Pet Travel: Paperwork Before the Carrier
Separate border-entry requirements from airline carriage rules.
The essentials
There is no universal document list. For travel from the US, APHIS advises contacting a USDA-accredited veterinarian promptly to establish destination requirements and paperwork. That process is specific to US departures.
Put it into practice
Make separate columns for origin, destination, transit and airline. Confirm requirements and validity periods for the animal and travel dates. Airline acceptance and a country’s entry permission are different checks.
What to check
Then choose a carrier against the airline’s dimensions and construction rules for the actual flight. Recheck spelling across bookings and animal documents. For departures elsewhere, start with that country’s competent authority.
