Travel Document Organizers
Keep vaccination records and travel paperwork together.
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Make your pet’s travel paperwork part of your trip planning from the start. Entry requirements depend on the destination, pet species, age, vaccination history and sometimes the countries visited before arrival.
Check every border on your itinerary
- Review the destination country’s official animal-entry requirements.
- Check transit-country rules if you connect or cross another country.
- Review the rules for returning home, even if your pet normally lives there.
- Confirm airline requirements separately from government entry rules.
Travelling to the United States
Use the CDC’s dog-import guidance and Dog Importation Navigator for your dog’s circumstances. Requirements consider where the dog was vaccinated and which countries it has visited in the previous six months. Additional USDA and destination requirements may also apply.
CDC: bringing a dog into the U.S. · CDC Dog Importation Navigator
Travelling to Canada
Use the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s pet-import guidance for your animal and trip. Do not assume that the same paperwork works for every pet or that rules for personal pets also cover adoption, resale or other purposes.
CFIA: bringing animals to Canada
Leaving the USA or Canada
Contact your veterinarian early. Destination-specific certificates, endorsements, vaccination steps or treatments may need to happen in a particular order and within specific time windows.
- USDA APHIS: pet travel from the United States
- CFIA: travelling with a pet
- Government of Canada: pet travel documents
Build a travel document folder
- Pet identification and microchip details, where applicable.
- Vaccination certificates and veterinarian contact information.
- Required health certificates, endorsements, permits and import-form receipts.
- Airline pet reservation and accommodation policy confirmation.
- Digital backups and printed copies of documents required for your journey.
Recheck before you leave
Compare the names, identification numbers and dates across your documents. Revisit the official entry pages shortly before travel and keep the return requirements in your folder. If anything is unclear, contact the relevant authority before departure.
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Updated November 11, 2026. Travel rules and provider policies can change. Check the linked official sources before departure.
