Safe, Compliant International Pet Relocation Services.
Navigate USDA endorsements, biosecurity permits and flight logistics with trusted international pet transport specialists.
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Classified as a non-commercial movement. Non-commercial moves need USDA endorsement within 10 days of arrival.
What a specialist pet mover handles
USDA VEHCS document processing
Category II accredited veterinary certificates prepared and submitted electronically, with wet-ink originals where Australia, Japan or Panama demand them.
IATA-compliant crate sizing
Crates measured to the IATA Live Animals Regulations formula — L = A + ½B, W = 2C, H = D + bedding — with 10% extra volume for flat-faced breeds.
Air cargo & flight logistics
Routing built around carrier embargoes, heat restrictions and approved arrival airports such as Melbourne (MEL) for Australia.
Quarantine & arrival management
Advance bookings at government and approved private quarantine facilities, plus home quarantine filings like Panama's MINSA request.
Pet travel timeline calculator
Pick your destination and target flight date to see every veterinary and administrative milestone counted backwards from departure.
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Complexity: Extreme
Lead time: 6–7 months
Governing body: Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF)
Quarantine: 10 days at Mickleham PEQ, Melbourne
- T−210d
Microchip + records review
Implant an ISO 11784/11785 15-digit microchip and confirm every vaccination record post-dates it.
- T−203d
Rabies vaccination
Rabies vaccine administered after the microchip — a vaccine given first is legally invalid.
- T−187d
FAVN rabies titer blood draw
Blood sample sent to an approved laboratory; must return ≥ 0.5 IU/mL.
- T−180d
180-day waiting period starts
Counted from the date the laboratory receives the sample. Served in the United States.
- T−60d
Apply for the import permit (Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry)
Permit requirement: Yes (DAFF via BICON). Approval must be in hand before departure.
- T−45d
Book flights and IATA-compliant crate
Confirm carrier acceptance, crate sizing and any brachycephalic or breed embargoes on the routing.
- T−10d
USDA-accredited vet exam + health certificate
Category II accredited veterinarian completes the certificate and submits it via VEHCS.
- T−7d
USDA APHIS endorsement
Endorsement within 10 days of arrival for non-commercial moves, or within 48 hours of departure for commercial moves.
- T−3d
Parasite treatments and final checks
Tapeworm or parasite treatments given inside the destination's required window, recorded by the vet.
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Departure day
Check-in as cargo, checked baggage or in-cabin per the booked service.
Country requirements at a glance
Nineteen destinations, grouped by biosecurity complexity. Open a country for the full veterinary protocol, breed restrictions and airline constraints.
Extreme complexity
Rabies-free or near rabies-free nations with multi-month lead times, titer testing and government quarantine.
High complexity
Titer testing required, but compliant pets clear on the day of arrival.
Moderate complexity
Permit-driven or window-sensitive: import permits, home quarantine registration or tight treatment timing.
- Lead time
- 1–2 months
- Titer test
- Not required
- Quarantine
- 0 days
- Lead time
- 1–2 months
- Titer test
- Not required
- Quarantine
- 0 days
- Lead time
- 2 months
- Titer test
- Not required
- Quarantine
- 40 days home quarantine
- Lead time
- 1–2 months
- Titer test
- Not required
- Quarantine
- 0 days for in-cabin or checked baggage
- Lead time
- 2 months
- Titer test
- Not required
- Quarantine
- 0 days
Standard complexity
Harmonised entry: microchip, active rabies vaccination and an endorsed international health certificate.
- Lead time
- 1–2 months
- Titer test
- Not required
- Quarantine
- 0 days
- Lead time
- 1–2 months
- Titer test
- Not required
- Quarantine
- 0 days
- Lead time
- 1–2 months
- Titer test
- Not required
- Quarantine
- 0 days
- Lead time
- 1–2 months
- Titer test
- Not required
- Quarantine
- 0 days
- Lead time
- 1–2 months
- Titer test
- Not required
- Quarantine
- 0 days
- Lead time
- 1–2 months
- Titer test
- Not required
- Quarantine
- 0 days
- Lead time
- 1–2 months
- Titer test
- Not required
- Quarantine
- 0 days
- Lead time
- 1–2 months
- Titer test
- Not required
- Quarantine
- 0 days
- Lead time
- 2–4 weeks
- Titer test
- Not required
- Quarantine
- 0 days
- Lead time
- 2–4 weeks
- Titer test
- Not required
- Quarantine
- 0 days
The mistake that costs families months
If a rabies vaccine is given before the microchip is implanted, biosecurity authorities treat that vaccination as legally invalid. The pet must be re-vaccinated and every waiting period — 21 days for the EU, 180 days for Australia and Japan — restarts from zero. Flights get rebooked, temporary housing is extended and the household goods shipment slips with it.
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