Federal import paperwork and cargo safeguards; rabies and species health branches need the issued permit.
Documents and permits
Dog / Cat · Separate cargo service
Apply through FSM Quarantine Services. The government’s form asks origin, expected arrival, import method, port, and live-animal description including breed, sex, age, weight, color and number. Verify current submission contacts.
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. Necessary federal procedures under the published Plant and Animal Quarantine Regulations 2000, whose Part VI is cited in the current government application forms. Default manifested cargo only; neither origin approval, state-level acceptance nor a fixed detention period follows from these procedures.
Carry the issued permit, signed owner/exporter history declaration and official exporting-country veterinarian’s signed/stamped international health certificate.
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. Necessary federal procedures under the published Plant and Animal Quarantine Regulations 2000, whose Part VI is cited in the current government application forms. Default manifested cargo only; neither origin approval, state-level acceptance nor a fixed detention period follows from these procedures.
QA1 defaults to manifested cargo and direct transport without transshipment, offloading or contact with animals of unequal certified status, unless the permit provides otherwise. No passenger-baggage exception is selected here.
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. Necessary federal procedures under the published Plant and Animal Quarantine Regulations 2000, whose Part VI is cited in the current government application forms. Default manifested cargo only; neither origin approval, state-level acceptance nor a fixed detention period follows from these procedures.
Use the designated official first-entry port in the permit; report departure, arrival estimate and flight/voyage at least one weekday working day before embarkation.
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. Necessary federal procedures under the published Plant and Animal Quarantine Regulations 2000, whose Part VI is cited in the current government application forms. Default manifested cargo only; neither origin approval, state-level acceptance nor a fixed detention period follows from these procedures.
QA1 requires arrival inspection of animals/documents; remain under quarantine control until authorized release. It establishes no universal number of detention days.
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. Necessary federal procedures under the published Plant and Animal Quarantine Regulations 2000, whose Part VI is cited in the current government application forms. Default manifested cargo only; neither origin approval, state-level acceptance nor a fixed detention period follows from these procedures.
Rules depend on the route, animal and operating carrier. Confirm your own journey with the relevant authority and airline.
Applicable conditions
QA3/QA5 contain separate dog/cat vaccinations, a forty-eight-hour exam and three-day parasite clauses. Confirm their application and current certificate with the actual permit; this summary does not substitute one species’ schedule for the other.
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. Necessary federal procedures under the published Plant and Animal Quarantine Regulations 2000, whose Part VI is cited in the current government application forms. Default manifested cargo only; neither origin approval, state-level acceptance nor a fixed detention period follows from these procedures.
Rules depend on the route, animal and operating carrier. Confirm your own journey with the relevant authority and airline.
Applicable conditions
Published QA3/QA5 combine residence/rabies vaccination clauses with 120-day pre-entry quarantine or Hawaii/Guam-entry alternatives. Obtain written confirmation of the applicable branch; 120 days is not a universal post-arrival period.
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. Necessary federal procedures under the published Plant and Animal Quarantine Regulations 2000, whose Part VI is cited in the current government application forms. Default manifested cargo only; neither origin approval, state-level acceptance nor a fixed detention period follows from these procedures.
