Pet Travel Requirements Checker
See what a country requires before your dog or cat can enter, and the earliest arrival date its rules allow.
- Choose where you are moving your pet from and to, and dog or cat.
- Your answer shows up directly below those three choices: the entry requirements, followed by a step-by-step plan with dates.
- Microchip or rabies shot already done, or a move date set? Open “Add your dates” to fit the plan to them.
Also in your browser: add the Pet Entry Checker to Chrome and open it from your toolbar.
Make the three choices above and the answer appears here: what the country requires, the earliest arrival its rules allow, and a step-by-step plan.
Every destination at a glance
Days from a start with nothing done to the earliest arrival the rules allow, for a dog traveling with its owner, as the checker works them out. Pick a destination above for a cat, a pet flying alone, or your own dates.
| Destination | From Canada | From the United States | Import permit | Quarantine on arrival |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 180 days | 181 days | Needed | 10 days |
| Brazil | 21 days | 21 days | Not needed | None when every step is done |
| Canada | Not covered yet | No wait set | Not needed | None when every step is done |
| China | No wait set | No wait set | Not needed | None when every step is done |
| Colombia | 21 days | 21 days | Not needed | None when every step is done |
| France | 21 days | 21 days | Not needed | None when every step is done |
| Greece | 21 days | 21 days | Not needed | None when every step is done |
| Hawaii | 62 days | 62 days | Not needed | None when every step is done |
| Hong Kong | 30 days | 30 days | Needed | None when every step is done |
| India | 31 days | 31 days | Needed | None when every step is done |
| Indonesia | No wait set | No wait set | Not needed | None when every step is done |
| Ireland | 21 days | 21 days | Not needed | None when every step is done |
| Japan | 210 days | 210 days | Not needed | None when every step is done |
| Mexico | No wait set | No wait set | Not needed | None when every step is done |
| New Zealand | Not covered yet | 182 days | Needed | 10 days |
| Philippines | 29 days | 29 days | Needed | None when every step is done |
| Portugal | 21 days | 21 days | Not needed | None when every step is done |
| Saudi Arabia | 15 days | 15 days | Needed | None when every step is done |
| South Korea | No wait set | No wait set | Not needed | None when every step is done |
| Taiwan | 90 days | 90 days | Needed | 7 days |
| Thailand | 21 days | 21 days | Needed | None when every step is done |
| Türkiye | 120 days | 120 days | Not needed | None when every step is done |
| United Kingdom (Great Britain) | 22 days | 22 days | Not needed | None when every step is done |
| United States | No wait set | Not covered yet | Not needed | None when every step is done |
Checked on November 2, 2026. Confirm the rules with the authorities and your vet before you book anything.
How the dates are worked out
The rules come from the destination’s own authority, and from USDA APHIS or CFIA for the paperwork on the way out, read on the date each result gives. The checker reads each rule as a wait between two steps, such as a minimum time after the rabies shot or a window before the flight, and puts every step on the first day the rules allow.
That makes the earliest arrival the earliest date the rules allow with nothing going wrong: an appointment free on the day, every result passing, no step done twice. It marks what the rules allow, not a flight date or a booking.
Where a destination asks for a rabies titer test and no source gives a wait after the blood draw, the dates leave out the time the laboratory takes to report the result, and the result says so. Working days count Monday to Friday without taking out public holidays, so a wait in working days can run a day or two longer. A wait in hours is rounded up to whole days, the pet is taken to land the day it leaves or the next, and without a birth date your pet is taken to be old enough for every step.
What it does not cover
The checker covers entry rules, not airline rules. Which airlines carry pets, in the cabin or the hold, and what the crate has to be are set by the airline you book; our airline crate size calculator works out the inside size a crate needs.
It covers dogs and cats only, and only the destinations on its list. For another country or another animal, ask us and we will look into it.
Frequently asked questions
Can I save or share my result?
Yes. Share this answer, at the end of the result, sends it by WhatsApp, email or any app on your phone, or copies the link. Your answers go into the page address as you enter them, so the link or a bookmark opens the same answers, worked out again from the day it is opened.
What happens if a date I enter does not fit the rules?
The checker names the rule the date breaks and the first date that rule allows, for example a rabies shot given before the microchip where the destination asks for the chip first. Your vet can tell you whether that step has to be done again.
My destination is not on the list. What now?
Choose Another country. Its rules have not been checked for the checker yet, and you can ask us to look into them for your move.