Planning a move to the United States with a dog or cat? Browse our country-specific pet travel routes for information on government requirements, documents, airlines, timelines, and other considerations for your origin country.
Our African routes cover pet moves to the United States from South Africa, Egypt, Morocco, and Kenya. Each country handles pet exports differently: South Africa and Kenya both work through dedicated veterinary export authorities, while Egypt and Morocco route pet paperwork through their own agriculture or livestock services. Every route page walks through the origin country export process, the CDC and USDA entry requirements that apply on arrival, and the airlines currently flying pets out of that country.
Our Asian and Australian routes cover pet moves to the United States from Australia, Russia, the UAE, Japan, and Singapore. These routes range from straightforward, like Singapore’s fast export process with no mandatory waiting period, to considerably more involved, like Japan’s strict quarantine-notification deadlines. Each route page breaks down the origin country’s export requirements, the CDC and USDA rules that apply on arrival, and the airlines serving that route.
Our European routes cover pet moves to the United States from the United Kingdom, Austria, Belgium, Germany, Ireland, France, and Bulgaria. Most of these routes share a similar foundation — an EU pet passport or equivalent health certificate, microchip and rabies vaccination requirements — layered with each country’s own export paperwork and the CDC’s current entry rules for dogs and cats. Each route page also covers airline pet policies specific to that departure country.
Our North American routes cover pet moves to the United States from Puerto Rico and Canada. As a US territory, Puerto Rico’s pet travel rules mirror domestic US requirements rather than a foreign import process. Canada, by contrast, is treated as a standard international departure with its own export considerations. Each route page explains what actually applies to your move, including where the process is simpler than a typical international relocation.
Our South American routes cover pet moves to the United States from Argentina, Venezuela, Chile, and Colombia. Export requirements vary by each country’s own agriculture or animal-health authority, and local conditions can affect document processing times and available direct flights. Each route page details the origin country’s export certificate process, the CDC and USDA rules for entering the US, and which airlines currently operate pet-friendly service on that route.
Borderless Moves guides and route pages are produced by the Borderless Moves Research Team. We research pet-travel requirements using official government, airline, and veterinary sources and translate those requirements into practical guidance for pet owners. We do not claim veterinary, legal, or government authority.
We prioritize primary sources, including the CDC, USDA APHIS, origin-country government authorities, state agencies, and official airline policies. When we can't verify a requirement from an authoritative source, we make the uncertainty clear rather than presenting an assumption as fact.
We periodically review published pages and display a Last reviewed date to show when the information was most recently checked. Pet-travel rules can change at any time, so travelers should confirm critical requirements with the relevant government authority, airline, or veterinarian before travel.
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