USA to Singapore
Pet Shipping from the USA to Singapore
We provide international pet transport from the USA to Singapore, planned around its import rules, the season and your move date.
Book door-to-door pet relocation, or only the parts you need.
- Airline booking
- The travel crate
- The export and import paperwork
- Check-in at your US airport
- Pickup in Singapore with delivery to your new address
Singapore at a glance
Full requirementsSingapore’s Animal and Veterinary Service wants a dog or cat license before the import license, and for a pet from the United States a rabies antibody test on blood drawn no less than 90 days and no more than 12 months before export.
- Microchip
- ISO microchip
- Rabies vaccination
- Inactivated or recombinant vaccine, kept valid
- Rabies titer
- 0.5 IU/ml or higher. Sample taken at least 28 days after vaccination, and at least 90 days and within 12 months before export
- Import permit
- From AVS after the dog or cat license; valid 90 days, no extension
- Health certificate
- Completed 2 to 7 days before export, then endorsed by USDA
Pet Shipping from the USA to Singapore
AVS, Singapore’s Animal and Veterinary Service, ranks exporting countries in three tiers of rabies risk, and the United States is in Schedule II. A pet from here therefore needs a rabies titer test, which a pet from a Schedule I country such as the United Kingdom does not, and it avoids the quarantine of 30 days or more that AVS sets for pets from Schedule III. If you would like a simple overview of international moves first, start with our guide to international pet shipping destinations. Bringing a pet the other way, into the United States? See our US import guide.
Which route does a pet take into Singapore?
Singapore’s Animal and Veterinary Service inspects dogs and cats arriving by air at the Changi Animal & Plant Quarantine Station, at Changi Airfreight Centre, and those arriving by land at Tuas Checkpoint. That inspection is booked online at least 5 days before the pet lands, giving the import license, the flight details and a contact number; APHIS’s page asks for 5 working days. The import license is also shown at check-in, and a declaration signed by the captain or authorized airline staff goes to AVS at the inspection, a connection through a Schedule III country included. A pet flying in the cabin still needs a rigid container meeting IATA’s requirements for hard crates, because it rides in it from the airport to the quarantine station and AVS does not allow soft bags for the transfer.
Route details: USA to Singapore
- Route
- USA to Singapore
- Arrival airports
- Changi Airport: AVS inspects every arriving pet at the Changi Animal & Plant Quarantine Station in Changi Airfreight Centre
- How the pet flies
- In the cabin, as excess baggage or as manifested cargo. A cabin pet still needs a rigid crate that meets IATA’s rules for the transfer; no soft bags
- Import permit
- AVS import license, after the dog or cat license: issued 2 working days after complete documents, valid 90 days. APHIS: apply 30 days ahead
- Health certificate
- Signed by a USDA-accredited vet within 7 days of export, then endorsed by USDA; parasite treatments 2 to 7 days before export
- Quarantine on arrival
- None for a personal pet arriving under 5 days after its owner, sharing their address over 6 months; else home quarantine, 10 days minimum
- Time to get ready
- At least 118 days: titer blood drawn 28 days or more after the first rabies shot, and export 90 days or more after the draw
- Rabies titer
- At least 0.5 IU/ml, on blood drawn 28 days or more after the rabies shot and 90 days to 12 months before export
- At Changi
- Since April 1, 2026, only an AVS-recognized pet agent, appointed by the owner before arrival, handles import clearance at the quarantine station
From official sources, read October 29, 2026: NParks Animal & Veterinary Service, Importing dogs and cats; NParks AVS, Changi Animal & Plant Quarantine Station; NParks AVS, Veterinary Conditions for the Importation of Dogs/Cats for Countries/Regions under Schedule II; USDA APHIS, Pet Travel from the United States to Singapore; NParks AVS, Annex B: Changes to Pet import clearance and CAPQ opening hours.
What are the entry requirements for pets going to Singapore?
The short answer
For a pet from the United States, a Schedule II country, the Animal and Veterinary Service asks for an ISO microchip, a valid rabies vaccination, a titer of at least 0.5 IU/ml, the core vaccinations it lists, parasite treatment and a health certificate between 2 and 7 days before export, and the two licenses.
Which pets can enter Singapore?
Singapore prohibits the import of Pit Bull variants, the Akita, the Boerboel, the Dogo Argentino, the Fila Brasileiro, the Neapolitan Mastiff, the Tosa, the Perro de Presa Canario and crosses of any of them. Your pet must also be at least twelve weeks old at the time of export. AVS’s health certificate has the vet confirm, too, that the pet has lived in the United States, or in a country on Schedule I or II, for at least the last 6 months before export, or since birth. A second layer applies even to an allowed breed: specified dogs cannot be kept in an HDB flat at all, and only one is permitted in a non-HDB residence, so the address question is settled before the flight.
The United States is on Singapore’s Schedule II, where AVS says a personal pet needs no post-arrival quarantine if it is brought in less than 5 days after its owner enters Singapore and the two have lived continuously at the same address for more than 6 months. On a personal import license, a pet that misses either condition serves 10 days or more of home quarantine. AVS approves that quarantine before the import license application goes in. A pet on a commercial license serves at least 10 days in a government quarantine facility.
Two more checks come before the licenses. AVS accepts a Bengal or Savannah cross only from the fifth generation on, with documents to prove it. For a dog of mixed or cross breeding, the import license application includes a color photo of its face and body, which AVS uses to check the breed is allowed. Ready to start? Request a quote.
What vet work and documents does a pet need for Singapore?
The microchip has to meet ISO 11784 or ISO 11785 Annex A, and its number goes on every vaccination and treatment record; APHIS adds that a pet with a chip of another type arrives with a reader for it. The rabies vaccine is an inactivated or recombinant one, kept valid on its maker’s schedule, and APHIS asks for a rabies certificate giving the chip number, the vaccinating veterinarian and the practice. Dogs also need valid shots against distemper, adenovirus type 1 and parvovirus type 2; cats need cover for calicivirus, herpesvirus-1 and panleukopenia. AVS’s Schedule II conditions want these core shots given at least 14 days before export. Each goes on a record showing the date, the vaccine brand and batch, and the signing vet. The titer sample goes to a WOAH reference laboratory or one approved in a Schedule I or II country. In the 2 to 7 days before export, the pet has its internal and external parasite treatments and a USDA-accredited veterinarian completes Singapore’s health certificate. USDA then endorses it, digitally when it goes through VEHCS, and the printed copy travels with the pet.
| Requirement | Singapore, from the United States |
|---|---|
| Microchip | ISO microchip |
| Rabies vaccination | Inactivated or recombinant vaccine, kept valid |
| Rabies titer | 0.5 IU/ml or higher. Sample taken at least 28 days after vaccination, and at least 90 days and within 12 months before export |
| Import permit | From AVS after the dog or cat license; valid 90 days, no extension |
| Health certificate | Completed 2 to 7 days before export, then endorsed by USDA |
| Quarantine | None for a personal pet brought in less than 5 days after its owner, if the two have shared an address over 6 months. Otherwise home quarantine, 10 days minimum |
This checklist draws on two government pages read September 23, 2026, and on three more AVS documents read October 29, 2026. AVS’s guide to importing dogs and cats, last updated October 19, 2026 and checked again on that second date, sets the schedules, the rabies timing, the licenses, the arrival inspection and the quarantine conditions. APHIS’s page for pets traveling from the United States to Singapore covers the microchip standard, the details a rabies certificate carries and USDA’s endorsement. AVS’s Changi Animal & Plant Quarantine Station page and its notice on the new import clearance process set out the pet agent rule, and its conditions for dogs and cats from Schedule II countries give the residence requirement and the core vaccine timing.
Planning Timeline for Pet Shipping to Singapore
After a first rabies shot, the titer sample waits at least 28 days, although AVS answers that after a booster given before the last shot ran out, the test can go ahead right away. Export comes no sooner than 90 days after the draw; AVS’s own example puts a sample taken on January 1, 2026 at April 1, 2026 for the earliest import. The dog or cat license comes next, and the import application after it. APHIS’s page asks for the applications 30 days before arrival. Once issued, the import license is valid for 90 days. The Changi inspection is booked 5 or more days ahead. Parasite treatments and the health certificate fall in the last 2 to 7 days before the flight.
Moving elsewhere in Southeast Asia? We also cover Vietnam and Indonesia.
Planning the budget? See what shipping a pet from the USA to Singapore costs, fee by fee.
Every Pet Travels
Differently
Different destinations, different routes, different challenges.
Destination-Focused Planning
Since April 1, 2026, AVS has let only an AVS-recognized pet agent, appointed by the owner before the pet lands, handle import clearance at the Changi quarantine station, and owners may no longer enter Changi Airfreight Centre. AVS wants a crate over 82 cm long, 64 cm high and 58 cm wide, measured outside, collected at clearance, and sends any crate left uncollected on with a transporter it assigns, at extra cost.
Smart Routing and Logistics
We help choose practical routes, travel windows, and handoff procedures so your pet’s trip is safer and more predictable.
Personalized Support
Pet Travel Advisors assigns a move coordinator who keeps you updated and checks details before travel so nothing important is missed.
Questions about moving a pet to Singapore
Request a QuoteWhat does it cost to ship a pet from the USA to Singapore?
Costs depend on your pet’s size and crate, the route and airline, vet and titer test fees, and whether the move is door to door. The fastest way to get a real number is a quote based on your origin city and travel date. Request a quote here.
How long does the process take?
From a first rabies shot to export takes 118 days at the least: 28 before the titer draw can happen, and 90 after it. AVS lets a pet skip the first wait when its booster was given before the previous one ran out, which leaves the 90.
How does Pet Travel Advisors help with a move to Singapore?
Each part can be booked on its own: airline tickets, a travel crate built to IATA’s container requirements, the AVS license applications and the US health certificate up to USDA endorsement, check-in at the departure airport, and the arrival at Changi, where an AVS-recognized pet agent does the import clearance, with delivery to your new home after it. A move can run door-to-door or use just one part.
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