US certificates covering microchip, FAVN, timed parasite procedures and dog-specific tests.
Documents and permits
Dog / Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
Obtain the import permit before export. Both certificates state that the completed APHIS-endorsed certificate is required for the permit application. Coordinate the order and timing with Veterinary Services and the accredited veterinarian; carry endorsed laboratory reports with the certificate.
Selected official requirements for personal pet dogs/cats exported from the United States. These are entry conditions, not airline acceptance. Other origins, commercial movements, transit, unusual ages and permit-specific conditions need separate checks. Confirm all requirements with the issuing veterinarian and destination authority.
Dog / Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
Use an ISO-compatible microchip verified by the certifying veterinarian before rabies vaccination, and record its number consistently on the certificate and test/vaccination records.
Selected official requirements for personal pet dogs/cats exported from the United States. These are entry conditions, not airline acceptance. Other origins, commercial movements, transit, unusual ages and permit-specific conditions need separate checks. Confirm all requirements with the issuing veterinarian and destination authority.
Dog / Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
The current models require primary rabies vaccination at age at least three months, more than six months and no more than one year before export; an older-pet booster branch permits vaccination within one year. Use the specified killed or recombinant vaccine and carry the vaccination certificate. Have the veterinarian confirm which branch applies.
Selected official requirements for personal pet dogs/cats exported from the United States. These are entry conditions, not airline acceptance. Other origins, commercial movements, transit, unusual ages and permit-specific conditions need separate checks. Confirm all requirements with the issuing veterinarian and destination authority.
Dog / Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
Obtain post-vaccination FAVN ≥0.5 IU/ml from an APHIS-acceptable laboratory. The successful blood draw must be three to twelve months before export, and entry eligibility is also three to twelve months after that draw. Carry the APHIS-endorsed report; match both export and arrival timing.
Selected official requirements for personal pet dogs/cats exported from the United States. These are entry conditions, not airline acceptance. Other origins, commercial movements, transit, unusual ages and permit-specific conditions need separate checks. Confirm all requirements with the issuing veterinarian and destination authority.
Dog / Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
Arrange two negative microscopic faecal examinations and two broad-spectrum internal treatments effective against nematodes, cestodes and trematodes. Treatments are at least fourteen days apart; the final one is within seven days before export. Record dates and products.
Selected official requirements for personal pet dogs/cats exported from the United States. These are entry conditions, not airline acceptance. Other origins, commercial movements, transit, unusual ages and permit-specific conditions need separate checks. Confirm all requirements with the issuing veterinarian and destination authority.
Dog / Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
Arrange two approved external treatments against fleas, ticks, lice and mites. The first is within thirty days before export, treatments at least fourteen days apart, final within seven days. The examination must find no visible external parasites.
Selected official requirements for personal pet dogs/cats exported from the United States. These are entry conditions, not airline acceptance. Other origins, commercial movements, transit, unusual ages and permit-specific conditions need separate checks. Confirm all requirements with the issuing veterinarian and destination authority.
Dog · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
Dogs require manufacturer-compliant vaccination against distemper, parvovirus, infectious hepatitis or adenovirus type 2, and parainfluenza, more than fourteen days before export. The separate leptospirosis condition is either current vaccination/boosters or an approved treatment course within thirty days before export.
Selected official requirements for personal pet dogs/cats exported from the United States. These are entry conditions, not airline acceptance. Other origins, commercial movements, transit, unusual ages and permit-specific conditions need separate checks. Confirm all requirements with the issuing veterinarian and destination authority.
Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
Cats require vaccination against FHV1, calicivirus and panleukopenia according to the manufacturer, more than two weeks before export. The certificate additionally lists feline leukaemia vaccination for kittens; have the veterinarian apply the actual age branch.
Selected official requirements for personal pet dogs/cats exported from the United States. These are entry conditions, not airline acceptance. Other origins, commercial movements, transit, unusual ages and permit-specific conditions need separate checks. Confirm all requirements with the issuing veterinarian and destination authority.
Dog · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
Dogs need a negative Leishmania infantum IFAT/ELISA within forty-five days before export, and negative approved tests for Babesia canis, B. gibsoni, Borrelia burgdorferi and Ehrlichia canis within sixteen days. Record dates and carry APHIS-endorsed reports.
Selected official requirements for personal pet dogs/cats exported from the United States. These are entry conditions, not airline acceptance. Other origins, commercial movements, transit, unusual ages and permit-specific conditions need separate checks. Confirm all requirements with the issuing veterinarian and destination authority.
Dog · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
Dogs need a negative heartworm antigen ELISA within thirty days before export plus either registered prevention treatment within seven days at the manufacturer’s dose, or a current sustained-release preventive injection. This is not a cat condition.
Selected official requirements for personal pet dogs/cats exported from the United States. These are entry conditions, not airline acceptance. Other origins, commercial movements, transit, unusual ages and permit-specific conditions need separate checks. Confirm all requirements with the issuing veterinarian and destination authority.
Dog · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
For Brucella canis, the certificate offers spayed/neutered dogs or a specified negative test within forty-five days before export, with no mating to a dog of lesser health status during that period. The veterinarian selects and documents the actual branch.
Selected official requirements for personal pet dogs/cats exported from the United States. These are entry conditions, not airline acceptance. Other origins, commercial movements, transit, unusual ages and permit-specific conditions need separate checks. Confirm all requirements with the issuing veterinarian and destination authority.
Dog · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
Dogs require a general fitness/health examination within seven days before export, including no canine-influenza signs, and an external-genital examination within seven days before shipment without lesions suggestive of transmissible venereal tumour. Record the inspection date on the certificate. Confirm cat examination timing in its permit; do not copy this dog deadline to cats.
Selected official requirements for personal pet dogs/cats exported from the United States. These are entry conditions, not airline acceptance. Other origins, commercial movements, transit, unusual ages and permit-specific conditions need separate checks. Confirm all requirements with the issuing veterinarian and destination authority.
