no universal waiting period. Source-country animal-health restrictions can still prevent admission.
Selected official requirements for healthy adult personal pets. Departure selection does not establish residence history, eligibility, permit approval or airline acceptance. Confirm the actual permit and journey with the authority. Adult personal dogs/cats: Resolution 165, published 9 September 2026 and effective seven days later. These necessary conditions do not establish source-country eligibility or a complete import permission. SENASA steps apply only to departure from Argentina.
Dog / Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
Carry the exporting country’s veterinary certification. Under Articles 18 and 20, it must contain the information required by Cuba and harmonised with the origin authority; a vaccination booklet alone is not established as a substitute.
Selected official requirements for healthy adult personal pets. Departure selection does not establish residence history, eligibility, permit approval or airline acceptance. Confirm the actual permit and journey with the authority. Adult personal dogs/cats: Resolution 165, published 9 September 2026 and effective seven days later. These necessary conditions do not establish source-country eligibility or a complete import permission. SENASA steps apply only to departure from Argentina.
Dog / Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
Articles 22 and 27 require veterinary control at arrival, including animals carried by tourists. Present the pet and its documents to the animal-health authority; release remains subject to inspection and compliance.
Selected official requirements for healthy adult personal pets. Departure selection does not establish residence history, eligibility, permit approval or airline acceptance. Confirm the actual permit and journey with the authority. Adult personal dogs/cats: Resolution 165, published 9 September 2026 and effective seven days later. These necessary conditions do not establish source-country eligibility or a complete import permission. SENASA steps apply only to departure from Argentina.
Dog / Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
Rules depend on the route, animal and operating carrier. Confirm your own journey with the relevant authority and airline.
Applicable conditions
Articles 12/14 establish pre-shipment zoosanitary permits, while Article 18 allows inspectors to admit specified dogs/cats subject to conditions. A current personal-pet permit exemption or procedure was not obtained. Confirm the permit route, origin eligibility and additional health terms with CENASA; neither universal exemption nor a business application deadline is assumed.
Selected official requirements for healthy adult personal pets. Departure selection does not establish residence history, eligibility, permit approval or airline acceptance. Confirm the actual permit and journey with the authority. Adult personal dogs/cats: Resolution 165, published 9 September 2026 and effective seven days later. These necessary conditions do not establish source-country eligibility or a complete import permission. SENASA steps apply only to departure from Argentina.
Dog / Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
Rules depend on the route, animal and operating carrier. Confirm your own journey with the relevant authority and airline.
Applicable conditions
Article 28 covers pets that arrived and stayed up to thirty days and requires communicating their place of stay to municipal animal-health services for quarantine control and prompt disease reporting. Duration and application to longer stays are not specified here; obtain actual instructions. Thirty days is a stay trigger, not a quarantine length.
Selected official requirements for healthy adult personal pets. Departure selection does not establish residence history, eligibility, permit approval or airline acceptance. Confirm the actual permit and journey with the authority. Adult personal dogs/cats: Resolution 165, published 9 September 2026 and effective seven days later. These necessary conditions do not establish source-country eligibility or a complete import permission. SENASA steps apply only to departure from Argentina.
Dog / Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
For Argentina departures, SENASA issues a CVI valid for ten calendar days from issue to Cuba’s document/identity checks. Its sixty-day provision covers only return to Argentina with valid rabies vaccination and good health; it does not extend Cuban entry validity.
Selected official requirements for healthy adult personal pets. Departure selection does not establish residence history, eligibility, permit approval or airline acceptance. Confirm the actual permit and journey with the authority. Adult personal dogs/cats: Resolution 165, published 9 September 2026 and effective seven days later. These necessary conditions do not establish source-country eligibility or a complete import permission. SENASA steps apply only to departure from Argentina.
Dog / Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
Visit an Argentina-registered private veterinarian within ten days before embarkation. The authorised health certificate must confirm clinical health, absence of infectious/parasitic signs and fitness for travel; its original is submitted to SENASA for CVI processing.
Selected official requirements for healthy adult personal pets. Departure selection does not establish residence history, eligibility, permit approval or airline acceptance. Confirm the actual permit and journey with the authority. Adult personal dogs/cats: Resolution 165, published 9 September 2026 and effective seven days later. These necessary conditions do not establish source-country eligibility or a complete import permission. SENASA steps apply only to departure from Argentina.
Dog / Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
SENASA requires dogs/cats aged at least ninety days to be vaccinated against rabies and presents the rabies certificate original plus one copy in its CVI procedure. This selected adult path gives no exemption for younger pets or from the 2026 Cuban regulation.
Selected official requirements for healthy adult personal pets. Departure selection does not establish residence history, eligibility, permit approval or airline acceptance. Confirm the actual permit and journey with the authority. Adult personal dogs/cats: Resolution 165, published 9 September 2026 and effective seven days later. These necessary conditions do not establish source-country eligibility or a complete import permission. SENASA steps apply only to departure from Argentina.
Dog / Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
Provide a copy of the accompanying person’s ID/passport; for an unaccompanied pet, the Argentina owner/responsible person’s ID is used for its CVI. Tell SENASA about third-country transit. This is export paperwork, not a transit-country or airline permission.
Selected official requirements for healthy adult personal pets. Departure selection does not establish residence history, eligibility, permit approval or airline acceptance. Confirm the actual permit and journey with the authority. Adult personal dogs/cats: Resolution 165, published 9 September 2026 and effective seven days later. These necessary conditions do not establish source-country eligibility or a complete import permission. SENASA steps apply only to departure from Argentina.
